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Re: The Collywobbles - going back this month!
Originally Posted by happyglow
(Post 10623276)
SIX DAYS TO GO!!!! Oh #*^$^$%^*$!!!! :rofl:
Taking boxes to shippers tomorrow, hope I get to watch them being loaded and wrapped onto a pallet. I get to drive a Uhaul van! Wednesday get together and say bye to local friends - already arranged un petit french get together with one of them for later in the year, how cool is that? I think some will come and visit the UK too, they all want to see "Downton Abbey" :o Dog gets his final dose and paperwork on thursday. Other than that, it's just a case of scattering final possessions to the four winds and revisiting a couple of favourite places. A nice long walk along the beach is called for...... Flippin eck I'm nervous :fingerscrossed: I'm sure that everything is going to be just fine...you're so organised ! :) Hopefully you have left yourself a whole day before you leave, just to sit down, relax and take it all in??? :) Well done you! :) :thumbsup::thumbsup: Will be thinking of you ! |
Re: The Collywobbles - going back this month!
Originally Posted by WhoFan63
(Post 10623298)
I'm sure that everything is going to be just fine...you're so organised ! :) Hopefully you have left yourself a whole day before you leave, just to sit down, relax and take it all in??? :)
Well done you! :) :thumbsup::thumbsup: Will be thinking of you ! I think saturday will be that day.... if the weather's like this it might be a case of book, park, lie on grass and watch the eagles soar.... |
Re: The Collywobbles - going back this month!
Originally Posted by happyglow
(Post 10623314)
Awww, thank you! That's very sweet.
I think saturday will be that day.... if the weather's like this it might be a case of book, park, lie on grass and watch the eagles soar.... |
Re: The Collywobbles - going back this month!
Originally Posted by WhoFan63
(Post 10623320)
That sounds lovely...add to that, take your camera for some last minute photo's to remind you of your last day :D
It's really weird sat here, having already left in spirit but just the physical part left to do the catching up.... (By the way just gave the dog his "last bath" here - which guarantees he is about to find something exceptionally slimy, smelly and dead to roll in :D) |
Re: The Collywobbles - going back this month!
Originally Posted by happyglow
(Post 10623399)
Ooh yes, thanks for the reminder! Luckily it didn't accidentally get packed for shipping like a couple of other things I had to reopen boxes for :o
It's really weird sat here, having already left in spirit but just the physical part left to do the catching up.... (By the way just gave the dog his "last bath" here - which guarantees he is about to find something exceptionally slimy, smelly and dead to roll in :D) |
Re: The Collywobbles - going back this month!
I have no idea what wobbling means but I would not mind becoming a Collywobble too :thumbsup:
Especially if it takes me to the Peak District and....Chatsworth :eek::eek: Karim |
Re: The Collywobbles - going back this month!
Originally Posted by WhoFan63
(Post 10623405)
Of course...isn't that usually the way? I'm sitting here trying to get up the courage to go begin MY packing..lol. Still haven't decided whether to try to pack it all in just two suitcases and take them both with me, take one with me and have the other sent over via FedEx....LOL. I just go into my room and see my cases and think 'oh good grief' :D
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Re: The Collywobbles - going back this month!
Originally Posted by victorian67
(Post 10623412)
I have no idea what wobbling means but I would not mind becoming a Collywobble too :thumbsup:
Especially if it takes me to the Peak District and....Chatsworth :eek::eek: Karim Chatsworth is beautiful, and the peak a real gem - looking forward to getting in some walks before they cover it in houses :unsure: |
Re: The Collywobbles - going back this month!
Originally Posted by happyglow
(Post 10623447)
Oh crikey, yes, that part. I've just guessed what will fit into my suitcase and backpack, and left it out. What fits in, comes with me - what doesn't, goes in the bin. And I'm going to have to guess 23kg as the bathroom scales are gone! :)
In a way I'm lucky, I don't have to worry about shipping stuff over to the UK at least not yet.. I do have 10-12 boxes in storage in Australia that still need to reach me..LOL. For now though it seems like everything in my room HAS to go..at least in my mind !:eek: I guess one of these days I'm really going to have to sit down and go through it all and work out what has to go now and what could possibly come later. I'm sharing a house right now, so my 'life' is basically what is in my bedroom...LOL |
Re: The Collywobbles - going back this month!
Originally Posted by WhoFan63
(Post 10623459)
You could always buy a cheap pair of scales and then donate them to Goodwill or something before you leave. Once you've weighed your suitcase that is..LOL.
In a way I'm lucky, I don't have to worry about shipping stuff over to the UK at least not yet.. I do have 10-12 boxes in storage in Australia that still need to reach me..LOL. For now though it seems like everything in my room HAS to go..at least in my mind !:eek: I guess one of these days I'm really going to have to sit down and go through it all and work out what has to go now and what could possibly come later. I'm sharing a house right now, so my 'life' is basically what is in my bedroom...LOL I think the neighbours, being both beautiful people and very kind, may well have scales I can borrow. Usually when I travel the case is 14kg, every single time without conscious planning, so there's a bit of leeway there. And you can pay $75 and go up to 32kg, which isn't too bad. If only we could just post ourselves and all our stuff! :o |
Re: The Collywobbles - going back this month!
Originally Posted by happyglow
(Post 10623466)
That's cool - wish I had the willpower to live like that permanently. Still working on the self-discipline!
I think the neighbours, being both beautiful people and very kind, may well have scales I can borrow. Usually when I travel the case is 14kg, every single time without conscious planning, so there's a bit of leeway there. And you can pay $75 and go up to 32kg, which isn't too bad. If only we could just post ourselves and all our stuff! :o Living like that permanently helps when and if you decide to move, but it doesn't make a house a home..LOL All the little things that I miss having around.. :) |
Re: The Collywobbles - going back this month!
Originally Posted by happyglow
(Post 10623399)
Ooh yes, thanks for the reminder! Luckily it didn't accidentally get packed for shipping like a couple of other things I had to reopen boxes for :o
It's really weird sat here, having already left in spirit but just the physical part left to do the catching up.... (By the way just gave the dog his "last bath" here - which guarantees he is about to find something exceptionally slimy, smelly and dead to roll in :D) |
Re: The Collywobbles - going back this month!
Originally Posted by windsong
(Post 10623477)
You've done a great job the last few weeks! If I was you, I'd be nervous, too!! In fact, I'd be a basket case!!!!!! In fact, to be quite honest, I read MoshiMoshi's experience and prep for sending her pets back and now read your update and after all of it, I am fit to be tied and I am not even travelling!!!!!! When my time comes, I wonder if I can actually do all this on my own with four pets! :D
I have no cure for the worrying over the pets part, but then we animal lovers tend to do that anyway, right? I still wake my little guy up sometimes, to check he's breathing :o |
Re: The Collywobbles - going back this month!
Originally Posted by WhoFan63
(Post 10623476)
I guess it depends which airline you fly..because some I've seen have a 50lb allowance and some charge for the first and second bags.
Living like that permanently helps when and if you decide to move, but it doesn't make a house a home..LOL All the little things that I miss having around.. :) As for stuff, you have a point - I'm cultivating a love of tiny things :cool: |
Re: The Collywobbles - going back this month!
Originally Posted by happyglow
(Post 10578315)
Gulp! So as of today, I am moving countries yet again, back to sunny blighty, THIS MONTH! So much to do, organise, sell, donate..... PANIC!!!! Sleep pattern completely lost, dog thought it was awesome that we were sat in bed play flighting and eating cheese and crackers in the middle of the night.
Anyone else want to join the collywobble club? I've been to-ing and fro-ing about moving back for years and came to the conclusion last week that I have to go and see. My house is for sale and I've started looking into getting the dog over there, but I'm not quite ready to fully commit. I am thinking that I shall get rid of anything that really needs to go no matter what and then put everything else in storage and head over for a few months. I can stay with family which is a big plus. I'm nervous and excited all at the same time. Nervous because I already have a house and a job and a life and I'm giving it all up for I don't know what. And excited because I just want to do Englishy things with English people, eat English food and go for walks in the English countryside and end up at an English pub or at a friend's house. I haven't lived there for so many years that I don't know if I'll really fit in for longer than the couple of weeks each year I've gone back for but I have to find out. |
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