collecting boxes & buying tape , never have enough of either one . Last night we packed boxes till 9:30 & only stopped cause we ran out of boxes & tape . Where & when did we collect all of this "stuff " ? The realtor told us to pack all our "personal " stuff & nick-knacks so anyone touring the house could imagine their stuff in the house instead of seeing all of our stuff . Open house is Saturday so we are packing everything , the problem is we have no place to put the boxes once they are packed , so we are just lining the wall with them , not very attractive . It would be nice if we could move all our stuff to the new house as we packed it , but  the new house will not be emptied out till 14 days after closing ...sigh . I'm loosing sleep & not in the best of moods , but I keep thinking it is only for 6 or so weeks & then we will be in the new house & getting settled in . The good news is our oldest daughter has found a house just 20 minutes away from where we will be moving & has put in an offer on it . Hopefully it will also be accepted & she will be moving closer to us . Her wedding is scheduled for September 17th , so on top of moving we are involved in the wedding ...sigh . This is why parents get grey hair (LOL).Hubby says this is just another chapter in our lives.....if he's writing a book he can leave these 2 chapters out (LOL). Got to go to the stores & get more boxes & tape ...until later ...have a Blessed day .
@WJo: Congrats on the new house - you might look into a storage unit in your area for a couple of weeks to put your boxes until you can move. I've done that a couple times here and it wasn't too expensive. It stinks to move stuff twice, but sometimes that's what you have to do. Good luck.
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