~half ton of books going into the mail
Continuing work on the Magic Castle (aka the house I grew up). Seemed to hit a tipping point when I made contact with folks at the Internet Archive who are taking 25 boxes of books to go into their library. I am not sure if I got a "friend of the family" deal or what, but they sent me boxes, tape (not this yellow stuff, Kate had that), Sharpies and labels. All I needed to do was assemble it all (thank you @not_on_display for shifting a lot of this) and hand it over to the UPS person next week sometime.
Just noticing in this picture this fucking closet NEVER GOT FINISHED in the back. It was built maybe 15 years ago? Fuck all of this deferred maintenance. Take my house, please.
Just noticing in this picture this fucking closet NEVER GOT FINISHED in the back. It was built maybe 15 years ago? Fuck all of this deferred maintenance. Take my house, please.
Does the USPS not have Book Rate any more? or has its cost advantage been eroded to the point that you may as well use UPS?
@fishtaco I do not know, IA is picking up the tab for these.
Winding up most of her estate hasn't been an issue for me, but when we had to remove things she'd selected like the carpet and paint over the colors she loved, to make the house "salable" was the first time I felt grief since a few months after she passed.
I thought about buying it from my siblings for awhile but I realized that would be a mistake for me. It's a huge house (now, not so much growing up there) and living there alone I'd probably end up like Howard Hughes.