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Moving ..Mad House ??Part I
We are moving to a city about 150 miles from where we live and boy what an experience. The saga is not over yet as we have just finished packing. The first step, deciding what we really want and sell/donate/trash the rest. That became a project by itself. R & I are big hoarders, we pick up stuff online, garage sale , from India (influence of the Antique road show) and we have now have a garage full of things ( thank god we still had place to park 2 cars).
After we agreed mutually on some things and debated about the others, we took pictures of everything we wanted to sell and uploaded them and then put an ad on www.craigslist.com. We had a whole lot of enquiries, some flake out and the serious enquiries do drop by to take a look. Sorry for the discrimination, but when local people want something, they are pretty clear, they look at the item and if it is as advertised without a word pay for it, pick it up and leave. But our brethren expect almost brand new items from a garage sale, the only thing that they missed asking was if it had money back guarantee…..It was an experience and the funny part is when some folks start talking in a language thinking we don’t understand them.
After all this we started boxing all our things and my friend says that since I am doing it in such an organized fashion, I should become a moving consultant..
more fun to follow next week when we actually move
Happy shifting shankari..Though I know its a tough one..happy moving..
I know how hard it can be, having moved several times myself..I hope it is an easy move for you.
Lots of luck with the move! We weren’t as organized as you. I did take pictures to put up on Craigslist but never got around to it as there was next to nothing happening in our area. So I just donated most of the stuff to Purple Hearts. I am almost ashamed to say that whatever I couldn’t get rid of, moved with us to our new home. It took us almost 3 months before we were finally out of boxes!
Hi Shankari,
Happy moving,Shankari.
Vineela
Good luck with your move.
Packing and unpacking – A big headache but a good thing as it helps us get rid of unwanted things that we hang on to.
And shifting through U-Haul?
By the way what are the languages that people thought you didn’t understand?
hi jinguchaka,
They spoke kannada, marathi & gujrathi….
Where to? If you moved near Sacramento..let me know.
I hv so far moved to 7 different countries.. I learned selling is the hardest job and it is better to give off( I completely agree with our bretheren’s attitude..one guy lifted my rice cooker and checked/scanned/examined/passed to the wife/ MIL and then told me.. this is a USED RICE COOKER.. hello..this is a garage sale!).. Happy shifting!
Sarah
Hello Narayanan, I am emailing the details to you.
Thanks – Sudha, Starry NIghts,Manisha,Vineela,Krithika.
Sarah, Exactly my experience !
Good luck with the move and congrats on your new home!
God…just the word moving gives me the shivers. My husband is a consultant and we have moved so so much. Luckily I am a non clutter person but still it is amazing the amount of baggage we collect in life isnt it?
Good luck with the move.
Hope you have shifted to new home…Enjoy the change
hi M – the move is just for a year or a bit more, so we just took an apmnt.
Asha, thank you. movers are coming this weekend.
Ashwini – i have to do this again next year
shankari,
tho moving is tedious, i somehow get excited. a new home,new stuff, new places.. Good luck!
Good luck shifting! Need help
I know it can be quite an experience. Just get done with it asap so that afterwards u can chill! Enjoy!
Happy moving Shankari. I get to do the same thing in another couple of months. I am dreading it already
. May be some tips would help people like me 
. And totally agree on the brethren behaviour 
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Hire a mover…get rid of anything you haven’t used in 2 years…and expect something to go wrong…good luck
Yes I know – Moving is such a hazzle. I dont know if ther is anything to make it easy. Hopefully you get over it soon and settle in you new home and start decorating the new home !!!
Hi Shankari…
Take care.. and keep posting your shifting sagas..if not cooking..nice to read:)
Best Wishes to you at your new locality.
Aparna
Hope all is settled now.
LOLed at your language experience! I just love those moments..
have fun!
Shankari-
Happy Moving, it was nice to read about your moving experience. No matter how many ever times we do it, its a tedious task everytime. But, the good part is you to coem to know how much of junk one has collected over time and hopefully one can get rid of some stuff.
Aargh! I hate moving. And we have to do in another 3 months
The worst part is I always forget to label the boxes and then wonder which box contains my breakable china 
All the best with the moving and have fun settling into the new place. Btw, hopefully by EOD i’ll have the recipes u asked
Have fun moving, toughest part is loading and organizing the things inside the truck