Blog from the Loft

Time to terminate the electricity account at the Farm. You can do this online with NSTAR here, but (a) it will take up to 5 business days, and (b) that form does not have a review page, you press submit and off it goes. Seems like the app is driven by Allaire ColdFusion, at least [...]

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4pm on a Tuesday after the long weekend. Finished the last load of laundry. Packed up the bicycle. Emptied the rest of the fridge. Drinking mineral water from the big bottle. Turn off the sound system. Back the Audi out of the garage.
I did not think I can be as attached to a house as [...]

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Now I am down to the few final things to get the house sold. I need to get a certificate from the local fire department to say that I have working smoke detection system. Since I have a security system with wired (AC) smoke detectors all over the house, how difficult could that be, right? [...]

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Saturday morning 10:05 am. I was going to drive back to the farm to meet a potential buyer of some of my moving sale pieces. He cancelled. No choice but to continue to tackle the stuff here at the loft.
There it is, sitting quietly amongst his already cleared peers. The last packed box of kitchen [...]

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It is raining and cold here in Boston today. Good day to stay indoor and work on my sculpture, or is that just the result of my unpacking?
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After you moved, no matter how organized you are, the first thing that you need is in the last box that you open.
Corollary in progress — where should you pack the packing tape?

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Good Friday, have some time at home, so it’s time to call all the services and switch addresses. Apparently, for electricity from NSTAR, they will pick up the tab for the electricity during the time the the loft is not occupied. That’s pretty good. So I don’t have to pay for the initial few weeks [...]

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Moving is …painful. Lucky that I have help to packed my entire kitchen, all 15 boxes of it. Books and CD’s and DVD’s are easy also. But the office is, well, not done yet. Last two times when I moved it was so much easier, partly I think I am moving to a bigger place [...]

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ARRGGHHH…. I hate packing. Picked up 25 small boxes from Uhaul, paper tape, and movers wrapping tape. Then I found 20 boxes in my basement from my previous move. I think I have enough boxes now. Five minutes into (re)assembling the boxes, gave myself a huge papercut from the box. Now I am boxing with [...]

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Ok. I am counting this as Sunday, day 2 at the loft. More cleaning. I actually got the aero bed setup now so that I can sleep here. Minor problem with the curtain in the bedroom. Until I replace the broken curtain rod I think I am going to be awoken by sunlight at 6 [...]

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