We took a few weeks, spending each weekend and every evenings sorting things out & boxing things up and giving things away to charity and cleaning every nook and cranny. With each day the pile of boxes grew and grew.....we had less things available to use.....we became tireder and tireder...and the dust mites swirled around and made Molly unwell again.
For the last couple of weeks the kids had no toys left out, but happily sat and read books in amongst the boxes and the mess every evening instead.
For the last couple of weeks the kids had no toys left out, but happily sat and read books in amongst the boxes and the mess every evening instead.
We started living in the same clothes every day (we couldn't find anything different). Cooking one-pot meals every night. We stopped having the kids' friends over to play. We stopped washing our hair (the shampoo got packed too early & we couldn't find it again) and applying eczema creams (ditto). Life was becoming a bit smelly and disorganised.
And then we moved.....
This part was made a whole lot easier by our lovely group of amazing friends who looked after our kids, shifted boxes, humped fridges and BBQs, re-arranged shelving, delivered pies, loaned their cars, baked cakes and brought us flowers. You guys were fantastic, we don't know what we would have done without you!
Ten days later and we STILL have boxes everywhere and we still don't know where anything is - but it feels like home and we are all very very happy!
This part was made a whole lot easier by our lovely group of amazing friends who looked after our kids, shifted boxes, humped fridges and BBQs, re-arranged shelving, delivered pies, loaned their cars, baked cakes and brought us flowers. You guys were fantastic, we don't know what we would have done without you!
Ten days later and we STILL have boxes everywhere and we still don't know where anything is - but it feels like home and we are all very very happy!
Moving is really hard--I move a lot for work. I am from Houston and I am currently living here but I am being moved up north for six months and I am dreading it. Because it is such a should amount of time and I am considering not doing the full-blown move and leaving most of my stuff in storage in Houston. But I have down the full move before and I am not a fan...it can be so sad.
ReplyDeleteAgree - it's very very hard work! So good that you are getting to put stuff in storage and don't have to worry about shifting everything! Good luck.
DeleteLook at those pretty flowers. Good thing your kids have outgrown their toys and started to read books. Moving out can be a bit messy, but I'm pretty sure yours went well. Good luck in your moving out experience!
ReplyDeleteMoving is really a challenging task for everyone. Sorting, boxing up, more boxes to come, planning, and so on. But the beginning may be tiring, but it always end so well and rewarding. And I'm glad that's how your moving ended. Anyhow, I hope everyone in your family is loving the new house. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteClay Delgado @ WorldPackagingCo.com
Giving things to charity which are not used by you is while shifting is great practice that we can help needy and our unnecessary stuff got reduced. Distance moving Company provides services that makes you to feel like visiting new place.
ReplyDeleteRegards,
Cristina