Ronn Blankenship wrote:
>
> At 05:31 AM 5/20/02, you wrote:
> >At 19:42 19-05-2002 -0500, Ronn Blankenship wrote:
> >
> >>The boxes I used in my last move aren't in very good shape,
> >>either. Problem is, there's still a lot of stuff in them. It doesn't
> >>help their condition that I have to periodically dig through some of them
> >>trying to find something . . .
> >
> >Why do you not tape a piece of paper to each box, and list the contents of
> >each box on that piece of paper? That should make it a lot easier to find
> >what you are looking for.
> >
> >
> >Jeroen "simple solutions" van Baardwijk
>
> You are assuming that the contents were sorted prior to being placed in the
> box. As it is, all of said boxes are labelled "miscellaneous" . . .
>
> (Hint: Unlike Julia and her family, I did not have two or three months to
> plan the move and pack . . . )
Two or three months? Try more like 4. The packing started in the last
part of February, and the move is in early July.
Of course, we want to get as much of the packing done as possible before
June 12, which is when we close on the house, and after which point
there will be all kinds of things needing doing at the new house
(child-proofing, getting furniture delivered, getting the furniture that
needs assembly out of storage and assembling it, taking the dogs over a
few times to get them used to it, buying some things we'll need and
taking them straight over, etc.).
How many boxes do you have with the "miscellaneous" label? I had about
9 in the last move that didn't get unpacked immediately, and I still
have 5, having gone through the 9, put some things away, thrown out a
few things, decided to donate a few things to charity. I'd say maybe
get 3 nice, new boxes, go through one of your "miscellaneous" boxes and
sort the contents some, use the 3 new boxes to sort into, label the new
boxes. Depending on the size of the boxes to be gone through, maybe do
one a week until you've at least gotten the contents somewhat more
organized and you have a net loss of 1 box. :)
(I hope my atrocious grammar in this post doesn't cause excessive
confusion.)
Julia
