A week ago, we finally sent for the storage pod we left sitting in New Jersey after the sale of my husband’s family home following the death of his mother in 2006. On 20 July, it arrived via PodZilla. I recorded the delivery using iPhone Video Recorder. The pneumatic gadget that delivers the suspended pod and places it anywhere you want is actually labeled “podzilla,” which cracked me up. At first.
Now, the daunting task of unloading this thing and figuring out where it all goes, or whether we keep it, sell it, donate it, burn it, or what … well, it has me genuinely looking upon this thing and its contents as a bit of a monster.
On one hand, there are some seriously cool things to be found in a home continuously owned by one family since 1956. For instance, this killer slide projector, made in Chicago forty or more years ago. It works, I got it free, they don’t make them durable like this any more, and I can finally look at all the slides my parents took in the 1960s.
Today, I unpacked a gorgeous KitchenAid stand mixer that I can’t wait to try out. Like most things from Gary’s mom’s house, it came with all the attachments and undamaged instructions (not that these things are difficult to figure out how to use). I had to rearrange some of the kitchen to make room for it, but it’ll be well worth it.
Then, there are the items I unwrap and think, “Really? No. Really!? There couldn’t have been a garage sale? This was worth storing for two years and then shipping cross-country?” (Side note: for some reason I really want to ship this off to Jennifer Proctor.) But I recognize that, when you just want to get home, it’s easier to put it all in boxes and deal with it later.
Later is today.
Subscribe with iTunes
Cool projector! I love my kitchen-aid. Had it for over 15 years. I recently bought the grinder/slicer attachment and am using it more than ever.
On no, you just outed Podzilla on your site. I’m guessing they’ll be getting a call from Apple lawyers. Where in Jersey was your husband from? I know a bit of South Jersey.
He’s from Ridgewood, awfully close to NYC actually. You could see the towers from the end of his street, before they were destroyed.
The possibilities in this wee video and collection of stills are endless. High tech now and then… Flashbacks… Flashforwards… Dang. Lotta bang fer your buck there, lassie.
holy crap. wait, so this thing is just left on your driveway?! oh the possibilities! you totally have to make something sculptural out of it …(after you discover more sick projectors, or even a zoetrope!)