It's a Breeze Moving

02/05/2022

Memory Care great hack! At this community in Berkeley each resident has one of these boxes outside their door. it gets filled with memorabilia and photos that tell the story of their lives not just to the caregivers but to their neighbors. And it helps them to find their rooms. I think this is an outstanding idea!! What Would you put in your box?

12/03/2021

Want to get into the holiday season? Go to Bambinos on College Avenue, not only will you be immersed in Holiday glory but anything you purchased there will benefit UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital!! rose-Ellen and it is where I drop off regularly my clients beautiful items.

04/23/2021

Jane, What is This?

04/08/2021

I’m not sure what to call these posts where I completely take advantage of my friendship with Jane Alexiadis, certified personal property appraiser, but here is one. The client owns six dinner plates and six bread & butter plates and a few other pieces. I sent a photo of the front and back and then Jane replies: “Limoges Black Shoulder was retailed by Tiffany’s. It sells really well. Does it happen to say “private stock” on any of the plates? (sic Yes it does) Plates should sell in 1500-2000 range.” Six dinner plates, six bread and butter plates and a 15” platter. How fun!, I said, Indeed said Jane!!

04/18/2020

This all just hit home. I am a Move Coordinator. Residential Moves will still have to happen. And life will never be the same after COVID19. I just got it since I only finished my last job last Friday. Having a week off to rest and recuperate is typical of the rhythm of my business. But now its home. I have 4 tribes. The 4th are the regulars at Bar Cesar, and frankly I spend more of my free time with them then my other beloveds. Don died this morning. I fully expected to see him at the Bar soon. He was a curmudgeon with a great burst of a laugh, he liked me so I felt blessed. He taught me about Woodbridge Reserve, frankly a lesson I didn’t need, but its like butterscotch. He didn’t die of COVID but several months later after a really bad fall in his home. This morning I told a client of 13 years, No, No. It’s a life care community but I didn’t feel good about moving a new resident from a different community into the building. Moving 1 person from a building of 100 plus staff that go in and out daily to another community of 250 with an even larger daily staff. And my client found out 24 hours ago that they have 2 COVID cases. How do I know what will happen in that other building between now and the move? I said No. And got push back. It’s empowering to draw that line in the sand, finally. I am against the Wall, and I am a No. My team are a No. I told the new resident quietly that I have huge compassion for her predicament and that she can call and lament to me during this weekend, and any time. I look forward to moving her in when its safe, unless she finds a move coordinator and a moving company that will do it anyway... It’s home this new normal, life will be different, and I want to design that difference FOR me personally and professionally. I don’t want it forced on me. That will be my focus in the next few weeks. Meanwhile 6 moves are delayed until when? A colleague Martin Codina owner of Fine Estate Sales (they have an online auction this Sunday, their new normal) and I had a great talk today, Agility, Agility, Agility, he emphasized. That is who I need to be in this new normal. How that looks can actually be fun to examine and develop. Meanwhile RIP Don, I miss you already.

11/13/2019

From my compassionate cousin Diane Finnestead

"Thank you so much for coming over. I’ve lived here for 50 years and don’t know any of my neighbors.”

08/08/2019

My Cousin, she really cares about her clients

An aging population means more need for at-home services, but insurance reimbursement rates pose a challenge for agencies and caregivers.

06/16/2019

Giant and Spectacular Estate Sale of the Personal Property From Over 20 Bay Area Families, Jewelry, Collectibles, Books, LP's, Silver and Stained Glass Plus Much Much More!

03/02/2019

Kimono Refashioned - a client’s “donate” pile, looking for a good home. The gold dress has a label Pauline Lake at Royal Hawaiian @ Oakland, California

02/23/2019

Estate Liquidation Management is a large part of the business of It’s a Breeze. I am helping the Trustee execute the distribution of property according to the document.

God bless this client who wrote his own Will! And I can appreciate his passion to detail and history:

“In the dining room is the Stromberg-Carlson Model 1210 PG console in its magnificent mahogany cabinet, purchased (with the 1946 Edition Encyclopedia Brittanica and unabridged Webster’s Dictionary in the upstairs study) with the inheritance from ###### in 1947. The Stromberg-Carlson is one of the few surviving radios to have both FM bands: the original lower frequency assigned to Howard Armstrong’s network, and the current one rammed through the FCC by Robert Sarnoff to block FM in radios (as opposed to TV) to preserve RCA’s investment in AM. It does not run at present. I leave disposition up to my relatives and Trustee, but note that some items may be required to play the recordings bequeathed to the Conservatory of Music.”

This level of detail continues through 31 pages ...

01/19/2019

When you hear “professional organizer” you may think “reality TV,” but you shouldn’t. Professional organizers can help with projects large and small, and with the psychology of clutter, to boot.