At the risk of sounding like one of those nausea-inducing "This is why we're such a great couple" tracts, one of the reasons we're still plugging along eleven years later is that we tend to take turns freaking out over stuff. For the past couple of weeks, it's been Lorenzo who's been complaining about the (imaginary) lack of space in our soon-to-be refrigerator, or the lack of sunlight in our soon-to-be living room, and generally moping about as he makes the mental shift from 8 years of loft-living into the brand new world of house-living. During this, Tom put on his Mary Sunshine hat and sang that old tune about new horizons and change-is-good and "Remember, this is what we said we wanted and you'll love it when it's all over."
Now, 4 days out from THE DAY, Tom is whimpering and rocking back and forth and "How is that princess chair going to fit through the front door?" and "Ohmigod, what if the movers break that antique mirror we got from my parents?" and "WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH BOXES! WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!!" Lorenzo rolls his eyes, pats Tom on the head, runs out to rent the final two discs of Rome, Season 1 and a gallon of fudge ripple, plants Tom on the couch and murmurs comforting words while we both wait for the full frontal male nudity scenes to come up.
And our apartment is a MESS. We gave up on housework weeks ago. Thank God for Clorox wipes or there'd be creeping fungus growing in our kitchen by now. We're drinking wine out of coffee cups, for God's sake. Have you ever heard of anything so sad and barbaric?
We can take comfort in one thing, though:
At least SOMEONE in this place is enjoying the current state of affairs.
Sometimes
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Awwww. That's a belly in need of a good rubbing.
I feel your pain - my house is in the middle of renovation to be put on the market - I can't stand it!! Ironic though - my cat looks exactly like yours - and also loves the boxes everywhere!
Good luck - it will be over soon!
I'm intrigued by what's in that first box!
But seriously, girls, moving is always a bitch. Hang in there and it will be wonderful again soon. Plus, a house! How cool is that?!
I love how in the first picture, it looks like the label on the box is "asses." She's exactly where she's supposed to be!
KITTY!
I've been caught drinking wine out of the bottle before...but that's not as barbaric as drinking it from the spout. I've seen it. It's the most pathetically hilarious sight ever.
Anonymous said...
I'm intrigued by what's in that first box!
FRAGILE !! Asses?? or FRAGILE!! Assed??
Aaawww!!! Kitty belly! That just makes the world a better place! :^)
Silly people it's "fragile - GLasses", that's why they're drinking wine out of coffee mugs!
Right guys? Right? Our do you really have a box of packed asses? 8^o
How DO you do it girls? I'm amazed that you're keeping on your blog schedule with all that chaos.
Your cat is obviously getting back at you for a certain, a-hem, procedure she was forced to undergo recently.
Big hugs!
"WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH BOXES! WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!!"
Too, too funny!
Love you guys!
Stay strong!
She's just trying to show you all how its done! Breathe deeply and relax—the move will be over soon. Then you have the fun of unpacking! Just be sure and unpack those wine glasses first and it will all seem to go much, much easier.
LOL. GLasses. That is funny. BTW, I'm hooked on Rome. The characters are fantastic and compelling. The women are vicious and the men are HOT!
It's a cat's world. We're just here to decorate it.
lol. thanks for the afternoon giggle. i have been known to drink my champagne right out of the bottle. not that i am proud but it happens.
the kitty says it all, dont ya think?
hang in the darlings!
oops!
hang in THERE darlings.
Wine out of mugs and adorable kitties aside, what about the humpy nude movers? Surely you haven’t forgotten the lengthy interview process for them? Do I have to think of everything?
Oh you kids!
Just take Mr. Peenee's advice on everything.
And remember,on a clear day you can see forever!
Cats love boxes, it's just an absolute truth.
I totally understand your predicament. I moved from a light and airy apartment to a house (my first!) 10 months ago and sometimes, I still feel as if I made a huge mistake. Having never even lived in a house before (much less owned any kind of property), the adjustment has been difficult. Especially, the lawn ... and the trees ... even the cacti are dying on me. Officially, I'm excited to learn how to be an independent woman who can fix her own running toilet now etc. etc. But...I miss maintenance men. {sigh}
But you guys will be fine!! Nothing to worry about!!!! :-)
Anonymous said...
It's a cat's world. We're just here to decorate it.
August 21, 2007 2:19 PM
Sooooooo very true. BTW, that bitch is FABULOUS!!
Two bits of advice.
1. Cats also love to hide in boxes. Put her in a safe place on moving day before she packs herself up!
2. Get rid of the coffee cups and use the large glasses - they hold a LOT more! Personally I prefer the large insulated mugs which keep the wine at perfect temperature, not that it lasts long enough to matter.
Good luck, guys. I'll be thinking about you!
ZOMG! The cuteness of the kitties!!
Having made a number of major moves over the last few years I am feeling your pain, but at least you're in it together!
Fragile Asses, LOL! I have that same box in my moving hell apartment! I feel your pain, Boys; 3 more days for me and I feel like I don't have anything packed!!
That's not the box carrying your stemware, is it?
I started packing our ten sets of dishes over the weekend while Eric sat on the sofa complaining about his back. Plus I'm getting crap about packing too early because we aren't moving for over a month. But I don't want to wait until the last minute!
Good luck on moving day!
Your cat is a sweetie!
One of mine is currently ensconced on top of my new red leather hat box, which I made the mistake of putting down on the dining room floor preparatory to moving it to the bedroom. Silly me.
Aww, you can't blame her for that!
She's a cat; it's a box. They were made for each other.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! Snort!
I want your cat! Hoover (my border collie) wants your cat too, but for different reasons.
And my darlings, you just elucidated why we opted to spend 6 weeks in hell blowing out the house and adding on, rather than doing what you so courageously are doing!
Oh my God I feel for you....but truthfully- isn't moving cathartic? How much crap have you thrown away?
as usual, I'm a trendsetter (I bought my house and moved this time last year - and sadly, I have one or two boxes still unpacked. i wonder what's in them?).
what about fragile glass asses? i think you can actually buy those.....
oh, and eric3000: it is NEVER, EVER too early to start packing. EVER.
love the cattie lounging on the boxes!
and good luck moving!!!!
Loved your post. ahhh poor boys. I hate confusion and change is hard. even a wonderful change.
Take comfort in the joy your kitty is experiencing. And wine from coffee cups is so boho!
CP
Ok, tell Tom to breath deeply and go to the back door of Pottery Barn, Restoration Hardware, Williams Sonoma, and Crate and Barrel. They have the best boxes in the dumpsters out back and if you are really lucky you will find the occisional bag of packing material. And the great thing is when you are done with the boxes you just break them down again and put them back in the same dumpsters ;-D I call this eco moving...recycle,recycle,recycle.
Does the Fluffer have a name? (the cat, I mean, not Lorenzo, we know HIS name)
A tip from OUR recent move. use a small strip of colored tape (paint tape from the hardware store) and mark each box so all the blue boxes are critical to be opened right away and all the green boxes can be ignored for a while, or the green all go upstairs and the blue in the basement. Really helps at the other end of this traveling circus.
(I'd be drinking SCOTCH out of coffee cups)
So glad she took on the responsibility of supervising the move. It's exhausting, isn't it kitty? Poor baby.
Whoever said it's the process not the destination had never moved! It'll be wonderful when you get into your new place...and kitty is going to LOVE all the new places and window sills.
Good advice re cats getting IN to boxes...and also about insulated coffee cups for your wine. See, everyone loves you two (and you little cat, too).
Thanks for the update, boys. Soon the move will be over and the fun will begin! Please, please take pre-asses and and post-asses shots of your new place for us.
xxoo
Ha! Wine out of a coffee mug?
When we moved into our new house all those years ago my parents drank Champagne from kiddy cups because they were the only thing that they could find after looking through ten boxes.
Then my little sister was very surprised that there was not ginger-ale in her Winnie the Pooh cup.
My cats were also very happy about the boxes, one of them nearly got packed because she feel asleep in the stuffed animal box of my afore-mentioned little sister.
You could be doing this with KIDS. Just think, what would Laura do? (Other than Sequin every box?)
- The maljax
L O fucking L.
Love the kitty shots. See? She forgave you for her nip and tuck!
WHERE'S THE TRIFLE DISH???
In case you haven't seen it...
http://catsinboxes.com/
YAY! CHUNKY CATS!
Nothing like a furry tub of love to ease the tension.
Emma P.
"We're drinking wine out of coffee cups, for God's sake. Have you ever heard of anything so sad and barbaric?"
Well, as long as the wine isn't coming out of a box, you'll be forgiven.
Are you staying in the Philadelphia area?
LOVE. KITTY.
Good luck with the move. New York is dying to have you. Your moving here will increase its fabulosity by ... perhaps ... 60 percent? Maybe more. That's impressive. You get points for Kitty too.
Wine? From coffee mugs?
Geesh, I wish I could get the
hubby to STOP drinking wine from the coffee mug and use the lovely wine glasses we have.
When he pours me a glass of wine in that thing, I make him go back to the kitchen and put it in a wine glass....
OK, which one of you has been channeling Darren McGavin?
Mr. Parker: Fra-gee-lay. That must be Italian.
Mrs. Parker: Uh, I think that says FRAGILE, dear.
Mr. Parker: Oh, yeah.
Where are you two moving? I'm confused...PA or NY or someplace entirely different?
I guess she's gotten over being snipped...
Hey at least you aren't drinking wine out of paper cups...
My cat has embraced our move as well, she sees the boxes as her personal jungle gym and LOVES to try to make it up to the top shelf in the closet. Of course she cant get down but thats another story.
Good luck we move the same day
MT
Let me know if you need any help unpacking. I am a goddess when it comes to anal retentive order - it also affords me the opportunity to potentially boss someone around. ("Three trifle dishes? We need to find a trifle dish shelf!")
Loved the reference to Prince - I didn't pick up on it until I read the headline a second time. Doh!
My current kitties would be under the bed right about then in the move.
My beloved late Casey (who looked so much like your baby it brought tears to my eyes), would have handled the state of affairs with the aplomb of your spoiled shitrat (said with love...I call mine that all the time when they're acting up).
Take a cue from The Boss and don't kill each other this weekend.
xoxo
Well how comfortable she looks, she's in kitty heaven and will be for a bit longer. Oh but rub her tummy everyonce in awhile.....good luck on the move, stay dry and cool as possible.
Happy Home Ownership! Please don't tell me your mortgage is through "Countrywide"!
Our new house wasn't finished, but our old house sold. Our builder let us live in a brand new duplex he hadn't rented yet. We thought it would be for the one week he needed to finish our house. One week turned into 6 . . . Not terrible, we were living there for free, but we had the barest of essentials (as in mattress, some clothes, grooming items, and computer).
Somehow the box marked "To the Duplex" got put in storage, so our dishes consisted of 12 Christmas mugs and a spoon.
We made it, and, like you, avoided simultaneous meltdowns.
All the best! Thanks for continuing the blog(s) while your lives are so busy.
Peace
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Anon: Happy Home Ownership! Please don't tell me your mortgage is through "Countrywide"!
Or First Magnus. :-(
Scarlett: Let me know if you need any help unpacking. I am a goddess when it comes to anal retentive order - it also affords me the opportunity to potentially boss someone around. ("Three trifle dishes? We need to find a trifle dish shelf!")
Are you open to bribes? I call my method of housekeeping "Early Archaeological Discovery." I can organize my books and sewing patterns to the point of putting the hyphen in anal-retentive, but everything else... forget it.
absotively right, boys! a good couple is made up of two complementary individuals, not twins. when one's down, the other can help them get back up again.
and who could stay down for long for such a warm and fluffy kitty belly nearby? ;)
Thank God your Internet connection is still working. Unplug that bitch LAST THING.
Ah, so you boys DO love pussy! (Well, at least one anyway).
BTW, until you get unpacked, toss the coffee mugs and start chugging from the bottle.
--Gotham Tomato
Oh, for God's sake, boys, go to IKEA, buy a box of 6-wine-glasses for $10 and throw them out as you drink! You mustn't be drinking from COFFEE cups! ;)
My parents teased me for saving all my moving boxes in my garage when I moved into my house. Lots of "why are you holding onto THEM?" they're taking up space! Like I was planning on parking in the garage...a year and a half later, they were begging me for them because they moved from their own house.
You can never, never, never have too many moving boxes. Nor kitties to climb on them. One of the fondest pictures of my kitty is sitting on a stack of 5 moving boxes in an empty room when I moved out of the city I did grad school in.
In the first flush of joy of being homeowners, I will not go into finding out that my bathroom developed a leak at 10:30 last night and figuring out how I can find the leak, keep from causing more leakage (it's the only shower), and manage to keep clean.
Congrats on the new home! Miss Kitty looks very pleased with her box of "asses"!
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