Tuesday Things.
1. These peach cobbler cookies are insane.
2. Haven’t seen the Barbie movie yet and I’m dying to do so. Still getting all the pink things.
3. I didn’t even know what girl dinner was.
4. Big salty bowls of snacks are our favorite afternoon treat when outside. My uncle used to do this when we’d come up from the beach as kids. Basically mix popcorn, any kind of pretzels, chips, etc in a bowl (at least 4 to 5 different kinds) and go to town.
5. TV things! Oh my gosh, words can’t even express how much I love the new episodes of The Summer I Turned Pretty. So good.
6. The things to clean everyday, no matter what.
7. My brother and I used to stay up late in the summer and make “plans” for our summer vacation when we were super young. It’s the cutest thing to watch Max and Emilia do this now too!
8. Please give me all your best moving tips!!
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Best moving tip? Have someone else do it….
Regarding the move – label, label, label!
Moving tips: Buy the color coded room labels from Amazon. Label your boxes with these and then also write the contents of the boxes on the outside of the box. I also stick one of those labels on the corresponding door in the new house so movers know where to take the boxes. Home Depot sells fabulous boxes and “dish” boxes that made unpacking the kitchen a breeze. Grab one of those handled cleaning organizers and store packing tape, stickers, sharpies, scissors, box razor & lysol wipes – anything you need to grab and go for the day of the move.
Have your movers bring wardrobe boxes. I also did a front hall wardrobe box so I could unload winter coats & accessories. Load up all of your clothes in the wardrobe boxes and then have them bring those boxes in first. . You can unload your clothes in the closets as they are bringing in other boxes.
Set aside a box for random important needs (backpacks, sport shoes, lunchboxes, etc. so you can do your day to day functions while unpacking the rest of your house). I also had a bin of fresh sheets for everyone’s beds so I could make the bed after the movers set them up. Put your pillows in this bin too.
I find that setting up our closets and bathrooms first was key (you will sleep better knowing you can get up and get ready) – then I took my time with my kitchen/playroom, etc as you want to be the most thoughtful with these rooms and how you function in them.
I hired a cleaning crew to clean the inside of all the cabinets and closets before we moved in. Then had them come again the week after I was done unpacking to deep clean again. We also hired a crew to come in and clean the old house so it was ready for the new family who bought our house.
Hope this helps and good luck!
Wow those are great tips!!
Great tips Lisa! We moved a few miles away two year ago and I also used the room labels from Amazon and printed full page labels to attach to the door or wall at the new house to show Bedroom 1, etc to match the labels on the boxes.
I found U-haul to be the best place to get boxes and supplies. I liked the Laydown Wardrobe box because it was less expensive the the tall wardrobe boxes and you could still put clothes on hangers in them.
The china and glassware boxes were great too. Also, large pictures/paintings and lamps were quite expensive to pack so we made multiple trips with those in our car to save some money. The best advice to to declutter as much as possible so you have less to pack. We also ran out of time to pack and let our movers do some of the packing the day before moving day which we mentioned might happen ahead of time.
I came here to say exactly this!
Put a set of sheets for all beds, towels, and toiletries in a separate bag or box that stays with you so you know where all that is for the first night of sleep. And keep a speaker out so you can listen to music while you unpack!
My best moving tip: keep shirts on hangers intack and scoop them up into a trash bag! See this link below for an example. I can’t tell you how much time and space this has saved me!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6TNzrpF_2g
Also, just remember that the mess always gets bigger right before everything finallyyyy consolidates & looks organized. I always panic when the mess explodes.
We moved across town earlier this year and I highly recommend renting totes from Uhaul or someplace similar. It was so much easier than tracking down a bunch of boxes, they hold up better and are bigger. They can be stacked and then moved by a dolly if you pack them heavy. We rented a dozen before we staged our house to get stuff out of the way, and were able to “reuse” some that had stuff we could pack up early and unload at the new house, so we didn’t have to rent the full amount needed to move everything at once. Might be an unnecessary expense to some, but I get it worked really well and encouraged us to unpack faster so we could return them!
I have moved many a time & I mark a box of kitchen “need to have” so I can at least fix a meal. I then unpack & try & settle the children’s rooms so they don’t feel misplaced for too long. I pack boxes with bedding in them & mark them as such so I can make the all the beds without having to search in many boxes to find the sheets etc so everybody can sleep the lst night. Then I go back & settle the kitchen before I proceed to master bedroom etc. I also have a box marked bathroom “need to have” with toilet paper, soap, toothbrushes etc in them so we can handle the lst morning. Good Luck & I hate moving.
PLEASE please please do a full photo tour of the new house for us!! Currently designing our future home and can’t wait to see what you came up with for yours!!
Try to get rid of stuff BEFORE you move to simplify life on both ends. Move the clothing in your closets right on the hanger. And just know that you can’t do it all immediately when you move in…focus on the critical rooms and the other rooms/wall hangings/etc. can be handled in the following weeks (or months/years – you do you, haha).