Meanwhile, back on the home front.....

[poltr1]

Today I cleaned up and sorted the area around the downstairs bathroom. I split up the items into three piles/totes: Likely to use, Not likely to use, and Don't/Won't use.

Most of the stuff that R left behind in the vanity drawers and cabinet were put in the Don't/Won't use. I separated out the hair thingies and jewelry, since I thought she might still want them. I also cleaned up the counter, which desperately needed cleaning.

Some of the items in the Likely to use pile were boxed and labeled for eventual moving.
The next step is to to do the same to the upstairs bathroom.

A question for those of you who used professional movers: Do they expect everything to be boxed up when they get there? Or is that something they'll do for a price?

Comments

[tollermom]

Movers will pack for you... but they'll charge you dearly. For my move to Indy, I packed non-breakables and let the movers pack the stuff that I wanted them to be responsible for if it broke. Worked well... but I was being reimbursed for that move, so I calculated what I could afford to have the movers pack and still stay inside my moving allowance.

When I moved from Indy to the new house, I packed a ton, then friends helped me pack a ton more, then the movers (who were really loader/unloaders, since I had rented a Packrat) loaded all the furniture, boxes, and random Stuff into the Packrat for the trip up the road. Much cheaper. Much much cheaper. But I couldn't have done it without Barry and Sally and Michael and Li, and then Jen on the unpacking end (she helped shelf-paper and then organize the kitchen, which got it liveable much faster than if I'd done it all myself).