Comments on: Moving Tips for Brillig!

By: MommasWorld

MommasWorld — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:11:32 +0000

I am home from vacation now…forgive me if my typing or wording is off. I came home today and have been awake for the past 32 hours.

I moved two years ago. I still cannot find all of my real silverware nor all of my photo albums (just figured out I am missing one).

I clearly marked each box with the name of the room it came out of (in red perm. marker) and the name of the room of the new house that it should go in (in blue perm. marker). Unfortunately, I only know English, Old Irish and a little bit of sign language. My moving company only had one person who spoke and read English and the rest of the crew had an advantage over me…they spoke and read Spanish. Only.

For this reason I wish I would have written numbers on the boxes. That way I would have noticed if a box was not accounted for before they left my house. Yes, it did take two weeks and two moving companies to move me but I am still going a bit stir crazy trying to figure out where my silver flat ware is and that missing album….and anything else I might have forgotten I had. If there were a gap in the numbers on the boxes I would have a clue what happened to them. If there were not the same number of boxes that would also have helped me immediately. It is important to number the boxes as they leave the front door. It is almost impossible to be at the front door when each box leaves but make sure to write on your moving contract that each box must be inspected by you before it is loaded on the truck. You do not need to look in the box but at least you can put a number on it!

By: Fotobuch

Fotobuch — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:20:57 +0000

hmm a good and humorous article, but why pizza why not macdonald’s hamburger as a bribe lol…anyways thanks for sharing with us.

By: Dedee

Dedee — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:45:12 +0000

This brings back memories. I’ve moved 13 times in the last 12 years. An yes, Pizza is the king of all bribes!

By: Cathouse Teri

Cathouse Teri — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:33:05 +0000

I’m so confused. Dang it. I put up a lengthy comment earlier today and it’s gone. I mean it never showed up. It showed when I did it and then it was gone. ??

Anyway, good to see y’all.

By: Alison Wonderland

Alison Wonderland — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:23:03 +0000

And if you’re Mormon, (as I believe Brillig is) and said burly guys (the elders quorum) are too you only have to buy pizza! Even better.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:34:31 +0000

haha YES!!

That’s great you got to move but didnt have to do any of the work!! Awesome.. It’s true though, beer and Pizza will always get stuff done..

By: Dru

Dru — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:28:44 +0000

Next time I move, I’m taking Jen’s advice and find me some burly men who I can bribe with beer and pizza.

By: MommasWorld

MommasWorld — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:44:17 +0000

Hey there! I couldn’t find Brill’s email address so I thought I would drop this here for the Soap Opera Sundays. Sorry, Iam in a rush. Going on Vacation in 15 minutes!

http://mommas-world.blogspot.com/2008/06/transitions.html

By: anno

anno — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:05:18 +0000

Excellent strategy! Served me well on our move from Minnesota to Michigan!

By: Jen in MI

Jen in MI — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:26:44 +0000

Thanks, one and all! This was great fun to both write and to remember. I was feeling worried about what to write here and then this resurfaced. Good times!