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Last looks at Duvall

News ·Tuesday September 1, 2009 @ 23:03 EDT (link)

We finished packing everything out of our house in Duvall tonight, and cleaning (vacuuming and some scrubbing; the bed had a lot of fluff from our blue heated blanked under it… Honey was rolling it into balls). Although the house had some annoyances—having to mow the lawn and take care of weeds and bamboo, for example—it was a peaceful and spacious place to live in a nice neighborhood and we had a good three years there.

We closed on the house in December 2005, but didn't move in until February 2006: we rented the place back to the sellers, James and Heather Morris (and family) for a few months. Moving in took a single small Penske truck, and we were helped by LukeWill, WillBr, and MRScott (none of whom work in Word any more), ordering pizza to the house afterwards. We were moving from apartments near Microsoft (4850 156th Avenue NE; I think they're now Onyx, although they used to be Ravenswood at the Park). Leaving took a couple trucks and several car trips; most of what we picked up came from the damage we suffered in the 2006 windstorm, since damage items were replaced by insurance but we kept most of them anyway (just recently getting rid of a damaged wardrobe and some bedside tables).

We closed on the sale September 2, without losing too much in this down market (although closing costs are killer… why should the state get any percentage of a house, or any other good, when it's sold?). We moved to an apartment on Avondale Way, cutting down the commute considerably (no more Novelty Hill, and Avondale isn't so bad). We've shuffled things around so that we have room to move now, too. Change happens; this change is a good stepping-stone.

Farewell, 27303 NE 155th Place, Duvall, WA 98019.

Books finished: Danny, the Champion of the World.

DVDs finished: Sliders: The First and Second Seasons, M*A*S*H: Season Nine.