I had forgotten about the joys of trailer park living. Some park owners can be real grumps. I got to meet ours again today. On our first day moving in here he came and was all bent about the mess the last people had left and offered to help me haul away the old couch, some old bookshelves and a mattress.

We have been nearly killing ourselves just getting moved in and he came by (I guess he does Monday visits) and was all ruffled about the fence line needed to be weed whacked. There was some old lumber lying around from the former people so he volunteered to haul it off which was nice of him. He just has a way of talking to you like you’re a crackhead or some young kid. He and I had words to a degree. I told him he had allowed the former tenant to accumulate the junk and trash for 2 years and I had only been working to clean it for 2 days.

Maybe that is the last we will see of him as we always keep our residence looking nice and I have just finished cleaning the yard of trash, weeds and cut the grass. This guy doesn’t even want unused cement blocks lying around unless your going to use them! Just a few (about 6 to block up the shop later) were in the yard . “Whatcha going to do with those, do you need them?” he asks.

Anyway perhaps that is the only rub we will have with him. He’s a nasty sort. I will call him the Troll from here on out and I wouldn’t recommend this place for anyone to place a home in. The park is nice, but he has a rotten disposition. I was told he is in the church down the road every time the doors are open and cusses like a sailor.

I guess having to deal with some people who are slow keeping their yards up might have made him a tad grumpy, but he needs to pick on those folks not the ones that JUST moved in and trying to clean up.

Comments always welcome,

Well, after three days of moving in the brutal heat of 108+ heat index we brought the last items/boxes out yesterday or last night rather. Now I have a living room full of boxes to unload, the TV to install above the fireplace and general cleaning to be done.

I’ll be glad to see fall arrive here with us. I’m not saying it’s hot and muggy, but when you have to dive in the river to dry off you get the idea.

So here we are moved to Deatsville to my first trailer park. I sat on the porch last night after the last load and watched a thunderstorm in the distance and listened to a light rain on the tip roof of the deck covering the porch. It was relaxing.

We wound up having to clean the carpets ourselves. The Carpet Cleaners arrived and after talking tried to tell me that the special would still require pre-treatment at 29 cents a sq ft. So after telling them in the nicest way possible that they were bait and switch and I had not need for them they left. I think it was a hot Friday morning and they just didn’t want to have to clean several rooms for such a low fee.

The heat is brutal in the double wide since we have the windows open to allow dust we stir up and cleaning fumes to escape. We have some standing fans going but it is still showing 98-100F in the house at peak times 1-5PM each day. Moving day is tomorrow Sunday and Monday so we will see how that goes.

Clothes are completely saturated with sweat after a short time. There seems to be a mouse infestation that we were not told about. There are some roaches also so the exterminators are supposed to be there today to completely treat the home for all pests.

Even though I look forward to owning my own place again, this sure is a lot of work after just sitting around and paying someone else to maintain or fix up a place. Another beautiful sunset last night was a nice motivation to keep plugging away.

To be continued…

We have only about two days left before the move. Cleaning out the place we are moving too has been a real workout! The other person ran into problems but paid us to remove the things he couldn’t handle. So hauling off junk from the front yard and a few bags of misc stuff in the house was done. A long day but a lot done, ready for the pest control and carpet cleaners this morning.

I still have to get the Garbage collection started, the Cable transferred and the shop moved.

On a good note the day ended with me being able to see a beautiful multi-colored sunset last night from the new location.

Comments welcome,