moving 101

We are moving.

Chris has a new job in Corpus Christi, Texas. We will move at the end of the month and packing is well under way.

I've learned many things while packing for this move:

1) It doesn't matter what you pack first because you will need it and have to open every box you pack to use what is in it at least twice before you actually move.

2) Pack toys first. Yep, toys.

3) Replace the toys with empty boxes and stand back in wonder while your children have more fun with the boxes than they did with the toys.

4) Don't believe the stores when they say they will save boxes for you. This is how I obtain boxes for packing--I ask a store (target or walmart) to save boxes after re-shelving and they tell me when to come pick them up (some obscene hour like seven am). I then don't sleep all night for fear that I won't make it to the store in time to get the boxes. Then, at the store I learn there was a "communication error" and the boxes have all been crushed. So why do I do this? Because once or twice they actually do save boxes for me and I get free moving boxes by the shopping cart full.

5) Selling unwanted furniture is easy if you want to give it away for free, but impossible if you want to sell it for money.

6) Be as organized as you want, but you will still have to reopen boxes to add items that somehow didn't make it into the designated box (ie: the tennis racket Chris has hidden in the bedroom that is not packed with our other tennis rackets.)

7) You can not eat everything in your freezer if you wait until the week before you move to start planning meals around what you already have.

I'm sure I will learn more before we actually move, like whether or not hiring movers to load and drive our everything we own is a good idea. I'll let you know...