We've started packing...ugh! Any tips? We are starting early so that is good, but I know I need to consistently pack or else early won't help. Still no move date, just sometime in March. We are heading to Eugene soon to spend some time scoping out the city more and getting a feel for where we want to live. I just hope our dream rental comes up at the right time and right price! Actually anything that has white walls, no more than one wall with wood paneling from the 70s and clean carpets will do for me. It seems that the area we want to live in (Ferry Street Bridge) is riddled with homes stuck in the 70s with horrible interior paint jobs and 80s wallpaper. There are areas with newer homes, but I really want to be close to Ryan's clinic and centrally located so that we don't have to do tons of driving around and that area is near the river and bike paths and downtown. We shall see...keep your fingers crossed!
I'd love to hear your tips for moving/packing. We did it 5 years ago but it was only 25 miles and we had half the stuff we do now!
get apple and orange boxes frmo the grocery stores. if you go in the mornings when they have just stocked you'll have the best luck. Label EVERYTHING in a box on the outside, so you can find it faster. I even label what room the box goes to, to make my job that much easier.
ReplyDeleteAlso pack the items you need immediatly for you and the fam in suitcases, so you have it that night and the next morning. I always make sure the bedding, and suitcases go in the car with me, so I'm not scrambling to find things.
Have fun it's never fun packing and moving. Have a garage sale of items you don't need or want to take, it helps pay for the gas on the uhaul!
I had great success with a system I saw on somebody's blog (can't remember who. I printed off labels (like Avery return address labels) with the different rooms of the house (one page where all the labels say kitchen, one where they all say master bedroom, etc.). I also printed off a sheet for every room with columns that said "Box #" and "Contents". When I was packing box number 1 in the kitchen, I found my kitchen labels and used a sharpie to add a 1 to four of those labels. Then I put one sticker on the upper left corner of every side of the box, so you can see where it goes/what number it is no matter which side you're looking at. While I was packing I took detailed notes as to what I was putting in there - well, I guess some boxes I was more detailed than others. You'll know what you *just might* need vs. what you'll never ever be looking for! :) I kept the sheets in a binder so I wouldn't lose them.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds kind of complicated, but it was a lifesaver! Good luck!
KAREY, took me a few days to process the extra work, but I decided to give your method a try. I think it will work out great! Especially since I may not be there when we unload the truck. I figured that this will help us even just organize the boxes in the garage so that its easier to get to what we need and unpack over time. So far so good, but I've only packed 7 boxes so far! Must get going!
DeleteI hate moving!!! If there's anyway you can pay for movers then that is what I recommend:) if not, then head on over to Walmart and stock up on bubble wrap, tape, and brown wrapping papers. Buy quadruple what you think you need. Then just start one box at a time. And get rid of stuff before you move, not when you get there:) we have gotten rid of so much stuff in the last two weeks that we didn't need to haul over here. Oh well! Best of luck, and I hope you get to pay for movers to do it all for you:)
ReplyDeleteP.s. I also labeled what room every box was supposed to go into, but got lazy at the end so there were 5 or 6 boxes with random stuff that we just unpacked after a year I living here. Guess we didn't need it!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tips Em. I wish we could hire a moving co but we are trying to keep costs as low as possible because we have to turn over our house here and get it rented out. Fun fun! I fear I may have to rent a u-haul instead of the pretty yellow Penske trucks I adore seeing on the road. At least I got a penske for our move to Orland, saving $$ matters more to me at this stage of my life.
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