We knew it was coming but the sound of a letting agent hammering the "To Let" sign into our front lawn was heart wrenching. It's time to get packing, movers come Oct 1, 2012. This has got to be the most stress I have had in a long time. PURGING, ORGANIZING, SELLING, CLEANING, PACKING all mixed with daily routines of school, work and church duties.
These guys are quick and efficient. They pack like lightning and if you leave anything out, well it's in a box covered with a mile of tape.
Be sure to keep everything "do not pack" in one place, safe from anyone touching it! Our place happened to be the master bath. We were literally throwing things in at the last minute. I love how this picture shows the vast amount of space we have in our "master en suite"
By the end of the day all your stuff is in brown paper and sitting on your driveway waiting to be stacked like tetras pieces into as few wooden crates as possible. There is no "this side up" signs. No one cares...but YOU!
In total, Staff Sergeant Miller had 8 wooden crates....that's 2 more then we came with 3 years ago, but we did add 1 more kid to the mix.
Now there's not much left but military loaner furniture, some pots and pans, bed sheets, blankets and one lonely box of saved toys.
So we make our own fun
which takes a lot more creativity, and patients.
We sent our house hold goods almost 45 days early. You never know sometimes how long it will take to ship it back over seas. When we are back in the USA there is no loaner furniture so we need to take advantage of OCONUS perks while we still have them. The trouble is now we have to keep busy with almost nothing but suitcases. Albuquerque here we come!
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