Goodbye to Hewitt

After the trip to Philadelphia, we knew we had to get busy for the closing on the house. It seems like all we did for the three weeks between getting home and the closing on the 26th was sort and pack. Harold was in charge of the packing and he maximized the amount of things going into each box. We labeled each box then took them to the storage building. We also worked hard at using up all the food in our refrigerator and freezer. Our daughter Ann got plenty of things and we sent two boxes of food to a local church group. It seemed like we would not get done in time, but somehow we did.
The auction company came to get the furniture and appliances as well as some more miscellaneous things. We have a very large very heavy curio cabinet that we are moving with us to Bucerias. It is really the only large piece of furniture we are taking. It is taller than our doors and hard to move. So we got the two guys from the auction company to move it to the storage building. When we got there, I went to open the garage door to the unit. It usually opens fairly easily. Well, this time it wouldn’t even budge! Finally, the strong guys opened it. Some of our boxes had slid and were resting against the door. They helped us restack the boxes as well as put the curio cabinet in storage. We are going to hire the same guys to load our moving trailer for us.
Almost everything fit in the storage building. Some of the more bulky things such as the lawn mower and barbecue grill are in my dad’s shop. We have a few things to continue to sort through and pack.
Finally the house was empty and relatively clean. We did take a final swim in the pool. It was sad to say goodbye to the place we have lived for more than 22 years. But the plan is moving forward and soon we will be off to Bucerias.