Monday, September 30, 2024

LET THE PACKING BEGIN

  It was a busy weekend. 

Thankfully, the weather cooperated and my mowing last weekend worked out great because...


...the grass has not even grown.  In fact, areas are turning brown (lack of rain/seasonal).


But we're OK with that.  Here in a month or so, it's ALL going to be a mess, ha.

The weather was cool which was good and so I had to figure out a plan of attack on how to start tackling the house contents.


We have this new storage unit and that will be for the majority of what we are keeping.  Mostly the big furniture.  It's 10x15 (and climate controlled).

I decided that instead of making half a dozen trips back and forth there, I would just start sorting and packing, starting by taking all the pictures/artwork off the walls (that we're keeping) and put them aside.  Then I started emptying drawers.  All the kitchen drawers and then any furniture that had drawers and again, what we're keeping, I stored in boxes.

Then I started on the closets and got all three emptied and sorted.  I filled up two contractor bags with trash, and used another one to put soft goods in, pillows from the couches, some loose blankets and throws, etc.  We'll bring those back into town so they'll be safe from mice.  We're not keeping any of the curtains.

We figured the barn is a good place for the pictures and flat items.  The hottest part of the year is over and let's be honest, with the house not having a/c or heat, the barn is just as good as the house has been. Plus when the house is done, it'll be easy to bring things back, a little at a time.


So I got all of those items moved to the porch and backed the truck up, loaded it a few times and drove it to the barn to unload it.  Here's a picture from the last trip, ha.  It worked great and we still have room in the barn for more stuff.  We'll see what all we can put in there.  The more we can put in there, the easier (and less crowded) it will be in the storage unit.

All we need to do is keep packing and sorting. A couple more weekends and we'll be done (and if we have to take a day off during the week, we will).

Speaking of boxes and packing supplies, we have been amassing a large amount of packing stuff from, you guessed it, the downstairs "trash to treasure area" at the building, ha.


Here was a recent haul.  Found several boxes, packing paper and even two giant rolls of bubble wrap.  All we had to buy was a roll of packing tape, ha.  It'll all come in handy for the farm now and later next year for the apartment when we move to the new house.

Things are getting real!

10 comments:

  1. You are going to miss that "trash to treasure" site!

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    1. No truer words, LOL! I have to score what I can while I can, right? Ha. Speaking of, have a few cool posts ready to go showing a few more things. :-)

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    2. Maybe keep a key and swing by the apartment building just to "shop" the recycle area....

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  2. Looking at the haul of packing stuff, the "trash to treasures" has saved you at least 50 bucks. Like Marcia said, you are going to miss that part.

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    1. Oh and that's one of many loads of boxes and even some more bubble wrap. It's cool because people in the apartment building are constantly moving in and out and all the boxes they use to move they put down there when they unpack and if they are moving out and bought too much packing stuff, they put that down there too. And then also downsize and get rid of cool stuff which are the other finds.

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  3. I love your finds at your condo "shopping space"

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    1. Thanks!! I will miss it for sure. But it's been some great "shopping", ha.

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  4. You’ve got a good plan of attack for sorting, packing, and storing. Wow, what a great find at the trash to treasure area of your apartment building. Those large rolls of bubble wrap were quite a find!

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    1. I'm going to keep those even if we don't use them (shhh, don't tell 2nd Man, ha) because they are good for shipping stuff.

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  5. A person can always use bubble wrap, boxes along with that wrapping paper - much better than using newspaper. Them are all great 'trash - treasure' items.
    That area you will miss that area in your apartment building. Will have to go dumpster diving or do curb-side pickup once you get moved. :)
    Sounds like you have really been getting A lot accomplished in the packing up department.
    I know when each time we moved; I had 3 large boxes; 1 for kept items, one for donations - giveaway and 1 for trash. There are A lot of people hate it when it comes to packing, but I actually enjoy it. Organization is the key. I would Always do 1 room at a time until it was finished and then onto the next room. Kitchen was always last.
    Enjoy the rest of the week

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