Aug 10 2008
The Box-er
Faithful reader Toni asked where I keep all those boxes I claim to have saved. I am blessed with two attics - neither is very big, but they hold most of the boxes with special styrofoam in them. Any boxes that don’t have styrofoam, we collapse and store flat. I keep all my packing boxes stragetically packed inside of a few dishpacks - also in the attic.
Right now, our garage is full and we can’t park cars in it. (We can fit four cars in our driveway, which is good.) We have a few projects going on, such as reboxing books that go into our attic, and rebuilding our shed, which was a rusted heap of twisted metal when we moved back into our home, and when they’re done we will be able to fit a car into the garage.
I’m no purging pro (sorry, Toni), but I do go through closets and bookshelves at least once a year to get rid of unused items. I also participate in PaperbackSwap.com’s excellent program. (I got a really nice French textbook for my son from them!) Getting rid of things we don’t use makes sense. Rebuying the same things over and over or replacing items damaged in multiple moves doesn’t make sense to me, so I save quite a few things.
If you’ve blogged about packing and purging, why not leave a link in a comment, so we can learn from your experiences?
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Well, the last time we moved, I posted what I could because we had limited internet access, but here’s a link to my only post regarding moving!
http://theforemanfamily.com/randomthoughtsbypam/?p=48
They aren’t large attics…but they do the job. Unfortunately, attic duty is my job - my husband and son can barely stand up in the attic, so routine fetch-and-carry tasks are mine.
Our SG house had an attic, but we were told we couldn’t use it. Go figure.