Moving? A good time to shred years' worth of obsolete files is when you're packing to move-- you get [lenty of free excelsior for glassware, and fewer heavy boxes of paper to move.

Want an inventory of what you've put into storage, or what's in your moving boxes? Put blank address labels on the boxes. Use your digital camera to take a still-life shot of the box contents; put the photo filename on the box label.


Your empty computer boxes are a great place to store those crazy packing peanuts as they pile up in your life-- those styrofoam peanut-shaped thingies that spread everywhere if you let them loose? Let them pile up in the puder boxes; you will have plenty for fragile knick-knacks the next time you move. At moving time, haul out the puder boxes and pack the most fragile items into fresh boxes with those packing peanuts. Throw out any leftover peanuts, and there are your empty puder boxes to use on the last packing day.

~S~