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posted on 29 August 2010
After an immature but joyful life of more than 20 years, when the time came to hold hands of a new person who is going to share all my happiness and sorrows till the end of life, I had several questions in my mind that day morning, I got up at 3.00 AM and was thinking of answers for many questions. How is my life going to be henceforth? How will I live without my parents? How am I going to fit to his family? And many such… However, on the other side, I was happy about the special day of my life, thinking about starting to bear all responsibilities on our own head without dependencies. When the wedding was over, I saw my dad crying for the first time, at least to my knowledge. However, my husband was very happy and promised my dad that he would take care of me like a princess! And it's all in the details - the future unfolds day by day. From the day we received our wedding gifts - from cushion covers to the toaster - you see that happiness is in the everyday living. |
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posted on 21 August 2010
Let’s be honest, packing is not the most engaging or exciting of activities, so discipline yourself to get on with it and not get distracted by TV, going online or picking your toenails with a rusty, blunt implement.
When preparing for a move, getting your possessions packed properly is vital to save you time, money and stress.
The simple rule is put the heaviest items into the smallest boxes and use bigger packing for lighter items.
Use newspaper, foam or bubble wrap to keep the more fragile items, such as glasses and cups, from damage. Be careful to ensure that smaller items don't get lost in your chosen packing materials, as they might get overlooked at your new home and accidentally thrown away. Make use of various popular brands of sticky plastic tape to show the shape of the wrapped item and avoid it being mistaken for a spare bunch of paper.
Make sure wrapped glass and china-ware don't end up lose and clattering in a storage box by putting plenty of paper in to pad all sides of the box.
Where possible remove staples from boxes to protect floors, tops and work surfaces where boxes are stored to await collection and after arrival at the your new home.
Avoid interlocking box flaps together.
To reinforce strength ensure tops and bottoms with a minimum of three strips of tape, placed halfway along the sides of a box. Extra tapes not only boosts strength, but will keep a box firmly closed until it has to be emptied when a simple blade will be needed to cut through the tape.
Mark the top and sides of all boxes on the tape with contents and destination location (such as bedroom, kitchen, or basement). This will make identifying where things are easy when they are stacked on top of each other. If the box is reused, then using fresh tape over marked taped easily eliminates old markings.
Don’t leave the rest of your packing until the last possible moment. Get ahead of the game by packing anything you donít use on a regular basis first.
If an item furniture needs to be taken apart then get than done in advance and pack up the parts straight away. Don't allow them to lie around, get misplaced or carried off the dog. Lost parts can be hard, if not impossible to replace.
Be especially careful with documents and personal papers. Don’t pack away anything you might actually need on a day to day basis, such as cheque books, passports, driving licences, travel tickets, visas or birth certificates, etc.
Any likely problems should be documented before the move. Your chosen removal company needs to be told in advance of any issue which could affect the move like access issues, broken or weak staircases, damaged or fragile furniture. The removal firm needs to know if your residence is above the first floor and if you require extra boxes, clothing storage, or any last minute packing, etc. |
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