Even more Excitement!

We still haven't heard from our buyers who are waiting to sell their house, but......, we have decided.  We are going to let the furniture go at the end of September and we are going to emigrate in early October!  Since we made the decision, I have had an overload of adrenalin and been unable to sleep but now have made lists which should help!!  Have to sell Poppy, my car, but have already had some interest so fingers crossed.
There is just so much to do!  I have put on the calendar which rooms we are tackling on which day so that makes it easier.  Sarah has now accepted that we are going and is much happier about it which is such a relief I can't begin to tell you.  She is happy to help get rid of stuff for us too - such a lovely daughter to have.  We are going for a meal with the two of them before we go.  We will go to La Tavas
which is a restaurant that Sarah and Carl love.  She's going to organise that bit!
Wondered about having a Bon Voyage party but because I have now realised that there is only about 5 weeks until we go we are having an open house evening instead.  Much more manageable I think.
This is our list (although we have done quite a bit of it)

MOT car and then sell it - half done

Contact Mick about the cupboard - done

Order American lead for the iMac - done

Take Mandy and Craig out for a ‘thank you’ meal - done

Eat the food in the freezer - doing

Change address for bank

Organise money and pension

Clean oven

Send iMac over to USA

Book holiday cottage from 22nd September

Contact PSS

People to visit - open day 21st September

Lounge

Remove drinks and put in Kitchen if we are not taking them with us

Put ‘memory cards’ out of the drawer into the box in the attic.

Make sure drawers are full of stuff that is easy to pack

Kitchen

Make sure cupboards are full of “packables”

Pack up all food and drink so that it can be given away/packed for us

Get the oven professionally cleaned

Dining room

Check drawers in bureau

Get rid of old wrapping paper

Check sideboard contents are easy to pack

Study

Fold up the treadmill

Dismantle the desk

Check contents of the filing cabinet

Move large plastic folder to Dressing room and make sure it has all the vital documents in it

Move green PSS file to Dressing room

Dressing room

Sort clothes - leave only those we are going to wear for the next 6 weeks

Put the rest of the clothes in the bedroom

Sort the cupboards and drawers and put surplus in bedroom

Bedroom

Get rid of side tables and lamps

We are TAKING the light and the curtains

Bathroom

Sort through the airing cupboard

Get rid of any liquids

Cellar

Check the shelves at the top of the cellar steps

Oh my!