29 Days Left: Slinging Sofas and Packing Up...

The past 24 hours we have chipped away at a decent clip...making good progress!

Yesterday we had a few more smaller furniture pick ups, and Nathan spent the morning in our garage consolidating items, making inventory lists, and cleaning out his stand-up tool chest. Speaking with Jhimel at Belize Freight (who has been INCREDIBLY patient and responsive!), he said to empty the tool chest, as he has seen many a caster wheel break. They were not designed to be wheeled long distances, especially fully-loaded with heavy tools. Nathan lasted as long as he could in 116f, humid weather.

I worked on "inside stuff", namely, taking down and packing up wall art. Pro tip: If your tile is a consistent width, use it to easily measure out how much paper you need!

8" wide tile x 7 = 56", plenty paper to wrap a 24" wide piece of art!

I didn't toil alone, however. I had our "Chief Quality Control Executive", Roxy, inspecting my work.

After lunch, we braved the oven-like temps to run some errands:

-A trip to Harbor Freight for zip ties for our bins and spray paint (which they didn't have). My thought was to pop a dot of spray paint on each of our pieces, so they are easily identifiable as ours when they unload on delivery to the barge, and for the barge to bring to our villa. 

-From there, we stopped at Costco as we realized we would be short a few bins. We also grabbed some seasonings in the bulk size, and ranch powder. Because we are classy.

-Then a stop at a scuba shop. My mask, I believe I took on my first trip to Belize, which was in 2002. I've been struggling with it sealing properly. Could be user error, but I figured I should grab one here while the selection was still great. I opted for a UV lens, which is going to protect my delicate peepers when not in the water. I have super-sensitive eyes, you will ALWAYS see me with either sunglasses on, or if indoors, they will be on top of my head. 

After fielding more RIDICULOUS offers for our sectional, I found a buyer that was willing to pay full price! As I have mentioned, selling personal goods online is exceptionally frustrating. If something is of obvious high-quality, practically new, and listed for $950, it takes some nerve to say your budget is only $200 but you could pick it up right away. I wonder if those folks ever get lucky...? If your budget is $200, look for something posted for $400, max, and pray you find someone desperate. And don't also ask us to deliver it.

That buyer came today to get the sectional, and my father-in-law came over to help load if needed, but mostly hang out/help my husband replace the handles on a wheelbarrow. 

With the sectional gone, and wall art down, our home looks so empty!

Since the 4th was on Thursday, Nathan has been off work since then, and it's been a tremendous help having him available to bounce ideas/strategies off of, or go on runs with me. We have one more day to jam some tasks out before he goes back to work on Monday, we'll see what else we can accomplish tomorrow!