How to stay sane when packing to move

[Syele]

#4----don’t use newspapers as packing for dishes and glasses if you can help it. the ink sometimes transfers and it is a MESS to get it off!

Yeah definitely don’t use newspapers! I use my clean towels for packing dishes and breakables. Pads the breakables better and then I don’t have to pack towels separately.

 

[kbharbert]

Yeah definitely don’t use newspapers! I use my clean towels for packing dishes and breakables. Pads the breakables better and then I don’t have to pack towels separately.

i HAVE went to the local newspaper office and bought a roll of newsprint. it cost about 20 bucks BUT…we used it for a LOONNGGG time.
first we packed using it, then we had a family get together and used it to cover tables instead of buying tablecloths then the kids used it as coloring paper and last few yards were used to make homemade wrapping paper.
i DID use clean towels, dish towels, washcloths and clothes to pack dishes with last time. they worked REALLY well!!!

 

[Syele]

i HAVE went to the local newspaper office and bought a roll of newsprint. it cost about 20 bucks BUT…we used it for a LOONNGGG time.
first we packed using it, then we had a family get together and used it to cover tables instead of buying tablecloths then the kids used it as coloring paper and last few yards were used to make homemade wrapping paper.
i DID use clean towels, dish towels, washcloths and clothes to pack dishes with last time. they worked REALLY well!!!

Well the blank roll wouldn’t make such a horrible mess I guess. That’s a good idea to buy one for the kids to color on and stuff though.

 

[whatevergirl]

ok–I’m just venting…now we’re buying dollies online… why on earth didn’t he think of this earlier? i mean…now we’re going to pay tons for overnighting, since we’re leaving next week.

anyways…you have all been so helpful…this alone could earn you closer to your wings in Heaven. I will be back…have to order a dolly now! (I have a piano…so…)

 

[jmcrae]

ok–I’m just venting…now we’re buying dollies online… why on earth didn’t he think of this earlier? i mean…now we’re going to pay tons for overnighting, since we’re leaving next week.

anyways…you have all been so helpful…this alone could earn you closer to your wings in Heaven. I will be back…have to order a dolly now! (I have a piano…so…)

Why not have the dollies sent to the new place, and they can be waiting there to welcome you to your new home?

EDIT: Never mind. Wrong kind of dollies. Now I get it. :doh2:

 

[whatevergirl]

Yay–my husband called his brother…and get this–his brother is going to BUILD us two dollies! ha! This is getting funny, now. His brother is a general contractor so is a good builder of things…great great great!

(can u tell i’m happy?)

 

[whatevergirl]

Well…this is just an update…to let you know we are nearly done packing…and cleaning.

…and we are barely sane. :hypno:

Packing is up there with the worst of life’s events. Either that, or I stink at it.

 

[CarrieH]

Sorry I didn’t find this thread sooner, but maybe someone else will benefit from my two-cents’ worth. A few years back, I moved to a different city and decided to take an apartment until I sold my old house (so I wouldn’t have two mortgages and so I could use the money from the sale of the house toward a new one). I planned to unpack only the essentials and to leave the rest in boxes until I moved again. So I numbered the boxes and made a spreadsheet on my computer, listing alphabetically which box held each item. So then, when I eventually needed to find something, I simply looked on the spreadsheet and I knew just where to find that item. This came in handy after I moved into my new home a year later because I could unpack things according to my own priorities.

And of course, I threw away/gave away a LOT of things before the move.

Good luck with your move, and God bless!

 

[whatevergirl]

Sorry I didn’t find this thread sooner, but maybe someone else will benefit from my two-cents’ worth. A few years back, I moved to a different city and decided to take an apartment until I sold my old house (so I wouldn’t have two mortgages and so I could use the money from the sale of the house toward a new one). I planned to unpack only the essentials and to leave the rest in boxes until I moved again. So I numbered the boxes and made a spreadsheet on my computer, listing alphabetically which box held each item. So then, when I eventually needed to find something, I simply looked on the spreadsheet and I knew just where to find that item. This came in handy after I moved into my new home a year later because I could unpack things according to my own priorities.

And of course, I threw away/gave away a LOT of things before the move.

Good luck with your move, and God bless!

How much do you charge, Carrie? Can I puuulease hire you next time around???