Christmas was awesome! Arielle and Jaron came home from Georgia. We went to Kevin's sister's house for our Moen Christmas. Great fun! Then Christmas Day we headed to North Carolina for our Humphrey Christmas. My family is spread out from Georgia to Virginia so Christmas is the time of year we all (as many of us that can) get together in North Carolina.
Two days after Christmas I went home with Arielle and Jaron. Arielle accepted a position in Clarksville, VA and Jaron also had a couple of job offers before they even left Georgia. I must admit I did pick on him a bit about getting a couple of job offers in a matter of days when his mother-in-law has been putting in applications since last February.
Kev was in charge of our dog and their dog back home in Virginia.
Arielle and Jaron both had to work the first part of the week so I started packing. They had started a little before I got there. We went to the store and bought boxes, cardboard for the temporary storage items and plastic for the items that could be more permanently stored.
We also bought duct tape. Arielle had read on Pinterest that to make moving easier, use different colored duct tape on the boxes.
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| Colored Duct Tape |
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| Boxes labeled and duct tape |
I have always numbered and labeled my moving boxes. Some of the boxes I helped Arielle label on a previous trip to her house, like Christmas boxes. We taped a small craft plastic bag (Ziplock type) to a plastic box and put an index card or half of an index card according to the size of your bag, in the bag with the contents written on it. I don't have a close up view of one of her boxes but a good example would be these boxes from my storage room.
I use different colored index cards. Extension cords are on green, crafts on pink, etc.
I wrote in Arielle's calendar book the number written on the box (mostly paper boxes) or a description of the box like the color of the plastic box's lid and then what was in that box.
Many years ago Kev and I moved for what we thought was going to be a couple of weeks but that turned into 8 months. All our possessions were in a storage space. When we needed something I had a list of the box numbers and what was in the boxes. Had we known how long we were going to be staying with family, I would have suggested we put the boxes in some sorta order in the storage space to make it easier to find. Like putting the winter clothes near the door. I have been making those lists ever since.
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| List of boxes |
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| Unpacking |
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| Packing the truck |
Paper boxes are used for the move with things that will be unpacked soon after the move is done. (I don't like paper boxes in the attic or basement or garage because of potential bugs or mice.) Use small to medium boxes. My husband started this tradition because I fill a box where it sits. I do not worry about it's weight, putting it in a truck or off a truck that is Kev's job (poor thing).
Look at that little ramp supplied on the rental truck in the picture to the left. Believe me small to medium boxes are the best.
Now look at the duct tape on the handles. A person can't say I didn't see the tape.
I made a legend, (from my architectural draftsman days). I also made door hangers for each room. The door hangers were made on 8 1/2 x 11 white card stock . I cut a hole near the middle top. I wrote the name of the room and then put a piece of the colored duct tape below the name of the room along the bottom of the paper. I apologize none of the pictures show the door hangers.
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| Duct Tape Legend |
The rest of the house went smooth also. One lady told me I should be an organizer for a living. I told her Arielle has told me the same thing but I wouldn't know how to get started. She said let them watch me for 10 minutes. We laughed and went back to work. (If I could only organize Kev)
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| Arielle, Jaron and Jazzy are all moved in |
They are all moved in and it's time for Kev and I to go home.
FIVE days after getting home Kev and I left for California to go to his brother's retirement party. I must say we have a great family from the east coast to the west, and as far up as Washington State, families don't get much better than ours. We are not perfect, we don't get to see each other as much as we would like but we love each other and we love our Lord, Jesus Christ.
We were there for a few days and then came home.
We have put away most of our Christmas, laundry is done from our trips, and we have finally caught up on some much needed sleep.
A few days after we got home I received a call asking me to come in for an interview, then a second interview, and then a call asking me if I would accept the job.
I accepted a part time receptionist position with the (BGAV) Baptist General Association of Virginia. YES! It is good to be back at work. The facility is called the Virginia Baptist Resource Center because several wonderful organizations have their offices there.
Kev asked me how my first day went. I told him it was fun. He said, "fun", you are suppose to be working.
I plan to work on my tweenager bible study book about the life of Joseph in the morning and work in the office in the afternoon.
2015 is LOOKING GOOD and I am truly BLESSED! PRAISE THE LORD!
Have a Blessed Day,
Mama D
Romans 8:28 ESV
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
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