 it is Thursday morning August 30th. I only know that because I looked at the computer. Don't get all excited or anything. And I only know it's still morning because I looked at the clock and it's 11 o'clock. So there you have it. At least that's what the oven says. Hopefully the clock is correct. I have no idea. Anyway, holy cow. So we are a week away from the day that we actually get in the trucks and drive to Oregon. A week from yesterday the moving company comes to load up the majority of our belongings onto their truck and make the trek up to Oregon. A week from today the following day we get in our rent our rental truck and at least my car maybe my husband's car. We're not sure how many cars we're bringing on this first trip and we load up everything the movers don't take and go north. So yeah exciting. At this moment in time tips I can give you all if you're thinking about doing this and if you all have done this already a big move like this or even a small one and you have tips especially when dealing with a moving company leave them in the comments below because I think we should share with each other. One of the tips from after talking to a friend of mine who is currently unpacking a cross-country move from the east coast to Texas. She said you know when the moving company was packing the electronics and things they took the power cords off and just shoved them in a random box. So as they're unpacking things or furniture parts when they took furniture pieces apart they would take the parts and put them in a random box and so as they're unpacking and she's trying to put things back together she can't completely until she finds those parts in the random box. So what I would say is as you take things apart and getting ready for the movers to move or pack to move take those cords from them put them all in one designated box so that you know where that box is and have that box in your vehicle or on your rental truck and not their truck. I think that makes more sense and is going to be easier on the back end. So we're taking the sound system and entertainment system apart they're going to pack the components but we're going to have all the cables and everything's insured I would recommend if you have any items of value that you aren't taking with you that they're taking make sure you get the extra insurance and that way if things get broken or go get damaged or whatever they replace a repair. So if you have anything you're really worried about going lost or getting broken just don't even put it on the truck put it in your car. Don't do the obvious don't put your jewelry personal information paperwork ID that extreme valuables don't put those on the moving truck take them with you put them in your vehicle we're not even letting them take the computers they're going in our vehicle but yeah so we're just running around the house kind of trying to find all their random you know liquids they don't take liquids so we're putting all the liquids aside to put on our car and yeah it's interesting can't find anything right now it's either packed or in a pilot where I it's not normally and I can't find it so anyway that's the state of things at the moment everything's bare everything's in boxes or prepped to go in a box so yeah that's a thing all right I'll be back okay this is for the moving diaries we're in the last couple of days before the movers come up to pack our house September 2nd they come and pack the house on the 4th they come back on the 5th and load it onto a truck and take it away in the meantime we have some things we're putting on a 16-foot u-haul and or in my car or in my husband's car and then we're driving the three vehicles up I am completely stressed out not sleeping I barely slept last night besides having the nightmares about not passing by driver's test when I get up there and being not being able to drive my car think I've already mentioned that one either here or in the vlog last night I had a new nightmare that we got up there and we got moved in and we hated it I don't that's you know they're just they're not reasonable realities they're just a product of my stress and lack of sleep my bags under my eyes are huge I have a couple breakouts they're all it's all from stress you know at 55 years old you'd think I'd be done with the breakouts on my face but no anyway my husband is off to a family function in Southern California and he'll be gone just overnight but while he's gone I'm gonna do some staging at the house to get ready for the movers I'm gonna clean out the fridge I've already warned him when he comes home it's gonna be like empty except for like bottled water and the one pack of bacon that we want to cook up that sort of thing so yeah first we're gonna head over to Walmart I need to pick up a couple things that I think we might need for the road trip up and then I really really really need to go home and have another cup of coffee I need to get back into a healthy routine after we get into the house because I am just so off of my game right now it's just not even funny anyway alright I'll be back I don't know if you see that man in the far distance in the blue shirt that is Fred aka my husband his name is not really Fred those of you who don't know it's a joke but anyway we are at the truck rental place there is some stuff that is not going on the moving truck with a moving company that's coming with us but there's enough of it that is big that we need a rental truck besides our vehicles I have a Subaru out back and my husband has a sports car and we can get some stuff in those two vehicles but we're renting a truck for the bulky stuff so we are here waiting for the truck rental place to open and I can't wait for this part to be done because the chaos of just the physical act of packing up your house and having everything in boxes and the chaos when you have anxiety disorder is just no fun no fun at all but the unpacking when we get there is going to be a lot of fun and setting up a new house the house was left dirty and they even left old food in the fridge but I have a cleaning crew up there taking care of that right now and I have to say it's made me not want to be that person when we sell our San Jose house and I'm going to make sure our house is left clean I don't understand why you would sell a property and leave it disgustingly dirty but anyway we'll get it worked out I'll be back we're at the new house and it we've been here since Thursday night it is Sunday morning September 9th and we have a contract one contractor on the roof trimming trees cleaning gutters cleaning the roof and then he's putting a solution up there so you don't get moss growing up there and at the same time we have another contractor who's painting the red wall that was in the house and covering that up it is now green it's a very pretty shade of green is but much better than the future red those windows you've got to have that's going to be next on our project list we've got to put window treatments on those they're beautiful windows but heck it's heck of bright at night in the afternoon and we've got both computers unpacked so we can work here's Fred's office we don't have our furniture yet it comes Tuesday but we got it hooked up we got touch-up paint done oh I missed a spot we're gonna hang a painting there we've got the touch-up paint mostly done so yeah so we're getting there now we're just kind of we have a couple days where we can just breathe and maybe get some groceries and have a few other things done and then the moving truck comes and then the rest then the madness begins all over again yeah I think we might have an unpacking party and see if we can con any friends and family that we have in the area to come help us over the weekend so anyway that's it for the moment we'll be back I hope you've enjoyed this episode of the moving Diaries I really just felt the need to document our journey through selling our house we've had for more than 20 years and finding our new place our dream house and getting that whole process done and all of the stressful and happy and exciting things that happen in between so the unexpected to the expected and it's not an easy process those of you who have moved some of you way more than me know exactly what I'm talking about I don't move easily this is only going to be my third time as an adult that I've moved and this is a pretty major one I've never as an adult lived outside of the state of California so we do love the Portland area though it's a little bit colder and damper than down here in California but we do love the atmosphere up there and so yeah if you have any questions comments or concerns leave it in the comments below on this video if you go to the video description any relevant links are going to be there and if I forget somebody remind me in the comments you'll also find my link tree link which will give you a list of every single place you can find me on the internet including Instagram Twitter Facebook groups everything Etsy shop all of it so that's it for today I hope you've enjoyed this episode of the moving Diaries and yeah don't forget to like share and subscribe and if you'd like notifications of when the next video comes out hit that little bell icon and that's it for right now go out and have a great day everybody do something nice for yourself because you deserve it I'll see you later bye guys