Comments on: Organizing a move….

By: Eleanor Beebe

Eleanor Beebe — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:56:26 +0000

Being married to a military man, I have moved many times. My best tip is collect and use plastic shopping bags. Ask all your friends for them. They cushion fragile items. And if something happens to break all the pieces are in one bag. But best of all, they leave no ink stains on anything.

By: Desi

Desi — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:49:02 +0000

Something that is often overlooked, but I’ve found to be important is to put the information from your old home in the binder for your paperwork. Having your account numbers/phone numbers easily accessable for the old place really helps keep the final bills from falling through the cracks since mail forwarding doesnt always work.

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By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 04:27:46 +0000

My dad is in the ministry and so we moved every 4 years or so while growing up. We purged every time, so we never accumulated a lot of junk at once, which helped keep our home a pleasant place to live. However, I would caution you to be careful about what you purge of your kids’ belongings. My mom threw out things she deemed “junk” without asking me if they were important to me (she didn’t go through my room…it was stuff that was stored away, but still things that I loved). I had a teddy bear that my father bought me the day I was born. I loved that bear so much, even though I eventually outgrew him. But I had planned to give it to my children one day and now I can’t.

On the bright side, all of that moving prepared me to marry my dear hubby whose field has him moving every few years, as well. And so now I have a few of my own tips:

1) Before the movers bring furniture into the new place, make a map of each room and post it on the door, indicating where each piece of furniture should go. This will save you a big headache from running around trying to answer the question, “Ma’am, where do you want this?” when you could be doing some productive unpacking of boxes. It may not work the way you thought, but you can always move the furniture later.

2) Unpack and set up your bedrooms and kitchen first. Those are the rooms you’ll need right away. The bathroom comes next (pack a bag of toiletries and a change of clothing to make the first night easier).

3) Before moving, after you’ve purged, have a yard sale and use the money to buy take-out for your first night in your new home, or on the road if you’re moving cross-country; or buy a new piece of furniture or keepsake to remind you of your old home, or a new tree to plant in your yard to measure the passing of time. It’s always fun to drive by your “old” house and see how big the tree has gotten.

By: Moving NOW

Moving NOW — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:46:57 +0000

I’m reading this after just being notified that I will move in FIVE days and 13 hours. YIKES! I did not expect to move for at least six MONTHS, and that was a stretch. I feel like I *should* be running around wildly and stuffing things into things, but this post has calmed me *significantly.* Seriously, I cannot thank you enough. Just the notion that you packed a house in two weeks is enough to give me hope for me and my condo. I’m typing a spreadsheet now, and I will begin packing by in 3 hours, I hope. I may not sleep or eat much in the next week, but I *will* be ready when the movers appear (as I’ve called them while reading this post and scheduled!) THANK YOU is all I can say, but I really want to find you and hug you. I’ll do that after the move maybe :)

By: Overwhelmed!

Overwhelmed! — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 05:32:00 +0000

Awesome list! Thanks so much for sharing. :)

By: Jungle Mom

Jungle Mom — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 20:53:00 +0000

I am getting ready to move internationaly from Venezuela to Paraguay! Could you just come do it for me please!?!?!

By: Sandra

Sandra — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 17:17:00 +0000

Laura maybe I should just have you move my stuff for me LOL

I’m sure you would do a much better job. :)

Thanks for this, we’re supposed to be moving soon (being military it’s not a shocker lol), this will definitely help me a lot.

Sandra