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Though not a flybaby, I will chime in

Submitted by Anhata on Mon, 06/05/2006 - 10:54pm.

there are a few general notions that I follow for unpacking, don't know how far along you are so I don't know if they apply, but here it is:

Bathrooms and the kitchen are obviously the first priority. Unpack those first.

Next are the children's rooms. They settle in so much better if their rooms done up as quickly as possible. Especially if they're young.

Do one area at a time or for a couple of days in a row at least before moving on to another area.

Decide in advance where you are going to put the empty boxes and wrapping materials as you empty them so you consolidate the boxes and bubble wrap and packing peanuts (oh, my!) before they take over a corner or two in every room.

DH always collapsed the boxes right away for me and stored them in the attic or on a shelf in the basement or garage, whatever we had handy. Packing peanuts get put into large trashbags and stored similarly.

Last bit of advice...don't just unpack something somewhere it doesn't quite belong and think, "I'll put it where it belongs later when I have more time" because you'll never have more time. Two years later you'll be cursing yourself as you dig stuff out of inconvienient places for the umpteenth time.

Anhata
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