Moving can be difficult but on many counts, but having an organized move can help a ton. When we last moved a house with 5 teenagers and lots of stuff, we were able to do it in a single morning (give or take . . .) Here are a few moving tips in case you're getting ready to pull up and move:
- As soon as you know you'll be moving, begin packing. Pack up holiday and out-of-season things, kitchen items you don't often use, books and so on. Work your way up to packing the most essential items just before you leave.
- Use as many boxes of equal size as possible. This allows for packing a truck easier. Megan bought boxes from Home Depot for their move, but free orange/apple boxes from your local grocery are good, too. EVERYTHING goes in a box. Don't leave things in flimsy bags or lose just to put in the car. Before you know it, you have way too many things not in boxes and that just complicates things.
- Label your boxes well. In my next post, you'll see more of this.
- The best packing material I have found is simple newsprint paper, available for a great price at paper supply stores. These large sheets protect valuables and are great for stuffing empty holes and you don't feel bad throwing it away at the end.
- When you begin disassembling furniture, carefully place the screws, bolts and small piecs in baggies and securely tape them to the furniture pieces -- the backs, the bottoms, around the rails, etc. This way you have them handy when you are ready to reassemble.
- Be sure to have everything packed by the morning of your move. Remember you friends and relatives are just there to "git 'er done" and not to pack the last minute things. (I forgot to empty the fridge!) Plan ahead so that you can have a small cooler and few bags packed with the things you will need -- clothes, food, snacks, sippy cups, bottles, toothbrushes, etc.
- Make a Moving Binder --- more on that in another post!
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