1. No matter how stressful you think it's going to be, it will be 10 times more stressful than you imagined.
Very true. Had to move out of my uni accomodation on Monday and foolishly thought I could do all my packing and cleaning in an hour and a half.
2. Three people is not enough.
I would imagine so.
2.a Two people is not enough to clean an entire flat in the 8 hours you have before the keys are due back.
True.
3. You can literally clean things till your fingers bleed.
Ouch.
4. It is rather distressing as spending an entire day cleaning one house only to come to your new place which is covered in boxes and things strewn into whatever space you could find.
Quite unfortunate.
5. Oven cleaner makes your lungs tickle.
It is vile.
6. Tea is underrated.
Treason!
7. Men need direction and someone cracking the whip or they get distracted by Things That Might Possibly Need To Be Done But Are Not What I Should Be Doing Right Now.
That ability is what makes us so awesome.
7.a Men are very useful when moving house (and at other times) so one shouldn't be too mean to them.
8. Fathers-in-law a extremely helpful and good at things like changing light fittings, rewiring, and building Ikea bookshelves.
9. We have a LOT of stuff. Like, a fucking LOT of stuff
I can imagine a houseful of stuff would be quite a lot.
10. I love books. Possibly more than I should. Books have decided where things go and what rooms look like in our new house. I need more books.
Books are good.
11. Living in a house one owns is much, much, much nicer than renting one.
12. We have a whole drawer full of bags or boxes of sugar. I don't know why.
It is just one of those things that happens. It's probably just a quantum physical phenomena or something.
13. It is possible to just Keep Doing Things for three days in a row till nearly midnight even though you are so tired you could probably sleep on a stampede of bison.
I know.
14. Beds are important.
Very true.
So, dear Rafonauts. Tim and I have finally moved into the house we bought at the end of February. It is so very good to finally be in our own home. Even though we still have lots of unpacking to do (I cried when I got home today after cleaning the old flat), we're in our very own place and that feels good. Hooray.
Huzzah!
"I mean, if everyone had a soul, there would be no contrast by which we could appreciate it. For giving us this perspective, we thank you." - Nate
Things I learned from moving house this week.
- 27/05/2011 06:07:30 PM
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Well done. Now ours.
- 27/05/2011 06:23:04 PM
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I don't think so. I doubt that I'll be able to move tomorrow.
- 27/05/2011 11:50:38 PM
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Re: I don't think so. I doubt that I'll be able to move tomorrow.
- 28/05/2011 12:03:42 AM
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Re: I don't think so. I doubt that I'll be able to move tomorrow.
- 28/05/2011 12:07:03 AM
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Re: I don't think so. I doubt that I'll be able to move tomorrow.
- 28/05/2011 12:09:36 AM
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Also: you can borrow Tor for carrying and fixing &c tomorrow
- 27/05/2011 07:14:46 PM
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Thank you for the offer. I think we might be mostly done. I am pretty quick at putting things away.
- 27/05/2011 11:56:51 PM
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My wife says my abilty to move heavy things is my greatest asset
- 27/05/2011 08:21:31 PM
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It's a very great asset. I can't open jars by myself so man strength is great. 
- 28/05/2011 12:01:57 AM
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- 28/05/2011 12:01:57 AM
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Congratulations.
- 27/05/2011 09:13:06 PM
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Well done.
- 28/05/2011 12:21:55 AM
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