Quick Tips For Moving and Packing #8
Another in a series of Quick Moving Tips!!
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Planning your move thoroughly is a stress reducer. Today’s tips might better be called MOVING IN ideas, for they are geared to the process once you have arrived. You’ll need to grab and do most of the following upon arriving at your new home:
- Supplies for Cleaning: you know the routine, grab some “fantastic, Ajax and the like and get to work. No matter how clean the previous owner left it, it’s nice to start fresh. So grab the Rubber gloves for cleaning the bathroom - generally disgusting places. Rags and paper towels are essential as well.
- Vacuum, broom, mop. Even if you don’t use them, you will need to know where to put your hands on them as soon as the movers have finished unloading the truck.
Boxes at a Discount - Basic kitchen utensils: Remember we talked previously about marking your boxes well, and perhaps setting some boxes aside to carry with you personally. This may be one of those boxes…that includes a skillet, pot, coffee pot, and maybe even your crock pot. Then a spatula, sharp knife, silverware, dishwashing liquid, dish towels, paper plates, napkins, and glasses.
- Simple food: Another one of “those boxes” with peanut butter, cereal, crackers, bread, coffee, sugar, et cetera. You may have to make a grocery run for some fruit and snacks for the kids.
- Clothing: Also in your possession you will need a couple of changes of clothes for each person in the family; everything from underwear to socks, shoes and pajamas.Personal items: Then you will need a basic bathroom bag. Everyone’s toothbrushes, razor, shampoo, soap, tooth paste and of course toilet paper and towels and wash cloths. Don’t forget your make up, hair dryer and contact stuff. You don’t want be tearing open boxes, hunting for these items when you are getting ready to crash in bed or on mattresses on the floor.
- For the first sleep in the new house: Also pack some sheets and blankets for each person’s bed and an alarm clock. This should be just enough to help with camping out, while you are working on getting the new house put together.And: a phone and your packing supply bag, with garbage bags, and your inventory and special labels that you have made for each door way so the movers will know where to put the boxes, without you standing at the front door directing traffic. Let the workmen do the work, so you can start cleaning and unpacking your kitchen as it comes in the door. Especially the food that you may have moved. Of course, if you’re moving frozen food, you will need ice chests to pack it in — I recommend using it all up all your frozen and refrigerated food before the move or giving it to your old neighbors before you leave. I would start over with fresh stuff for your refrigerator. Toss it all out, except the mustard - which doesn’t need to be refrigerated.
More quick tips are coming…
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Kirby Hamilton is a webmaster and entrepreneur. He enjoys helping people organize their moves, and find just the right rental truck. You can reach him at http://packupthehouse.com where he assists visitors to find the just the right moving boxes, shipping companies, rental trucks, supplies to get organized, and of course bubble wrap, moving tape and moving supplies when they move from your homes or businesses.
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