When I was a kid I must have moved around 1,000 times, at least. In all seriousness, moving can be a real drag and it’s hard on the whole family. I have never moved since having kids, but I can tell you that when I was a kid moving was not fun at all. I just wanted to pass along some tips to help you have a better moving experience, after all I have had my share of moving.
Start
The best advice I can give you when it comes to packing is to just start doing it. Some folks put it off until they can no longer stand it. Procrastinating only adds to the stress of your move and it’s better to get started as soon as you can.
Ask for Help
Many of you with little kids try and do all the packing on your own. Ask for a little help when it comes to packing up your entire house for a move. Have someone watch your children for a while as you pack. Invite other kids over to play while you pack. It helps to make sure your kids are a little occupied.
Throw a Packing Party
If you feed them, they will come. Throw a packing party and invite as many people as you can over to help you pack. Make sure you do not mix too much chaos into the packing though.
Hire Someone Else
We all know we can hire someone else to do the work for us. You can hire a moving company to come in and pack your boxes up. I stumbled across this website called CableMover.com and it is full of wonderful resources to help you move. While on this website, you can great cable, Internet and TV offers for your new home. You can also find a moving quote and get expert moving tips. Yeah, it sounds too good to be true, but it’s not! J
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i dread the heavy lifting
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I hate finding all of the things that i THOUGHT that I needed and never used!!!
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when moving i dread the packing and unpacking the most, it’s so much work!
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The uncertainity of it all, and it’s alot of work period.
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I became an email subscriber.
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I hate packing and unpacking!!!
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All the packing and sorting ugh !
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I dread the packing especially the breakables.
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I hate unpacking!
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I dread moving heavy items and trying not to break anything!
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i dread cleaning after stuff is cleaned out of the old apartment!
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The thing I dread most is definitely toting furniture around!
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I hate the packing and carrying everything into your new place. But, the unpacking and figuring out where to put everything, in other wards decorating your new place, is so much fun!
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I dread the expense!
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What I dread most about moving is unpacking!
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Just the whole sort and box stuff
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unpacking
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The final clean.
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I dread most trying to find things I’ve packed.
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Packing
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I HATE packing :(
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i dread when something inevitably gets chipped or scratched
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unpacking and trying to find a place for everything.
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I hate the packing for days on end! And then getting settled in a new place.
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I dread the packing
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I dread packing everything up. I’m glad I haven’t moved in years!
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