FD, IA - Emptying the House

Today it is Dawn’s turn to take the furniture that she wants from the house. Her husband, Tom, and son, Adam, arrived in a U-Haul about 9:00 and they began the heavy lifting. Their daughter, Samantha, is graduating from college this spring and here is the perfect opportunity to get her some furniture to start her own apartment or home. They took some nice lounge chairs, a dining room table and chairs, a desk unit with several cabinets, a queen-sized bed and dresser, a love seat and other pieces. They also were taking the Grandfather clock and the corner hutch, both of which were Darlene and Lug’s prize furniture possessions. But, imagine packing both of these items with all the moving parts and the glass into a 17’ U-Haul. Luckily Dawn had brought a car load of moving pads.

They worked all morning and were finally loaded, filling the 17’ U-Haul to the very end and they were off.

Meanwhile Gary worked around the house, putting the wall in the garage back into place, putting in a new furnace filter, checking windows for needed paint, and lots of other things that will need to be done before we declare this home ready for sale. The house may be empty but there is still lots to do.

I cleaned up after all the activity of the past two days, washed a load of rugs and put some of the items we are donating to a local group out onto the breezeway so they could pick them up more easily.

This local group is called Bridging the Gap, part of the United Way, which provides beds, desks, tables, small appliances and many other household items to families in town. Their goal is that no chile should go to bed hungary, no child should have to sleep on the floor and all children should have a table to eat on. Obviously, we have lots of these items and Cathy called this group to donate, setting a time and day when she would be up in Fort Dodge for them to come. Here is just a small pile of the things that we have to donate. Lug, who spent a good part of his final years making donations to many groups and individuals would love that many of his possessions were to go to this group. Here’s a small pile of some of the items we’ve pulled aside for them. We also have a kitchen table with 4 chairs, a desk unit, a mattress and box springs, a microwave and some other things. Great group to give them to.

Time to go home.