Take-A-Boo on the Move Update II

A Random Act of Kindness

Our three flower laden bathtubs were moved by the kind construction workers who are currently replacing the sidewalks in front of our soon to be old location at 1927 Avenue Road.

Once again, Martin’s charm came in handy as he enlisted some workers and their forklift to move the three bathtubs. The tubs are now securely in front of 2064 Avenue Road. Saved us both money and another trip to Caruso’s Rentals to get a pump truck. Sweet.

This sidewalk construction has put us in a real pickle for the move. Wouldn’t you know it that the sidewalk directly in front of 1927 Avenue Road was ripped out on Tuesday morning with only half the shop moved out. Talk about bad timing for us.

Good news though – the move itself is almost complete. Monday, May 28th was a 9am – 11:30pm night with the movers. Tuesday, May 29th was a 6pm – 12:30pm evening with two trucks this time. Today is a number of runs with our trusty Dodge Caravan equipped with the handy stow away seats (a much needed feature this week. We love our Caravan). Plus a junk removal pick up this afternoon.  Martin is truly beyond tired at this point.

May 31st in the evening I meet with the landlord for the inspection and hand over the keys.

Then Take-A-Boo at  2064 Avenue Road will begin. With an eight-year lease, we can settle in, try to recuperate and forget this whole exhausting process.

More good news – it looks like our marriage will survive this highly stressful life event.

Andrea Swinton
www.takeaboo.com

Take-A-Boo on the Move to 2064 Avenue Road (just across from Bruno’s Fine Foods)

Yikes… we are moving our packed to the rafters (literally) shop from 1927 Avenue Road to a bigger, brighter location at 2064 Avenue Road (just across from Bruno’s Fine Foods) as of June 1st. We’ll be two blocks north on the west side of the street.

We thought we knew what tired was. Boy were we wrong. Martin has been an absolute trooper. I sure don’t have his stamina. He’s been going full tilt for four weeks now.

It’s been a crazy 6 weeks – negotiating and signing the new lease, cleaning up the new place, coordinating the move and the biggest job of all – the move.

The clean up has been extensive as a Chinese grocer was in the space before us. Thank God for Caruso Rentals on the Danforth. They had a great price on a floor maintainer, shop vac and paint sprayer and seem to know us by name now.

A special shout of to our good friends, Barney McNeilly (who declined a CBC interview on a recent high profile crime so he could man the paint sprayer in the new digs) and Rose Davidson. They’ve really pitched. Above and beyond the call of duty.

Plus, Graham Trimble turned up yesterday to help with some moving. 

We can’t thank them enough for their support. I think they felt sorry for us as the job is unfathomably massive for the two of us.

Denis The Mover is the absolute best. His guys have worked into the night getting the big pieces into the shop.

Now we just have to get those bathtubs up the road before June 1st.

Andrea Swinton
www.takeaboo.com