The past month went something like this:
- organizing stuff (how have we accumulated so much when we live in such a small space?)
- carefully packing boxes. and boxes. and boxes of stuff
- moving boxes into U-Haul
- tearful goodbyes
- driving away from the big Montana sky
- happy hellos
- great and tearful transitions
- moving boxes and boxes into U-Haul storage
- living at my parents house for two weeks
- eating actual food- homemade and yummy
- cleaning the new apartment- yuck! (Thank you mom!)
- moving boxes back into U-Haul truck and into our new apartment
- discovering we have two cabinets in our kitchen. two. For food and dishes and everything.
- deciding that my current calling is home-organizer
- crazy-organizing every room in the house (pictures to come soon) organize, organize, ikea, DI (brilliant this place is- I definitely missed it- I scored a beautiful antique dresser for 35 bucks!)
- landscaping
- adding the homey touches to the apartment and
I have a new found respect for military spouses (and single parents) who move their entire family and home alone. I'm exhausted and I had my lovely husband doing part of the work.
This is our 4th apartment now and our 1st two bedroom! I've learned a few things now about the moving process so to share:
- office buildings are the best place to get moving boxes from- no yucky food stuck to boxes and usually quality as they were made for heavy equipment.
- liquor stores are the best place to get boxes for fragile things like vases and drinking glasses (boxes come with handy little dividers)
- A system makes packing and unpacking so much easier. I color coded all our boxes into room categories with stickers from the dollar store. It was a breeze to unload the boxes into the right space. I also numbered each box and wrote the accompanying items next to the numbers in a separate notebook.
- Ask for deals! When we applied to change our address we got a moving packet full of coupons from local business. Budget had a coupon for 15% off moving truck rentals. It was still more expensive than the U-Haul price so we called U-Haul and told them about the deal and they gave us one as well!
- Have fun. ha ha! just kidding. Although carving out spaces in new places really is a fun adventure.
3 comments:
i think that you are simply wonderful and simply organized and i am so impressed!!! now are you ready to make me some chocolate mousse? is that how you spell it?
Dallas and Jenny - Welcome back to Utah. I am expecting to see posts of your all-naturaule home birth over the next year or so....just a thought.
Ha ha ha! That's awesome Amber!
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