The Reynoldz

So another reason that it has been hard for us to post to the blog is...
We have been trying to organize another HUGE move in the states while we are sitting in NZ..

Our stuff in the states has been sitting in transit storage lockers in the middle of CA since May 2005...

We were paying about $159 per month at first.. this was increased to $259 a month.. and we just got notice that as of Jan 2007 it would now cost us about $600 per month.. OUCH!!!

We had to quickly decide what we were going to do with our junk before the storage fees put us in the poor house =)...

Eric's parents came to the rescue!!!!!... They drove a rented UHaul all the way to Cali from Montana and sorted out our stuff at the transit storage warehouse...

They kindly sent some things onto NZ (only to save us moola.. it is cheaper to ship to NZ from CA than Montana) and hauled the rest back to Montana.

They then unloaded all our junk into another storage facility.. but storage that is not as spendy and one that we can at least access when we are back in the states.

We could not have done this move without the help of Lloyd and Joanne!! Thank you so much!

Think about it..... It is hard enough to sort through your own "Junk" during a move.. Eric's folks had to sort through our semi-labeled boxes using an "itemized list" that was frantically put together when the stuff was packed and loaded many moons ago.. (so read not the greatest list, but better than nothing :)

Now for me this is one move that puts my mind at ease a bit. It is nice to know our stuff is safe and sound and in a place where we can actually access it at some point. (the Cali transit storage was a big warehouse where our things were loaded in storage lockers stacked on top of each other.. we could only access the stuff if we hired a crew to take a forklift into the warehouse to unload our storage lockers.)

It is also nice to have a few more "comfort" things from our stuff on their way out on a ship to NZ.

Reunited and it feels so good!!