 hey guys it is sunday june 9th 2018 and i am going to start filming a new series i don't know yet what i'm going to call it for sure but something like the moving diaries so by the time you see this we will be in either the finalizing stages of or have already done a move a big move a cross-state move so after 20 plus years in our house that we're in in San Jose California we bought this house in 1993 my husband and i have decided to accept a transfer of work for him to the portland oregon area we are currently in the process of house hunting up there and getting our san jose house ready to sell our idea is to buy a house in Oregon move into it and then sell this one quickly and pay off all the banks and yeah everything anyway i'm not going to get into any details because that's nobody's business no offense to anybody they're watching but yeah that's a rough synopsis of what's going on we've been planning it for two or three years so it's not a new out of the blue idea although i don't think what you thought we would do it this year opportunities sort of just presented themselves in a way that made us think that maybe we should consider doing it this year it all hinges of course on us finding a property in Oregon which we haven't done yet that being said we are flying up a week from yesterday so we're going up on the 16th of june and we are Father's Day weekend and we are going to be looking at properties with a realtor up in Oregon when i get back i have to start packing up parts of the house here so that we can get some work done and some cleanup done in this house to get it listed on the market quickly after we get moved out we don't want to be holding on to the property here for too long that being said that means i have to pack in the yard room i'm not bothered by the enormity of packing up the house we've been purging for almost as long as we knew that this was going to happen uh two or three years so we have done a lot of purging that doesn't mean we won't still find more stuff to get rid of but we've already done a lot of purging and i'm not really super bothered by how much there is to pack like in this room as much as not having access to my stuff for like a month or more so as i'm packing i'm going to maybe making sure that i have things that i've left out to continue to work with and do art with not only for youtube and commitments but for myself for therapy because it is partly therapy for me i have this this ikea cart behind me there's actually another one out in the front of the house i'm going to keep them out as long as possible and they're going to be filled with the things i need and the rest of this behind me will all be packed so when we get back from portland i'll be starting packing this office my husband's office the guest room the laundry room because of those are the immediate rooms that need some work done in them yeah yeah it's a scary nerve racking anxiety driven process i don't know some days what i was thinking at the same time i'm excited about it but to say i'm not worried that would be a lie my um husband and i both are very nervous about the move and as an adult i have never lived outside of the state of california so that's a thing my husband on the other hand while he's been here a very long time is originally from new york city so for him moving across state is something he has although it's been a long time has done before yeah i've never done it so i don't know we're going to be taking a certain amount of stuff with us on the initial move and then the rest of it's going to come by a moving company of some sort we don't know yet that either i don't know and my anxiety doesn't do well with not having a plan for everything and when you're doing this those of you out here there who have done it you know you can't plan everything like i don't know what was i thinking uh anyway so that's what's been going on with me and that's the business i've been talking about for months now when i'm talking about in the vlog and social media about there being lots of business things going on it's planning for the move arranging finances talking to bank people talking to real estate people looking at properties flying up to portland for the day you get the idea so i'm going to try to do these once a week uh until the move i'm going to put them in a folder on the computer and at some point we'll start airing them on youtube the moving diaries oh boy from the point of view of an paranoid impatient pessimist who likes to be in control and has anxiety issues and depression and needs art for therapy and i don't know what i'm thinking i think in the long run it's going to be a good thing in the meantime if i don't drive myself and everybody around me crazy it'll be a miracle all right that's it for today i'll keep you all posted and let you know what happens bye monday morning june 11th and i'm waiting on contractor people i've already filmed uh four videos for my creative year 2018 for november and i'm working on my giant life which is drying right there and i'm going to try to get november done today and then december done tomorrow or wednesday i need to look at the calendar in my wallet and make sure i'm not missing any appointments this week because it's going to start to get like that i have to make lists i have to make notes and i have to put things on my calendar because i'm starting to get stressed and forget things and the little woman attitude i'm starting to get from some people is not helping me and all you women out there especially those of a certain age know exactly what i'm talking about we had a painting contractor here doing some painting outside the house and they've been rude and abrupt with me and assisted on being paid even when the realtor said don't pay them right away i need to check double check their work but they were rude and not very nice so i paid them and the realtor didn't believe me that their attitude was that way towards me and then when they came back to do some cleanup because they did a sloppy ass job um they were speaking very rudely to me at the doorway and my husband was just out of their line of sight and he heard every word they said and he was just standing there in shock and then came around the corner and their attitude completely changed and they insisted that they were here to do something other than the cleanup which they weren't there to do anyway in short my husband had to talk with the realtor and said i heard them today this is how they've been to my wife it's not okay um and we're getting a little bit of it from the realtor too although he's a friend and i can deal with dave because i'll just tell him wtf um but these painter people i don't know them anyway it's just i'm getting sick of the attitude and combine that with the stress of looking for a new house which we don't have yet trying to get this one fixed up so that we can put it on the market and all of that and getting my stuff packed and everything else um it's just very stressful so that's where i'm out this morning so in between waiting for people i'm getting my art therapy on and i'm filming i need to film anyway so i'm filming for november and getting that done and i am as i'm doing it pulling out my favorite art supplies things that i find that i'm grabbing and because i'm gonna leave a certain amount of stuff out and it's gonna be with me during this process um the rest of the surplus will be packed but i'll have enough things to make myself happy and create with and my commitments will be done so bonus points so that's why all these bags are on the floor so so anyway uh we leave saturday to go to portland just for the day to look at properties we want to squeeze in as much as we can we're there for the whole day so cross your fingers everybody and send some good energy out there that we find something i'll keep you all posted you're not going to see these videos right away but yeah i'll keep you all posted and what's going on this is my journey the moving diaries yeah i'll be back 355 in the morning and we are getting ready to go out to the airport we're flying up to portland for the day we're not we're coming home today but we're not coming home until late this evening we are headed up to look at properties cross your fingers we find one we both like and that we put an offer in and it's accepted that's a lot of hopes but this is just the first round so i don't know what are the chances we get lucky the first time out all right anyway i'll be back asking a few more questions before we sign on any dotted lines let y'all know how it goes feet we're still stressed out but you know it's part of the process so anyway if you have any questions or concerns leave them below don't forget to like share and subscribe and if you have any tips on moving in the relocating process and the stress involved in relocating your life uh you know leave them in the comments below we'd love to hear them and let's share and help support each other that's it for today go out and have a great day do something nice for yourself you deserve it see you later