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*[ 29 June, 2009 ]

it’s beginning to look a lot like… [ the trips ]

…we are moving.

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We have sold some furniture on craigslist.

We have given some furniture to my nanny.

We have donated baby stuff. ALL of our baby stuff.

I have lent some books to my reader friends who will kindly “babysit” them while I’m away.

We  left stuff on our lawn in the hopes that someone would take them and make a good home for them (they did!)

We even donated some books to the local library. The husband didn’t even bother going in and asking if they would take donations. He simply threw 150 books down the book return slot outside. Someone in the library is either going to be very confused or very excited about this.

We have packed 3o+ boxes. They are all labeled and coded with my no-fail coding system. well, with the exception of A-5. somehow there is NO box A-5.

HOLY SHIT. IT’S OFFICIALLY HIT. WE ARE MOVING. TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY.

and since we packed our 3 sets of dishes (yes, we have three. actually we DID have 4, but we threw the ugly totally chipped to hell green set out last week. don’t ask. It’s a Jew thing. If you don’t believe me, ask Metalia. heh) we are eating on paper (go ali, single-handedly killing the earth!) and eating take-out for the next two weeks. and since we packed the wii and all the games and all the toys, my children will be annoying the crap out of me whining for the next two weeks. and since I packed all my clothing, I may rewear the same 4 outfits (and there’s a good chance I *might* look homeless at blogher, which is totally why I’m coming in on WEDNESDAY so I can go shopping with Angella and Kristabella so I don’t scare any of you guys away)

(yes, my homeless self and I ARE GOING TO BLOGHER)

on a totally unrelated note…I have a question for you that came from a very heated discussion with some Canadians…what do you call the thing you use to change the channels on your tv? a remote? or a converter? When I moved to Canada, being asked to pass someone the “converter” was one of the strangest, most bizarre things I’d ever heard.

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Steph said:

The clicker. Or the remote. Either.

[ 29 Jun 09 ]

sweet cheek's mom said:

definitely call it a remote. never even heard anyone call it a converter!
yippy for moving! how miserable, yet so exciting.

[ 29 Jun 09 ]

Sarah said:

the tv clicker or the remote

ugh .. 2 weeks of takeout .. I feel for you!

[ 29 Jun 09 ]

Brenda said:

The Changer!

[ 29 Jun 09 ]

suze said:

A remote. Definitely. My grandpa used to call it a clicker.

[ 29 Jun 09 ]

Tracy said:

A Canadian here. The converter was a big brown plugged-in box with beige buttons that we had in the 70’s. So you didn’t have to get up & change the channel anymore. I get it that it’s called a remote now (obviously, a completely different thing), but I still say converter when I’m not thinking.

[ 29 Jun 09 ]

slynnro said:

Why would you possible call it a converter? It’s not converting anything.
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[ 29 Jun 09 ]

Corey said:

We call it a remote. My 3 year old calls it a cha-mote.

If you asked me for a converter, I would think of one of those electrical converters you need for your hair dryer when you go to Europe.

[ 29 Jun 09 ]

Avitable said:

I’ll be there Wednesday too, so I’ll track you down and give you a quarter or buy you a bottle Iof hooch.

[ 29 Jun 09 ]

joscelyn said:

remote. but I was raised by my american mother (i’m also American but moved here at 3) so i say “soda” and “p-ah-sta” and “zee (as in wxyz).

Also, do explain the packing system! i could have used that about a month ago…

[ 29 Jun 09 ]

Sarah said:

In my house growing up, it was either the flicker-flacker or the hinkydoomper. My dad is weird.
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[ 29 Jun 09 ]

ClassyFabSarah said:

Wow, you look way organized and in control. We are on the verge of selling our house and it is complete chaos and I don’t think we have 1 good box packed. At all. Oh well.

And why would anyone call it a converter? I don’t get it… are they converting fractions or something?
It is called a remote or remote control… I will answer to either.

[ 29 Jun 09 ]

Heather said:

Remote, though I know that different regions of Canada call it different things.

[ 29 Jun 09 ]

Karen Sugarpants said:

We call it the ‘mote here. We’re badass like that.

You’re getting to Chicago on Wednesday to shop? JEALOUS! I can’t wait to see you again!

[ 29 Jun 09 ]

Teri said:

Remote or clicker.

[ 29 Jun 09 ]

Maria said:

remote, although on occasion have used converter but have no idea why…wish I blogged just to go to blogher – it sounds so much fun!

[ 29 Jun 09 ]

Dave said:

Converter? Crazy people. It’s remote or changer here on the Atlantic coast.

[ 29 Jun 09 ]

Shannon said:

remote. never in my life have i heard anyone call it a converter and that would confuse me to no ends.

i would be totally confused and excited at the library books.

and now i am jealous and want to move / throw away everything that i do no need anymore but i just can’t bring myself to do it if i can’t pack things away neatly in boxes. ):

[ 29 Jun 09 ]

Anne said:

I was born and raised on Vancouver Island and now live in Ottawa and have never heard a converter. I’ve always said remote and have heard other use clicker. I don’t think it is necessarily a Canadian thing. Maybe Toronto?

[ 29 Jun 09 ]

Karly said:

Never in my life have I heard it called a converter. It’s a remote. And don’t even THINK about calling it a clicker or I will cut you.

[ 29 Jun 09 ]

Angella said:

We call it a remote. Maybe it’s an Ontario thing?

Cannot WAIT to see you, my friend. In TWENTY-THREE DAYS.

[ 29 Jun 09 ]

Britt said:

Remote.

My in-laws call it a “TV changer” and my grandparents call it a “clicker.”

[ 29 Jun 09 ]

fadkog said:

I turned the TV off with my remote to read your post because I got so excited to find out that I share the multiple set of dishes gene with you! Last week, my mom came barging in with a set of dishes she bought for a buck at a garage sale to give to me. THEY WERE BRAND NEW! And…sigh…my mom talked the lady down from $2 to $1 for them.

I’m thinking of getting rid of all my baby stuff in the hopes that I end up pregnant, so, will you be announcing a pregnancy after you get settled in Atlanta? :)

(so wish I was going to BlogHer…)
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[ 29 Jun 09 ]

Miss Britt said:

you’re not taking those pretty, pretty pictures with you? ;-)

[ 29 Jun 09 ]

Deborah Pucci said:

It’s a remote. Hope your move goes well and have a great time at Blogher.
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[ 29 Jun 09 ]

Mrs F with 4 said:

A Twitcher…. the rest of Quebec apparently goes with ‘clicker’ but no, in this Anglo household, he who has the twitcher, rules.

[ 29 Jun 09 ]

jay said:

LOL, in our house, it’s a “clicker”. Good luck with your move!
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[ 29 Jun 09 ]

sam {temptingmama} said:

It’s a remote.

HOLY SHITE you’re leaving FOR REALZ.

I’m sad.

Really sad.

But! Now have a reason to go to Atlanta, so YAY!!

I’m going to miss you so hard.

Can you please share your no fail coding method because I NEEDZ IT. I move in four weeks and have not one iota of stuff packed. Not one thing. Srsly.

[ 29 Jun 09 ]

Mollie Hubenak said:

I’m with the majority of the others, that it’s a remote. We have a digital “converter” box, since we live out in the country with an antenna on top of our house. With the converter, we went from having 7 channels to having about 40 channels.
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[ 29 Jun 09 ]

Crystal said:

That’s the worst part about moving; packing everything up, not knowing where anything is, and bare sad looking rooms.

A remote. Definitely.

[ 29 Jun 09 ]

Mac & Cheese said:

Our big-ass wired channel changer from the 80’s was called the converter. I think I’ve dropped that name completely, but I would still pass the remote if someone asked for the converter.

[ 29 Jun 09 ]

hillary said:

Dude I’m Canadian and I’ve never called it a converter. When I was a kid I called it the clicker and now I call it the remote. Actually, my husband bought a superfancy wireless one so we call it Remote.

[ 29 Jun 09 ]

mamatulip said:

Yup, it looks like you’re moving.

It’s a remote. I have never called it a converter, nor have I heard it be called a converter. That’s just…weird.

[ 29 Jun 09 ]

rayli said:

wow that is a really empty house.

You probably got rid of so many things that where just sitting around that you don’t need…… so jealous! I totally need to do that.

[ 29 Jun 09 ]

Lottifish said:

Converter? It doesn’t “convert” anything! It’s definitely a remote…silly Canadians! :p

[ 29 Jun 09 ]

Julienne said:

I’m Canadian and although I heard it called a converter it was always a remote in my house! Aren’t paper boxes the best for moving?
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[ 29 Jun 09 ]

LovingDanger said:

Yeah so Canadian here and I definitely flip back and forth between remote and converter… I was raised by my grams and she always called it the converter. She was old school like that so I continue to keep it real in her memory!

[ 29 Jun 09 ]

Becca said:

nooo, the converter is the actual box the remote works on (the cable box).
- displaced canadian

[ 29 Jun 09 ]

Ashley said:

I live in Canada and I usually say converter but I also say remote sometimes

[ 29 Jun 09 ]

SciFi Dad said:

I know EXACTLY what you mean.

My wife and inlaws still calls it that sometimes, and when they do I always respond, “Converter? What does it convert?!?”

[ 29 Jun 09 ]

regan said:

I am way impressed that this far out you have packed that much stuff. My packing style is to wait until 30 minutes before the movers show up and start throwing crap into boxes.

In our house we call it a tooka, although I default to remote when people look at me like I’m crazy.

[ 29 Jun 09 ]

Loralee said:

Dude! It looks like we are going to be moving at exactly the same time and arriving in the same condition at BlogHer. Only, I will not be shopping so the homeless (and fatass due to the 20 baby pounds I haven’t lost) will endure the whole trip for moi.

Le sigh.
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[ 30 Jun 09 ]

agentninety9 said:

Ok, after reading your comments I just feel old. Thanks for that.

I don’t know that ‘converter’ is innately Canadian; but it is a relic of a word that just won’t go away. Converters convert the signal being received so I think it’s a throwback to when cable was first introduced. You had to have a cable converter box. In the 70’s we had these big brown caveman versions of today’s remotes that went along with said converter box. Like Tracy said, you could sit your ass on the couch and not have to get up to change the channel. They were connected to the TV with a big long wire which someone inevitably tripped over or the cat chewed on it. They had big buttons or a slider to change the channel. Here – this is what they looked like http://bit.ly/70sRule . We called it a converter in our house, but I knew some that called it a clicker; the buttons made a big clicking sound when pressed.

I seriously doubt anyone under 30 has ever heard of a converter because the battery operated type started surfacing in the 80’s; took me years to start calling it a remote.
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[ 30 Jun 09 ]

Nenette said:

remote, clicker, changer, and even sometimes “the tv thingy”…

“converter” will get you mocked in this all-too-Canadian household.

[ 30 Jun 09 ]

LAVENDULA said:

clicker

[ 30 Jun 09 ]

Jamy said:

I’m from Canada. Its a remote, and only a remote. Converter…whats that…meh.

[ 30 Jun 09 ]

zeghsy said:

it’s a clicker. the noise it’s SUPPOSED to make is “bloop”. mine doesn’t. it’s not tivo. i’ve complained. hmph.

[ 30 Jun 09 ]

Tali said:

Changer.

I’m pretty sure that one’s really Canadian.

[ 01 Jul 09 ]

Kristabella said:

Canadians are weird. We call it the remote. My Aunt calls it the “buttons” and my roommate from college called it a “motey”.

[ 01 Jul 09 ]

Carmen said:

I’m Canadian, born & raised, and I’ve never heard anyone call it the converter. Maybe you’re hanging out with some strange folks? I call it the remote.

[ 02 Jul 09 ]

Mandy said:

Grew up in Waterloo Ontario, and it was a remote. Live in Vancouver with my Manitoba born husband and it is a remote. I *have* heard converter, but really, it’s a remote.

[ 02 Jul 09 ]

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