Saturday was a good day.
It was cool and I was able to get a lot more done than previous weekends. It's not just the heat, I'm used to that from mowing and actually, inside the house is still pretty cool with the windows open and it's nice. But, we both work long days during the week and so our weekends have always been the time to relax and do fun stuff and mentally unwind. The last couple of weekends, it's been a struggle to get motivated.
I think I finally figured out what happened. We had done a little bit everywhere but not a lot in one room or the next and the next etc. Plus all horizontal surfaces (including beds) were covered with stuff we moved from elsewhere, empty boxes we had been gathering for the last six months just stacked up and laying around, and already filled boxes and bags also sitting around. You had to walk around and over stuff. It made it feel more daunting than it was. Seeing that, I realized it was time to switch strategies.
I started by moving all the empty boxes outside to the porch. Then I took all the soft goods (blankets, quilts, kitchen towels, blankets, pillows, etc), organized them, and put them in those plastic totes instead of where they were piled or stored. I took them and filled up the truck. I moved the totes to the barn instead of the storage unit. It was a couple of trips back and forth. Then I tackled the rest of the closets and knickknacks sitting around, wrapping them and boxing them up. Also, my crafting area that had boxes with all sorts of supplies, I packed all of those up. I loaded the truck again with more boxes and made two trips to the storage unit.
Be careful what you put in the barn. Mice will poop all over and chew on it. Take it from me I have experience.
ReplyDeleteWonderful to be making progress toward the next phase. Forward progress then ground breaking! I will be following every step you post
ReplyDeleteOh, it's all moving ahead so fast now! Packing is such a pain, but setting up a strategy seems to make it all work so much smoother!
ReplyDeleteYou’ve devised a great system to make the packing-up job easier. It’s another step closer to your new home!
ReplyDeleteA plan is always good!
ReplyDeleteAlways nice to have a good plan in place. Looks like you have gotten A lot packed up so far.
ReplyDeleteNow, you may want to think about getting some TomCat, or other mice / rat bait pellets and put in your shed as well as your storage unit. They do like chewing on cardboard, paper, etc. One thing for sure that they can't chew through is metal trash cans.
When we have moved from place to place, I would pack up 1 room at a time until it was all packed before going onto the next. Once done packing, I would go around and tape up all the boxes and on index cards I would write pretty much was in each box and write down which room it went to. Makes for unpacking much easier; especially when you have helpers caring boxes cause if labeled, they know exactly which room to put them in and not finding kitchen items in one of the bedrooms someplace.
Enjoy your day and have a wonderful evening.
Oh, come Thursday morning we will be waking up in the 40's. Them Fall temperatures are finally moving in upon us. WOO HOO.
Have a great week
Another thing that I have learned from the moves that we have done was to pack breakable / valuable items in bath and kitchen towels, pillow cases, packing items in between pillows, bedding, , etc.
DeleteAt the time, we couldn't afford to buy bubble wrap, packing paper, etc. so I used what we already had on hand. I thought at the time; It all had to be packed anyway, so why not use those items.