Where the heck...
Living out of boxes is just grand! Worse yet, is living out of boxes, most of which are in a 10x20 storage locker. A storage locker that is stuffed wall to wall, floor to ceiling! More times than I care to recount we have been saying "where the heck is my..." The answer is usually something along the lines of "It was in one of the square brown boxes" or something along that line. The missing box is usually in the BACK of the storage locker.
The thing is, we have temporarily downsized from our 3 bedroom house (with an additional office, full basement, and a single car garage) to a 2 bedroom apartment. In addition we owned a business that occupied a little over 2000' square feet of retail space. After closing the shop and selling the house we have a lot of stuff to store, and not a lot of space to store it!
A good majority of the stuff is in the aforementioned 10x20 storage locker, or in a (not so stuffed) 5x10 storage locker. The rest is in our small apartment, much of it still in boxes.
The good news is that the business is indeed closed, the house is sold (the check is even in the bank) and we are now settling into life in Portland. We are enjoying our new life in Portland. We live right on the MAX light rail line and a bike path, either of which takes me straight to work at the Clackamas REI. Linda takes the MAX into downtown for work, stopping off at the gym (also on the MAX line) most mornings.
Our trusty Subaru, which has gotten a hefty workout the last couple of months as I closed the shop in Tacoma, worked at REI in Clackamas, and we packed up the house, now sits most of the time. We ride bikes, walk or use Portland's excellent public transportation system.
We can easily get pretty much anywhere we need to go via bus, rail, or bike. It is pretty rare that we drive the car these days.Except when we need to haul something to or from the storage locker that is.
The thing is, we have temporarily downsized from our 3 bedroom house (with an additional office, full basement, and a single car garage) to a 2 bedroom apartment. In addition we owned a business that occupied a little over 2000' square feet of retail space. After closing the shop and selling the house we have a lot of stuff to store, and not a lot of space to store it!
A good majority of the stuff is in the aforementioned 10x20 storage locker, or in a (not so stuffed) 5x10 storage locker. The rest is in our small apartment, much of it still in boxes.
The good news is that the business is indeed closed, the house is sold (the check is even in the bank) and we are now settling into life in Portland. We are enjoying our new life in Portland. We live right on the MAX light rail line and a bike path, either of which takes me straight to work at the Clackamas REI. Linda takes the MAX into downtown for work, stopping off at the gym (also on the MAX line) most mornings.
Our trusty Subaru, which has gotten a hefty workout the last couple of months as I closed the shop in Tacoma, worked at REI in Clackamas, and we packed up the house, now sits most of the time. We ride bikes, walk or use Portland's excellent public transportation system.
We can easily get pretty much anywhere we need to go via bus, rail, or bike. It is pretty rare that we drive the car these days.Except when we need to haul something to or from the storage locker that is.
Labels: Apartment, Changes, House, Portland, Shop, Storage, Stuff
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