Give me moving tips

[Clytie]

Im moving in 2 weeks. ive never moved before in my entire life. give me tips. PLLLLEEEEAAASSSEEEE!

[Con ate dog]

1. Clean the hell out of your house. That way you'll come into contact with everything you own. And start aggressively throwing stuff out, well ahead of time.

2. Realize that your life will be Hell for as long as you are in the old place. Setting up your new place is an adventure, but getting out of the old one ois a dreary, endless ordeal. So speed through Part One, getting out, and you can level off from there.

3. Make vicous, painful decisions to chuck big stuff- sames time, room and your back.

4. Ditch most of the medium-sized crap, too: most of it is either unnecessary or easily replaceable.

5. Don't bother throwing out small stuff- dump it in bags and go through them in the new place (see #2)

6. Doubly so for your papers: pack them away and DON'T look at them until you've moved across.

7. The trips across are a bigger pain than you'll anticipate. Get a cube van if you can, ideally a vehicle big enough to do it all in one run.

8. Get as many friends as you can beg, cajole or blackmail. Many hands make light work, so as valuable as a burly man is, 3 children can get more done. Don't be picky about help. Pay them off with pizza and beer.

9. Don't be a hero. Carrying 4 boxes at once instead of 2 will be faster, but if this is your first move, I'm guessing you've got a big-assed job ahead of you. Slow and steady wins the marathon.

10. Get a squeegee to clean the walls- saves a ton of time. If you can't buy any, borrow one from a gas station.

11. Above all, remind yourself that it will end, and just keep plugging.


All i can think of at the moment.

[melissa]

#8 is vital.

[Zeismyhero]

Throw away, throw away, throw away.

Take your time and use the thin saran-type stuff to keep drawers closed.

If you think it might break, it will, so use extra padding.

If you come across something that you haven't used in 2 years and its not sentimental, pitch it, Goodwill it or give it to a friend.

Pack things by room and label boxes carefully.

Seal boxes carefully.

Bribe friends with pizza and beer to help you.

Don't freak out after you get to your new home, thinking you have to get situated right away. I'm psycho and was able to get un packed in a matter of days. That was exactly one year ago yesterday and I still haven't recovered!

Where ya movin' to?

[Marcus Bales]

First, let me say I agree with all that's been said so far. I can only add, for ease and convenience (my mother was an Air Force Wife and I an Air Force Brat so we learned this the hard way and it works) color coding is more important as there are more hands to help you work.

1 - Color code the boxes to go into the rooms at the new house. Buy those little stickers at an office store or buy different color magic markers. Make a list of the colors and rooms: Red = my bedroom Blue = kitchen Green = dining room, and so on, whatever colors you like for whatever room you like. You'll need it to:

2 - Put a sticker or a paper marked with magic marker color on each door or doorway in the new place when you get there.

Red marked boxes go in the red room; blue in the blue. It sounds silly but believe me, you'll love it that your kitchen stuff is all in the kitchen, instead of partly in the bedroom, the living room, the basement, and the dining room wherever someone happened to put the box down.

[Max Headroom]

Make sure to have a tool kit handy.

If you have to move heavy things like a washer/dryer/ fridge/ stove etc... Rent a pair of moving straps. costs about 10 bucks for a day and are worth every penny. They are heavy straps with pads to go around the soulders. two people use them, the straps go under the object to be moved, people cary on either side... it's the only way to go. saves fingers and backs.

[dinzdale]

Im moving in 2 weeks. ive never moved before in my entire life.

Start gradually.Try moving one foot, or wiggling your toes for a bit. When you get used to it try raising an arm in the air.

You can do it !!!

[lapietra]

If you have really big things (like a fridge) that you absolutely must take with you, PAY SOMEONE ELSE TO MOVE IT FOR YOU. I can't stress this enough.

Hope everything goes smoothly!

[Clytie]

#8 is vital.
hows 2 kids, 4 guys, a best friend and parents? :)

[Clytie]

Where ya movin' to?

one state down...about 4 hrs...toooo OHIO!!!!!!!!!

[Avalon]

Where in Ohio??!!

[daverbee]

Avvy! You might have a neighbor! :)
I think everyone has pretty much covered it all. Good luck and let us know how it goes!

[Clytie]

near akron! *grins*

wowowow is ohio cheap or what!??!?!

i still need to get a job down there...anyone hiring?

[Avalon]

You will be about: Driving distance: 135.8 mile(s) Driving time: 2 hour(s) 34 minute(s) from me. Akron is south-east from me...Welcome to Ohio! :) Feel lucky you aren't moving to my town..we have the hightest utilities in the state..and one of the highest in the country! :eek:

[Zeismyhero]

I live in Ohio...

Why are you moving here if not for work, hmmm?

[dinzdale]

Punishment ?

[bentoboo]

Lots and Lots and Lots and lots of well labeled boxes

also don't forget your attic. We moved out of out last house and forgot to pack up our attic.

[priceyfatprude]

Leave books (except your favorite ones) at home. Books are a PITA to move, anything you feel you need you can pick up @ Thanksgiving or Christmas holidays.

Make a traveling bag of everything you use to get ready in the morning. Pack absolutely everything except this bag + 1 complete outfit.

Since you are you, do not wear platforms when moving. :p

Do not pack dishes, you are in college now. That is what paper plates & solo 16oz cups are for. You WILL need the pots & pans though.

Most everything you can get after you are already there, and can see what you need. Rummage sales are your best friend for this.

Pay friends in pizza.

Write on boxes which room & what is in the box.

Make sure you have a vacuum cleaner.

On the way to Ohio, pick up some orange cleaner or cleaner w/bleach, Windex (do not cheap out!!! blue glass cleaner @ the dollar store is not the same thing!!!) new sponges, baking soda, paper towels (again, do not cheap out, get Viva or Bounty), and scissors. They will "clean" the apt before you move in, but it will seldom be to your standards. Clean the bathroom, kitchen, baseboards, windows, counters, then sprinkle the baking soda over the carpet, leave it for 5 min & then vacuum. Voila! Clean new apt!

Make a list of kitchen staples you will need (milk, bread, eggs, etc), then try & find an Aldi's--go get this stuff while the boys unpack the truck. (Yes, I am a sexist pig. Oink oink, baby)

Check out rummage sales & Salvation Army & Goodwill for furniture once you get there.

Good luck Clytiebaby!

[quiltpattern]

If you have really big things (like a fridge) that you absolutely must take with you, PAY SOMEONE ELSE TO MOVE IT FOR YOU. I can't stress this enough.


Better yet, get someone else to move it for you and then never pay them for it!!! When they try to find you, you can always claim they're stalking you. But I'd look up the definition of fraud first. It's interesting too.

Employers routinely check prospective employees credit ratings these days. If you move to a new city without paying your old bills (car payments, utilities, Sallie Mae), you may find yourself unemployable. I wonder how many people know that -- or are learning it the hard way?

[lapietra]

Better yet, get someone else to move it for you and then never pay them for it!!! When they try to find you, you can always claim they're stalking you. But I'd look up the definition of fraud first. It's interesting too.

Employers routinely check prospective employees credit ratings these days. If you move to a new city without paying your old bills (car payments, utilities, Sallie Mae), you may find yourself unemployable. I wonder how many people know that -- or are learning it the hard way?

Hi everyone!

I'm sure you'll be happy to note that "quiltpattern" is my stepmother, who is also "pogo". Let's give her a warm welcome, shall we? She's not stalking me, or anything. :)

[lapietra]

Oh - and - by the way - she knows *everything* about me, because she can read my mind. In fact, she knows me better than I know myself! Isn't that amazing! It's because she has a PhD in psychology, which means she knows EVERYTHING. :)

[xfox]

Hi Quiltpattern. Welcome.

Ok Clytie - My Mom was a Navy wife and she moved 28 times between 1945-60. Get a directors chair and a clip board. Place the chair near the back of the moving truck when everything is boxed and then mark off the boxes and furniture as it is loaded by the movers on the truck.

All the other suggestions about marking the boxes is very good.

Good luck. I think you're a nurse, right? So you can work anywhere you want. Supply and demand, you know.

[lapietra]

Hi Quiltpattern. Welcome.



My sarcasm was too subtle, I see. :rolleyes:

[xfox]

Right, sorry. PhD = Piled higher and deeper, I think.

[Hermione]

Rude.

Better yet, get someone else to move it for you and then never pay them for it!!! When they try to find you, you can always claim they're stalking you. But I'd look up the definition of fraud first. It's interesting too.

Employers routinely check prospective employees credit ratings these days. If you move to a new city without paying your old bills (car payments, utilities, Sallie Mae), you may find yourself unemployable. I wonder how many people know that -- or are learning it the hard way?

[zefrank]

listen...i don't know you...but i'm getting the feeling that you are using this board just to take pot shots at one of me lovely monkeys and are not actually interested in this place for any other reason.

please let me know.

i'm having a hard time thinking a grown up person is posting this drivel.

Better yet, get someone else to move it for you and then never pay them for it!!! When they try to find you, you can always claim they're stalking you. But I'd look up the definition of fraud first. It's interesting too.

Employers routinely check prospective employees credit ratings these days. If you move to a new city without paying your old bills (car payments, utilities, Sallie Mae), you may find yourself unemployable. I wonder how many people know that -- or are learning it the hard way?

[Clytie]

I live in Ohio...

Why are you moving here if not for work, hmmm?

school!!! i need to finish :)

[Clytie]

have u been stalking me pfp love??? lol

i have everything boxed up...my whole life is in 7 rubber tubs (sorted and labeled!)

i left all the books i wont read in the attic at the parents house :)

i still have 2 loads of laundry to do before i leave (the clothes im wearing fort he next 2 weeks)

ive been packing barefoot ;)

i have silverware, 4 plastic cups, 1 plate, 4 bowls and my entire pampered chef collection... i have almost $2000 in kitchen stuffs :)

I HAVE NO VACCUM CLEANER!!!!!!!!

i made a list of cleaning supplies...im going to get mom to buy me stuff from sams...BUY IN BULK BABY!

Im going to Aldis on friday with my best married friend.

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the best thing about moving...i have friends that have given me what i need. bed frame, couch, dresser, table, side table.

i still want some shelves, a full length mirror and a vaccum! :)

[Clytie]

You will be about: Driving distance: 135.8 mile(s) Driving time: 2 hour(s) 34 minute(s) from me. Akron is south-east from me...Welcome to Ohio! :) Feel lucky you aren't moving to my town..we have the hightest utilities in the state..and one of the highest in the country! :eek:

oooo! i wanna see you sometime!!!

[Frieda]

find an ikea for cheap plates cups and other stuff..

you can also look at cups & plates & glasses made for restaurants & hotels, those will last forever and don't break or crack.

- get fire/theft/flooding insurance as soon as you move in if that's possible in the usa, idunno!
- change the locks
- check the windows for security
- check the fire exits & how to get out in an emergency and write down the emergency numbers (family, friends) in a place where others can find them
- find out how to turn off all electricity at once in your house
- if you have a gas stove check and if necessary, replace the hose, find out how to turn it off completely
- get a good first-aid box
- make friends with the neighbors
- bring a CD player & CDs
- invite friends
- party!

[madasacutsnake]

When I moved a year ago I got some really good advice here (http://www.zefrank.com/bulletin/showthread.php?t=4680).

Using drawers as boxes and keeping a "survival box" with toaster, kettle, cleaning gear, anything-needed-in-first-24-hours etc were big winners on the day.

[daverbee]

What will you be studying? Good luck and keep us posted on your progress!

[Zeismyhero]

Fantastico! Welcome to Ohio!!! Its not such a bad place...some very cool people live here, including me!

Where will you be attending school?

Best of luck with everything!

[Avalon]

oooo! i wanna see you sometime!!!

I just saw this post :) Get moved in and pm me for my phone numbers! ( you can pm me for them any time actually ) Give me your new address and a little house warming gift may come your way!

you can also look at cups & plates & glasses made for restaurants & hotels, those will last forever and don't break or crack.

T Town has the Libbey Glass Factory warehouse down town; everything under the sun ( and those fabulous restaurant dishes too ) set in a Farmer's Market. One of the few cool things here really...'cept our museum, which is killer.

[quiltpattern]

listen...i don't know you...but i'm getting the feeling that you are using this board just to take pot shots at one of me lovely monkeys and are not actually interested in this place for any other reason.

please let me know.

i'm having a hard time thinking a grown up person is posting this drivel.

Drivel? That's harsh. You don't know me, but I don't dribble any more than the next guy. I didn't mention anyone in my moving tip (my hard lesson learned the hard way), but I seem to have offended LaPietra anyway. Touchy as she is, you'd think she didn't pay to have her refrigerator moved. Now she's accusing me of being someone she's having some sort of fight with? No thanks! But I do seem to have put my foot in it!! In the immortal words of Steve Martin ....WELL EXCUUUUUUUUSSSSSSE MEEEE. :o

[Max Headroom]

lots of drivel


Please go away,

thank you.

[Avalon]

Drivel? That's harsh. You don't know me, but I don't dribble any more than the next guy. I didn't mention anyone in my moving tip (my hard lesson learned the hard way), but I seem to have offended LaPietra anyway. Touchy as she is, you'd think she didn't pay to have her refrigerator moved. Now she's accusing me of being someone she's having some sort of fight with? No thanks! But I do seem to have put my foot in it!! In the immortal words of Steve Martin ....WELL EXCUUUUUUUUSSSSSSE MEEEE. :o


We've met before..I didn't like you then either. And don't use Steve Martin's words in vain..he doesn't like you either. Buh-bye now.

ETA..that wouldn't happen to be a CRAZY quilt pattern..would it? :rolleyes:

And Clytie..
sorry your thread got hijacked. xoxoxoxo

[priceyfatprude]

have u been stalking me pfp love??? lolI have left you several messages.

Do not call tonight as I just took a melatonin & will be passing out soon. :p

[zenbabe]

Hire movers!

[Hermione]

I heard that this takes care of jet lag really well.


melatonin

[zenbabe]

^^^^ so does vicoden and champagne

[Brynn]

Clytie, start buying the local paper as soon as possible! I hope the move's going well for you.
Completely unpack at least one box a day, and don't let any box sit for so long that you get used to looking at it and before you know it, it starts to look like part of the furniture where you're setting things on top of it, etc.

[Aphrodite]

Clytie

Keep one box close at hand. It is your 'primary needs' box. Toilet paper, make-up, one mug for coffee, and a spoon. Bring the coffee maker in that box so you can make instant soup, coffee or tea, instant potatoes etc.. That box will have the most important stuff in it that you need for easy access. Put in a tea towel and dish cloth, bathroom towel and facecloth. Cleaning supplies and body soap, blow dryer etc. as well as anything else you'll need right away go into this box.

This box will be the last thing into the car and the first thing out of it.

[Clytie]

What will you be studying? Good luck and keep us posted on your progress!

im finishing my theology and music degree. at a small local christian college :)

[Clytie]

I have left you several messages.

Do not call tonight as I just took a melatonin & will be passing out soon. :p

of course i called last night!!! lol

[daverbee]

*RINGRING!*

(Peefers) - *Grunt* "Huh-hullo?"

(Clytie) - "Pricey! It's me Clytie! How are ya?"

(Peefers) - "Who?"

(Clytie) - "It's me, silly, I told you I was gonna call! It's Clytie!"

(Peefers) - "Listen, Dinzdale, I told you once and I'm not telling you again, don't call me and expect phone sex! I don't do that kinda stuff any more!"

*Dial tone*

(Clytie) - "Whaaaaaaaat?????????"

[Con ate dog]

Geez, didn't even think: do you have a cat? dog? Plants?

[Hyakujo's Fox]

Put all the stuff you can't be bothered to sort out into moving boxes, tape up and ship it to your new place. Whan you arrive at your new abode, move the boxes into the corner of the spare room and leave there til you eventually forget what the contents are.

[Clytie]

no pets...well i do have a fish...and im gonna take him...hes from *j* :)

[Clytie]

one more week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

im now frantically packing and ignoring my friends...ive been putting lots of things off just because im ignoring the fact that ill be leaving some of the best friends a girl could ask for...for sure ill be moving back...but im not sure when... *teary eyed*

[ch_burchill]

Put all the stuff you can't be bothered to sort out into moving boxes, tape up and ship it to your new place. Whan you arrive at your new abode, move the boxes into the corner of the spare room and leave there til you eventually forget what the contents are.
decorate them with doilies for that homey feeling - they make perfect bedside tables!

[Marcus Bales]

find an ikea for cheap plates cups and other stuff..

Nearest Ikea is in Pittsburgh.

[priceyfatprude]

What's Ikea?

[Audreyvgs]

No Ikea here, either.

Remember not to get those big boxes that nobody can lift. If you can, make sure you use those book-size boxes. Lots of those.

[Clytie]

yea yea yea...i only have one really big box...and they are actually plastic storage boxes which will come in handy AFTER the move happens... SIX MORE DAYS!!!!!!!!!!

[rmr]

i've got a tip


don't move!!!

[topcat]

i got a tip

[sparticle]

near akron! *grins*

wowowow is ohio cheap or what!??!?!

i still need to get a job down there...anyone hiring?


Holy shit -- I just saw this. I'm 30 miles from Akron.

My God, woman. Are you sure? I spend half my time figuring out ways to get away from here, and the other half away from here. heh.

Edited to add:

We will have to get together for lunch or somethin'. :)

[Avalon]

^^^^^^^^call me first! :)

[sparticle]

Yeah. We should all get together. It would be cool. We could go terrorize downtown or something.

[Avalon]

Clytie likes to drive fast, so she can drive; that will free us up to do some damage :p

[priceyfatprude]

Clytie can't help how she drives, it's those platforms.

[Clytie]

IM me your numbers...

i sooososososo will be after some nice talks with familiar faces once im moved...all family and friends will now be 4 hrs away!!!

[Clytie]

Clytie can't help how she drives, it's those platforms.


http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/southwos/speeding.jpg

[daverbee]

It's amazing what a little octane booster can do in a small car... :p

[Con ate dog]

When you're on the road, Clytie, remember: it's THEIR fault for being in your way.

[Clytie]

speed :) its a good thing

[red]

What's Ikea?
you're shitting me, right?

[Clytie]

im here!

i cant believe it!!! *grins*

[Zeismyhero]

Is it all that you hoped it would be?!
Glad you made it! :D

[Clytie]

my allergies are HORRID!!!!!!!

[priceyfatprude]

I shit you not, we have no Ikea here. I think the closest one is in Schaumberg, IL. I think it's 2 floors & I think my stepmother dragged my father there.


Clytie: call when you have time, and now you can join Monkey Mail!!! Have GeeZerman send you some of his bread, it's DIVINNNNE.

[Mcpon]

I was going to say bend with your knees, but I see that everything is in order and my advice was mis-timed.

[smellyrayzin]

if your very catholic grandma is helping you move, don't decorate your boxes with pictures/messages about handcuffing trent reznor to a bed and 'having your way with him'....................................... :D