And Now For Something Completely Different

Adding it all up, I've moved twelve times in my lifetime that I've had some say in and six of those moves have been with the Air Force.  All in all, we are moving specialists...  I know exactly what to go through and get rid of, keep with me until the end, and I can plan our food intake/grocery shopping so there's not much to move. 

I would have to say that I'm a professional by now and know what to expect when packing day gets here.  But the Koreans, well they just do things their own special way.  So our lessons learned for this week are about moving:

Adventures in packing, note 1: we put my shoes in the 6 drawer dresser rather than having to box them up. Well....... we needed a box anyway.  And no, I do not have a shoe problem.  I have significantly less pairs than we counted when I moved to college (my parents are shocked right about now). 

Adventures in packing, note 2: it's best to get the kids involved. It makes them feel like they are part of the move. We found a note attached to one of the boxes: 

No, Sarah wasn't helping the packer, we think they just took a piece of paper out of their notebooks, but it's funny right.  We did have them help us by packing their own toys into two piles:  one that would stay with us and one to go in our quick ship.  They did great, and picked a lot of books to send. 

Adventures in packing, note 3: You can never be too specific when labeling boxes. It makes it much easier on the other end to locate your valuables.  Unfortunately, a friend noted that she too had a box labeled similarly, and it disappeared in her move. 

Adventures in packing, note 4:  When the packer comes in and goes "Oooooo" that may or may not be a good thing.  I noted that we had 10,000 lbs to move...  I guess they didn't believe me.  We started out with 3 packers, who put a pretty good dent on the place before lunch.  After lunch, two more packers came to help out.  When I went down at 3 pm to fetch Holly from the bus, three more were walking in the door. 

Adventures in packing, note 5:  Pack a go-bag before the packers start.  so with all the packers in the house, they were finished packing, had our household goods secured in 10 crates and were home by supper time.  I couldn't believe it walking into my house.  Our apartment came furnished, but it was 6:30 and there was no way we could get the beds up.  Hastily, I threw some items into an overnight bag and we headed to the hotel on base for the night.  Great decision as we slept in a little, lounged around after getting Holly off to school, and then got back in plenty of time to get the house cleaned up and set up for the night. 

So that's that - our stuff is on it's way to the Pacific NW and we only have a car left to get on a boat.