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Axelsen
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I may give ebay a try with what I still have. great idea! thanks (that could free up some space for a tag sale or two! lol NT
06/04/17 08:04 PM







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* Don't know if this the correct forum, but I truly hate moving/packing. Anyone have some good tips? NT
chris4266
06/04/17 12:26 PM
xx * Best thing you can do is to
Wildcard
06/09/17 02:18 PM
xx * Ding, ding, ding.... We have a winner! Lol NT
chris4266
06/09/17 03:41 PM
xx * If you're been there a while and collected a lot of junk to get rid of, maybe order one of those big roll-off dumpsters. We filled one to the brim
JAF
06/04/17 08:55 PM
xx * We've had several dumpsters last year. My parents had this house for 45 years and last year we started emptying the attic, basement and garage
chris4266
06/05/17 03:52 PM
xx * We did the bag thing...bought it at Home Depot then called Waste Management & they came & picked it up...we threw away a lot of crap! NT
wyndycty
06/05/17 05:48 AM
xx * Wow very cool!! NT
VelvetWind
06/04/17 09:13 PM
xx * Thanks everyone for the help. I was hoping there was a service that comes in and does everything for me. Lol NT
chris4266
06/04/17 04:55 PM
xx * Oh there are companies that do that! NT
VelvetWind
06/04/17 07:44 PM
xx * There is actually, google moving companies, they will pack and load and move your goods. Not necessarily a cheap process, but it is out there. NT
ne14cookies
06/04/17 06:04 PM
xx * We had 144 boxes when we moved!! Wrote on the side of the box what room it went into.. that's it. Breakable things we wrote fragile. We moved to
VelvetWind
06/04/17 04:20 PM
xx * Yep....you are upsizing and Im downsizing ...either way we always seem to have so much stuff! I can't believe how much stuff I had! NT
wyndycty
06/04/17 07:22 PM
xx * We got so many new things because we didn't bring out furniture. we decorated much of our house by going to tag sales. NOW we are downsizing!
VelvetWind
06/04/17 07:43 PM
xx * I did that when I had a large home. Tag sales are the best! now we are in a smaller place with still too much stuff!! I purged 3 months ago. sold
Axelsen
06/04/17 07:47 PM
xx * I agree... I have given tons away to charities, my family and sold on ebay.. Love decluttering! NT
VelvetWind
06/04/17 07:49 PM
xx * I may give ebay a try with what I still have. great idea! thanks (that could free up some space for a tag sale or two! lol NT
Axelsen
06/04/17 08:04 PM
xx * Hahaha.. I use that as my excuse NT
VelvetWind
06/04/17 08:08 PM
xx * and its so hard now to stay away from Tag Sales!! lol NT
Axelsen
06/04/17 07:51 PM
xx * I know! and I love going to goodwill ughhh NT
VelvetWind
06/04/17 08:00 PM
xx * I was at a goodwill as they were putting stuff on the shelves. I grabbed a 100 year old crystal footed bowl. this antique dealer (I found out later)
Axelsen
06/04/17 08:09 PM
xx * nice! I got an All Clad frying pan in perfect condition... they're really expensive NT
VelvetWind
06/04/17 08:20 PM
xx * Cool!! I bought those copper no stick pans ASOTV they work great. BTW I still have that Crystal Bowl :) NT
Axelsen
06/04/17 08:35 PM
xx * don't ebay that thing lol NT
VelvetWind
06/04/17 08:39 PM
xx * no, I actually bought it for my Mom who loved it. she is now gone :( so its a keeper NT
Axelsen
06/04/17 08:44 PM
xx * Lost my Mom in 2010. People ask when do you get over it and the answer is never. Always gonna have that empty space inside but life goes on. Hugs. NT
Bobbo2
06/04/17 09:40 PM
xx * So true.. my dad passed in 2000.. it never gets easier :( for probably 7-8 years I visualized him as being sick and finally when I would see him
VelvetWind
06/05/17 07:59 AM
xx * My Mom passed at a rather young age,10 years ago this Wednesday. There is that empty space and yes we go on with the memories and I with her
Axelsen
06/05/17 06:23 AM
xx * So true.. such wonderful memories... I feel that my dad was really the only person that totally understood me so to have him gone is so hard... but
VelvetWind
06/05/17 10:23 AM
xx * I lost both of my parents when I was 32. It happened less than 3 months apart. Both had suffered for so long I felt like they had been freed from ...
Rio
06/05/17 10:33 AM
xx * Awwww :( yes for sure a keeper.. hugs to you NT
VelvetWind
06/04/17 09:14 PM
xx * Moved about 30 times before I was 30! Organize up front makes the move in and unpacking easier. By room along with by types of thing, keep box light
ne14cookies
06/04/17 12:41 PM
xx * Or... Use lots of packing paper and don't organize or label anything. Then it's like Christmas when you unwrap at the new place :-)
jblig
06/04/17 01:08 PM
xx * Or what jblig said, except for one thing.... the TP. NT
ne14cookies
06/04/17 02:11 PM
xx * I concur! TP Utensils and a Plate or 2 Lol. May your move go smoothly!! NT
Axelsen
06/04/17 03:01 PM
xx * I like your idea about not labeling. Lol. The last time I moved was only 6 years ago, but I really hate to pack. I spent the last year emptying the
chris4266
06/04/17 01:54 PM
xx * You have done the worst part. Emptying out the Attic, Garage & basement. I gave sooooo much stuff away, donated & threw away ...
wyndycty
06/04/17 03:48 PM
xx * I'm in NY and staying here. It's my parent's house. I moved back into their house (I live in their apartment) 6 years ago to help them out and now
chris4266
06/04/17 04:53 PM
xx * Gosh, I hope you arnt in NYC looking for an Apt after watching Million Dollar Listing NY eeks -:) NT
wyndycty
06/05/17 05:51 AM
xx * I am in NYC, just not in Manhattan. Even when I lived in Manhattan I couldn't afford those apartments. Lol NT
chris4266
06/05/17 03:46 PM
xx * Sounds like fun to me! NT
VelvetWind
06/04/17 07:40 PM
xx * I hate Unpacking. My giant CD Tower is still shrink wrapped from 2 moves ago. NT
Rio
06/04/17 03:53 PM
xx * I had a few boxes that I never opened from several moves ago. When we were cleaning out the basement earlier in the year, my mother wanted to open
chris4266
06/04/17 04:58 PM
xx * OMG...that just happened to me 2 weeks ago!! We moved about 15 boxes that we had moved 15 yrs earlier from
wyndycty
06/04/17 07:19 PM
xx * I'm sure I threw away priceless moments. But I knew if I opened them I would want to keep it all. NT
chris4266
06/05/17 03:48 PM
xx * I did the same. A Family Bible did make it back to me!! Now I open everything!! NT
Axelsen
06/04/17 06:10 PM
xx * wow... how cool NT
VelvetWind
06/04/17 07:45 PM
xx * Very Lucky! A nearby Church called me! evidently an inebriated person dropped it off telling the Pastor he found it in the dumpster!! I don't want
Axelsen
06/04/17 07:55 PM
xx * That's amazing that you got it back! NT
chris4266
06/05/17 03:48 PM
xx * I would lose sleep lol NT
VelvetWind
06/04/17 08:00 PM
xx * LOL, that happened to me and my Mom! Years later any time we wondered what happened to something, we figured it went out to the dump that one move. NT
ne14cookies
06/04/17 06:07 PM
xx * I'm sure one day my son will ask me where all the stuff from his childhood is and I'll have to say, it must have been in the boxes I threw away. NT
chris4266
06/05/17 03:50 PM
xx * oh dear lol.. I couldn't hahaha! I have a hard time even getting rid of clothes NT
VelvetWind
06/04/17 07:46 PM

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