We still have a sofa and end table to get rid of in addition to the mattress from the RV. The living room sofa is "older" but still serviceable. I listed them on The Freecycle Network, a really cool site that lets you list things you want to give away to local people. If someone wants what you have to give away they contact you by email and you can then exchange phone numbers to set up times and give directions to your home. The sofa we had was also a queen sized sofa bed and it is VERY heavy. I told the young, 9 months pregnant woman she would have to bring help to load it as I knew I couldn't lift it even with the help of her husband and I didn't know if Bob would be home at the appointed hour. Lo and behold she called and said they couldn't be here at the agreed upon time of 6:30 but could make it at 9:30. Just what I wanted to hear! (Bob too!) So at 9:30 a knock comes at the door and there she stood - out to H E R E! In walked her husband, all 6 ft 4 of him weighing in at about 105 pounds. That's it, no help. To add further to the problem he had stitches in his hand for a deep cut he had gotten at work that day. Bob was not a happy camper. They did, somehow get it loaded into their pickup truck.
Our dog, Shag, is totally confused now. She always curled up in the right hand corner of the sofa to sleep. She walked around the coffee table and started to make her jump when she realized it wasn't there. She walked around the other side of the table and looked again. She looked at Bob as if to ask, "What the heck is going on here, where's my sofa?"
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I've had the confused pet situation before when we've packed to move and most of the furniture is out. Their little faces are so funny! I'm enjoying your tale immensely. My husband and I plan on going full-time someday, hopefully within 5 years. I'm so excited I started getting rid of the STUFF already. We've moved often over the years, so we've been pretty good at keeping it trimmed down, but somehow it still accumulates. Ebay is wonderful, isn't it?
We've moved a few times and were lucky enough to have the new house a few weeks before the old house sold so started moving things. The looks on the pets faces' is pretty funny! We're planning on taking early retirement as soon as we can to rv full-time, and I already started getting rid of the STUFF to make things easier. Started selling some of the DVD collection this morning! I'm enjoying your blog alot!
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