It's Cleaning Time!

I have gotten so much done this week around my house.  For some reason, I have been in cleaning mode, and with cleaning comes organizing!  I think it has something to do with the changing of the seasons, although our weather hasn't changed at all.  We are still going to be in the low 90's today.  The weather man says we might be in the high 70's by Sunday, but I'll believe it when I see it.

Anyway, with my house being so small, everything has it's place, and when things aren't out away, it can get pretty cluttered.  We have a storage building in the yard, but it's not big enough to hold everything I need it to.  Junior is trying to talk me into renting a storage building from Storage Milton Keynes, but I am determined to organize things around here better so that we don't have to.   My biggest problem is my kitchen. 

As you can see, this little corner of my kitchen has become a storage area.  These totes are filled with toys from the girls room.  On of them has Barbie dolls in it, and one of the others has Little People.  I am not sure what the on on the bottom has in it (probably junk!), and then the little one in front is filled with Brandi's snacks that she takes to school.  That was the best idea I ever had, too.  Whenever I food shop, I just empty all of the snacks I buy for her to take to school into that tote, so she knows exactly what she has without rummaging through the pantry.  It also saves a lot of room in my pantry.

I am hoping that I can get these totes back into the girls room (except the snack one) by this weekend.  Of course, that means cleaning their room, which I am making them do.  I don't understand how two girls can be so messy.  My mom would probably argue that I was the same way as a kid, which is true, so I guess it's just a girl thing.  I keep threatening to go in there myself with a couple of trash bags, hoping that will motivate them to clean.

I'll let you know how that works out.

Decisions, Decisions

Yesterday, we decided we are definitely moving. Junior was trying to convince me to do it in November, but I finally convinced him to wait until February, like we had originally planned.

This morning, we went and looked at storage buildings. I want to get all the stuff we do not use on a daily basis out of the house, that way when we do move, it is a lot easier, and not so rushed. We found a pretty decent deal, and are going to rent it this weekend.

Now I can pack the right way, taking my time, and labeling everything. If you remember when we moved last time, it was two weeks after my breast reduction, and I couldn't help at all. What a disaster that was! lol! I want to be organized this time, so starting now I can pack a little bit here and there, and move it to storage.

It will be nice to not have overflowing closets for a while, too.

Storage

My sister moved into her new house last week. For a month before the move, she had a POD in her yard, making it easier for her to move things. Everyday she would move a few boxes to the POD, and when they were ready to move, the POD was picked up and delivered to the new house. There was no moving van, just a couple of trips with her husband's truck to get the furniture to the new house.

The only problem she had was when the POD people picked up the POD early to put in storage. My sister forgot that she had the pick up scheduled, and didn't have anything in the POD secured. When it was redelivered, most of the boxes were thrown all over the place. Luckily, nothing was broken. She used lots of packing, and her things were well insulated.

I had no idea that we had a POD place in our area until my sister used them. I know we have lots of self storage places. In fact, they seem to be everywhere. If you are looking for a storage place, or a POD place, check out USstoragesearch.com. You can find storage places in your area, and compare units and prices. This makes it so easy to find exactly what you are looking for. If you are unsure about whether you want self storage or mobile storage (PODS), you can read their article about storing tips, and it can help you to decide. They have moving and packing tips, too, which I found very helpful. When we moved last year, we sold a lot of our furniture, because it wouldn't fit in the apartment. I wish we had gotten a storage unit and kept it all, so we would have it when we get a bigger place.

There's nothing I can do about it now. At least now I know for next time how easy it is to find a storage unit that meets my needs.