I took all of my cook books, then needed one to make beetroot chutney.
I carefully packed up all of my best dinner service and put it in the dresser with only one wine glass breakage.
I have taken all of my wool, patterns and knitting regalia and just kept my basket with a sweater and socks to work on in the evenings.
I have kept my sewing machine and some basics with me in case I need to do some school uniform alterations before school starts again but I have packed up all of my fab fabric, vintage patterns, lingerie sewing notions and Ottobre magazines.
The girls have sorted out their huge book collections and have sold surplus to a second hand book shop. Charity shops are mostly not open by us yet so getting rid of stuff is trickier than normal. I have an exciting pre-arranged drop off slot tomorrow at my favourite one.
We are trying to eat down one freezer so we can move it which feels risky if there is another lockdown and shops struggle to supply again but that is the way it is.
We shared steak and chips with our friends as our first official invitation meal in our new house, they are helping us move on Sunday. All of our friends who have trailers and pick ups are entering their busy harvest time so we are grateful to have lured asked them to help us before potato harvesting gets busy.
We were treated to a pastel skyline on Wednesday before we left, then watched the rain pour down with hours of lighting shows when we got back to our current house.
I will spare you the photo of neatly packed matching boxes because it really is not like that here, it is absolute chaos!
But all in all I know we will be just fine, I'm living the moment of moving day by day and enjoying putting our things into our newly built home.
What would you pack first?
Keep you posted. Jo xxxx
Good luck with the move Jo, wishing you calm out of the chaos.
ReplyDeleteI it all hope all goes smoothly for you. X
ReplyDeleteMoving is Chaos! Stay well and take a deep breath when you can Jo. Thinking of you and your family and I am thrilled you are able to move. So exciting!
ReplyDeleteGood luck in the move before school starts back.
ReplyDeleteOh WOW,moving at last,sorry not much help with the packing but.Good Luck with the move and .Every Happiness to you and your family and pets in your new house.xx
ReplyDeleteIt is great that you can do it that way, it takes a bit of the pressure off. When we moved to our current house I started with all the books as there were so many and they were moved initially to boxes in the garage. This was a mistake as over the years many were never unpacked and eventually passed on so i should have just kept the favourites and donated before we moved. I have got better at letting go over the years, I also did a few boxes each evening the weeks leading up to moving day so when the time came we were all set. Take care. x
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