We've had to scale back on how we execute the move to the closet. In the old days, a corporation would pay to move us and they would send in the troops. One day would be given over to an army of packers who would pack anything not nailed down and never label the boxes. The next day, a different troop of burly guys would arrive and ferry our things to a new abode, everything placed in the wrong rooms.
Those days are gone. The packers are a team of 1.5, me, The Geek and Lulu and Phoebe. I don't do packing with any enthusiasm. It is a thankless backbreaking job and from now on my deepest and most sincere respect goes out to those who do this for a living. I am packing up two shelves of books right next to my desk and they are by no means large shelves. I am on book box 5. I need at least 10 more to complete the task. I thought 6 would be plenty. Perhaps I should have paid better attention in the past to those professional packers.
We once had an entire third bedroom devoted to shelves ringing the room filled with books. It was a pleasure to be in there with those books, all of them. I have to give a shout out to whichever mover packed those lovely books into 400 book boxes when we moved. I can only imagine the invoice.
Somehow through the years we have reduced that pile to just a few shelves of our treasured tomes. Seems these treasured tomes are weighty and still take up tons of real estate. If I was better organized I would cull through them and dismiss some of them to go live in our public library, but alas, I did not. I just shoved them into boxes and asked them please to lighten up some so that they could be lifted. Perhaps as I unpack them, I will have to make that choice because the closet is just not big enough to accommodate them all if the number of boxes is any indication.
We've decided to take the kitchen over to the new closet by just sending it carrier pigeon. They work by the hour and the rates are just a quarter of the hourly mover rates. However, the downside is that they can only manage one napkin at a time. Instead we will load up our aging SUV and carry over the naked kitchen items (no boxes for that stuff) and place them in their new cupboards, provided there are enough of said cupboards. The kitchen items are the only things that must go with us, every single thing. Ok, not everything. I can leave behind the fancy knife sharpener and probably a utensil or two. But that is it. Everything else is destined for closet living, even if it ends up living under our bed.
I could seriously use some chocolate, but I can't find it anymore in this mess. Perhaps it ran away from home in fright.
Coming up! Part 4: Kitchen relocation - how to provide a rational opportunity to replace ugly glassware.
Those days are gone. The packers are a team of 1.5, me, The Geek and Lulu and Phoebe. I don't do packing with any enthusiasm. It is a thankless backbreaking job and from now on my deepest and most sincere respect goes out to those who do this for a living. I am packing up two shelves of books right next to my desk and they are by no means large shelves. I am on book box 5. I need at least 10 more to complete the task. I thought 6 would be plenty. Perhaps I should have paid better attention in the past to those professional packers.
We once had an entire third bedroom devoted to shelves ringing the room filled with books. It was a pleasure to be in there with those books, all of them. I have to give a shout out to whichever mover packed those lovely books into 400 book boxes when we moved. I can only imagine the invoice.
Somehow through the years we have reduced that pile to just a few shelves of our treasured tomes. Seems these treasured tomes are weighty and still take up tons of real estate. If I was better organized I would cull through them and dismiss some of them to go live in our public library, but alas, I did not. I just shoved them into boxes and asked them please to lighten up some so that they could be lifted. Perhaps as I unpack them, I will have to make that choice because the closet is just not big enough to accommodate them all if the number of boxes is any indication.
We've decided to take the kitchen over to the new closet by just sending it carrier pigeon. They work by the hour and the rates are just a quarter of the hourly mover rates. However, the downside is that they can only manage one napkin at a time. Instead we will load up our aging SUV and carry over the naked kitchen items (no boxes for that stuff) and place them in their new cupboards, provided there are enough of said cupboards. The kitchen items are the only things that must go with us, every single thing. Ok, not everything. I can leave behind the fancy knife sharpener and probably a utensil or two. But that is it. Everything else is destined for closet living, even if it ends up living under our bed.
I could seriously use some chocolate, but I can't find it anymore in this mess. Perhaps it ran away from home in fright.
Coming up! Part 4: Kitchen relocation - how to provide a rational opportunity to replace ugly glassware.
Comments
My books are the primary reason I never want to move again. I have way too many. I did learn about packing them (after failing and nearly killing my brother who was helping me move) you should only fill the box half-way with books- then fill it the rest of the way with something light like pillows or clothes. Oops.
Ah yes, I realize this now (after I've filled them with books). They are heavy!
I hate moving.
We have the same problems with books. We have so many and ended up paring down before making the big move from NY to TX and then pared down again for our 1/2 mile move from TXApt1 to TXApt2. I will never move again without assistance, even if I have to live on ramen for a month first to save up for the movers!
We have the same problems with books. We have so many and ended up paring down before making the big move from NY to TX and then pared down again for our 1/2 mile move from TXApt1 to TXApt2. I will never move again without assistance, even if I have to live on ramen for a month first to save up for the movers!
Jess - totally agree! We are using movers and have to pay by the hour no matter what they carry over. So looks like we are leaving them more than we planned, like the books to ferry over.
Why is moving so hard????
Why is moving so hard????
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