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dogmom4

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We're going to be moving some time before summer...after 14 years in this 3br, 2b with a 4 room garage conversion. Try and imagine how much stuff you can have with that much room... And we want to be ready to move with a 30 day notice if we find a place sooner than summer. We started a couple weeks back tossing what is really unnecessary. As much as I don't want to move, this is a good process. We're getting rid of stuff I knew we should've gotten rid of years ago...just never got around to it. So, it's been toss, donate and reorganize. We actually have some empty shelves! Dh and I had to have a conversation about how I am taking my prepping stuff...he's having a hard time looking at my bags of canning jars I got through freecycle, and the candles, and..... Guess I'll have to fill the jars with food...he doesn't have any issues with moving jars of food. :)

I really needed this kick in the pants to get my prep stuff organized. I put my pressure canner in an 18 gallon tote with funnels, jar lifters, boxes of lids, etc inside the canner. My ball Blue book is next to it. Also put in the vaccuum sealer with parts and bags as well as the pump-n-seal. I'll see if I can post pictures later.

In another 18 gal tote I have candles...most were freebies through freecycle. I have a smaller tote with lamps,lamp oil, wicks, and matches (in jars). I really like this because when I need something it's all together and in one place...not scattered all over kingdom come.

So, far that's all I've done. My goal is to get in the habit of doing a little each day.

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Ah yes, the old moving madness that makes a person declutter--and then wonder why they are moving, LOL That was us some years back when we lived in Virginia--we did exactly what you are doing. Love those totes!

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I went to Goodwill today to price canning jars. They are charging 99 cents for the small 1/2 pint jars! They are charging 1.49 EACH for the pint jars! They didn't have any quart jars but I am sure it would have been something rediculous!

 

Can't afford a dollar a jar for USED jars! You can buy them new for that. Sheesh.

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It's the only way you can tackle such a big job - a little at a time!

 

My parents moved 2 main times when I was a child, a house we had been in for 6 years and one we were in for almost 10. Right now, you wouldn't be surprised at how much STUFF we found.

 

I tell you, totes are the way to go.

 

I label mine with an index card & Sharpie. I tape the card on one end of the tote with packing tape. It stays put.

 

My mom is compulsive enough to number EVERY SINGLE box into a notebook and detail the contents.

 

Many thoughts, prayers, and lots of STRENGTH for this move....You Can Do It!

 

:lol:

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