What's New With Me and Some Not So Helpful Moving Tips!
If you are wondering why I am quiet, we are packing, cleaning, and preparing to move. No, it is not into a treatment facility... yet, at least...
I am working hard on posts, but, with the move even that will be coming to a halt I foresee.. So, my work is becoming greatly affected, but,i know it will be there when I get back.
If you have messaged me and I have not answered you in a timely manner, I am so sorry! My brain is just not in the game right now... Please forgive me....
Since , I have moved a million times, okay 24. I thought I would share some helpful moving tips , actually, what NOT to do.. These probably only apply to me, because, no one moves more than I do. I would love to make enough money to hire movers to move furniture and stuff actually worth moving.. Right now, I can only say.. "Hey, be careful with that couch, it is falling apart!"
Okay , If you are ready, take notes and print this out and hang on the refrigerator so that when you do move, you will have to pick it up from all the other crusty, rat infested papers behind and under the frig.. Let's Go!
1. Do not pack cat and dog in the same box! Better yet, do not pack your dog and cat. Period. Particularly, if you have a long drive.. But, if you do, you can bury them in the same box you packed them in. Win-Win!
2. Rent a huge dumpster. Park it in front of your house and haul all your trash and discarded goods. Neighbors didn't want to buy that junk anyway.
3.When you throw away a box of you wife's dead mother's antique collectable depression glass, make sure you tell said wife, not the dead mother, after the dumpster has left several days later, so, she can wig out properly. (true story)
4. Do not use packing tape for evil heinous pranks that leave people with bald heads or other body parts forever to remain hairless.
5.Same with packing peanuts, use peanuts to pack, not to impress everyone how many you can eat that leave you sick on moving day!
6.Optional: Sell all your stuff and have kids live out of sleeping bags and suitcases. true story.
7. Have people over to help day of the move, make sure to have nothing packed or cleaned, so they can just throw everything in unmarked boxes.
8. Move right after having a baby to make #7 more pathetic, plus, add to the mix, all the women won't let you do or lift anything, In the winter with the heat off. so, all you want to do is hide and stay warm.
9. Be sure to lose large objects like your 12" Lodge cast Iron skillet! Unsolved moving mysteries revisited 28 years later.. Like, where could it go??
10. Have a nosy not so best friend come over and put everything where you didn't want it. Then, offend n-n-s-b-f righteously by taking and moving YOUR stuff right in front of her. (Pssst...Great tip to get rid of unwanted visitors...)
11. Overestimate the amount of moving boxes and tape or markers you will need, they get used up pretty quickly.(okay, this one is actually useful)
12. And, last, but, not least, learn to live out of boxes, to move with flexiblity and ease. Who needs a house to live in for a lifetime anyway?
There you go, this is what I am hoping to avoid in this move.. I apologize that 1 and 4 are not orginal and can assure you that all the rest are true and accurate to the best of my knowledge..
So, be thinking of me for a smooth sailing moving (if only) and be glad you dont have to lend a hand.. But, I can imagine how fun it would be if you could help, because, you would be wonderful!
Peace out and have a great week. Love, PJ♥
Thank you for leaving your humorous and not so humurous moving day stories.. This is keeping me motivated!! Love you all!!
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Boy does that ring bells with me - my wife gets back from a trip tomorrow and she's going to laugh as much as I have! Quick count tells me I've moved 29 times for Pete's sake. My favourite packing story is when the packers carefully stowed away an ashtray complete with ash and stubs (disclaimer: not mine, my father in law's). We came across that many years later when investigating a so far unpacked trunk.
Thanks for the memories!
Hi, Mike, you just made me feel better!! 29 times and an ashtray!? Wow!! that you did find until many years late until many years later. What a treasure! Thank you for sharing that great story. I hope your wife gets home safely! :) pJ
Paula you are a riot. You get better with every post and you understand that what makes any humor so effective is it's linkage to reality and irony.
I moved four times in the Air Force and most all of the things you mentioned actually happened. One of my favorites was where they packed the garbage. Loved that one, especially the cabbage!
God bless you girl, I know it's no fun. See you on the other side......Dick :-))))))
Hey, Dick! The garbage, really? And the cabbage....I guess it was in your house at the time right? Lol! Thank your kindness! You have to have a sense of humor to be me.... Hug! pJ
Best of luck because I moved from my House of 24 Years and it was a Nightmare. My family was helping and they moved me so fast that I lost a few valuable items. Now my advice, take it slow, label every box and check them twice, be careful of what gets sent to Charity, and what gets thrown away.
Yell back about Essential Oils when time permits.
Will do Tom and thank you for the advice!! I am sorry to hear you lost some things a certainly empathize with you there! Talk to you soon. ;) pJ
I might be competition when it comes to moving. My family writes my address in pencil. :-( Most of the time I did have movers and that's not always a good thing either. Do you know they will pack GARBAGE AND if you have a can with oil drippings, that goes too. Really, you have to TELL then NOT to pack that????
I don't let anyone help unpack even when I was married. He stayed clear!!!!!
I don't envy you. Moving is hard work physically and emotionally (finding new spots for stuff). Book a massage when it's all over. :-)
Best wishes to you.
Thank you Debbi, that is great advice and so glad to know I am not alone in the movin department and otherwise! Yes a massage or a facial. I think a massage is cheaper! I let my daughter do a lot of it. I slept.. My defense mechanism.. Thanks for thinking of me! :) pj
Funny stuff PJ, It is good to laugh at one's pain. We have moved several times and it is never the same but the same also; if that makes any sense.
Our last move was 17 years ago and some things are still unpacked. Why did we move those things anyway? I think that dumpster idea is a good one. I wish you well and look forward to your return to the community,
Marty:-)
Garage sale.........then dumpster......My mom would not save anything.
The total opposite of a hoarder. When I was in my 20's I went to Oregon from Mi. and she sold my '37 Ford that was mint. Love my mom, who is now in glory.
All my model cars,high school memorabilia gone. That is why I am so determined to succeed in this business, It is all I have left LOL
Oh PJ, you made me laugh out loud there! I had a mental image of what had happened with the sticky tape! You have a gift for writing funny content and it will all be waiting for you when you're ready to come back to it. Good luck with the move and hope to see you soon :)
Thank you Jude.... I may disappear for a bit but hope to be back stronger and smarter! pJ ;)
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I love your post PJ. Oh, how I can relate to it having moved just two months ago today! But then again I've had many moves and how I wish I had read the first part of your No. 6 long ago, and not put stuff in storage. I didn't think of it as 'stuff'' when I put it there, I thought of it as my precious belongings, but time proved it to be unimportant when removed out of storage. Never mind, that's life, and you've given me something to laugh about.
Many thanks and all the best with your move when it eventuates :)
Thank you, Valerie,decluttering is the hardest part but I have a lot of hands.. Now if I can just get them to all orchestrated together... It is a bit annoying trying to decide where to start.. Oh, forget it, I will just go take a nap..... :) pJ
Yes PJ - That's exactly what I did. Naps are good!