Another post? What's the world coming to?

I know, I know.  There are times that I go 4 days or so without a post, then days like this come along and I post over and over and over!  Sorry, but I'm antsy tonight.

We've been packing quite a bit today.  I made a comment the other day that I don't lable boxes when I pack.  Everyone is amazed and appalled that I take that approach, but it works for us.  We've moved a LOT in our 10 years together.  We've lived in, I think, 7 places, and the move has always gone smoothly.

We don't have a lot of "stuff" that we don't use regularly.  That's why we can't pack much until the last few days.  When we do get moved in (usually a 1-day ordeal) we are unpacked in less than 2 days.  Since boxes don't sit around for weeks, I don't need to label them.

We move the furniture and large items in first, then the boxes all go into a large area, usually centrally located, like the living room.  One at a time, we unpack them.  When the tape is ripped off, if we see bathroom items, we lug it to the bathroom and unpack it.  If it contains sheets and curtains, then we know that pictures are wrapped in them, and we gently unpack the pictures while folding the curtains and laying them aside for hanging later.

It's not pure laziness that keeps me from labeling boxes, it's just not necessary for us.  We take posession of the house on Sunday on Memorial Day weekend.  By the time we go to work on Tuesday, the boxes will be flattened and ready for the trash men.  Done.

Yes, we'll be exhausted, but relieved.  I can't imagine what it's like for the folks I talk to who refer to boxes in the basement from their move over a YEAR ago. Wow.  What's it like to have boxes and boxes full of stuff you don't use?  I don't want to know.  I like my simple life!