Holiday Prep and celebrations

[iluvtodd]

Happy Canada Day to all of the Canadians here!

 

[decafjava]

Happy Canada Day to all of the Canadians here!

Thank you! 156 years of Confederation, even though I moved away years ago I still have family there and affection for my birthplace.

 

[elbkup]

Oh, I liked that!

4th of July is upon us, I've put up my red, white and blue lights, a flag, and light up stars in my windows.

To do this, I had to take down my pride stuff.

Pride stuff should go in tandem with July 4th stuff.. you are Creative!!! Make it happen !! Happy Prideful 4th

 

[elbkup]

Yes, we spent five years altogether in the Montreal area, moving like gypsies from Pointe Claire to DDO to Pierrefonds, back to Pointe Claire. And three of those moves were on July 1. The other one was during an ice storm in February and my husband sprained his ankle while loading our car on the icy street so I had to do more than planned, while wrangling twin pre-schoolers and a new baby (born in PC). Then made one last survey of the empty apartment -- and discovered the linen closet was still jammed full, the contents having been forgotten somehow. I had even the little kids dragging a garbage bag of pillow cases and placemats each into the elevator while I was pushing the stroller with the baby in the process of being smothered under bags of towels. A kind neighbour followed with a wonky grocery cart full of sheets and blankets, with our cat perched on top in his carrier, yelling his head off indignantly.

The July 1 moves were a picnic by comparison.

Sounds like it was truly harrowing at the time but a fun read

 

[Diana Delafield]

Sounds like it was truly harrowing at the time but a fun read

The twins remember it as a big adventure. They both now, as adults, say every time they move their own families someone yells as they depart: "Did anyone check the linen closet?" It's become a family legend.

 

[4everchan]

The twins remember it as a big adventure. They both now, as adults, say every time they move their own families someone yells as they depart: "Did anyone check the linen closet?" It's become a family legend.

Every time I have moved, and that was many times and often from one ocean to the other... I have lost something.
Most recently, my USB key with all my files backed up... which was bad because my computer died.
I have also lost one very fancy sandal from a pair. No idea how I wound up with only the left foot one.
I have forgotten a belt somewhere on another move.
The most annoying but that could be solvable time was when I lost an IKEA part of hardware of a piece of furniture... the bed. I went to the IKEA and they didn't have the part anymore. So I went to a metalsmith who recreated the exact same thing for me so I could rebuild my bed. I still have that bed at the family home LOL.