It's official. I'm a homeowner.

Gah. I need a nap.

PS - all future house posts are tagged "Willie".

Where would one find the rules about setting things on fire (like poi, not like small children!) in your backyard in the city of Richmond?

I mean. If I'm gonna have this ginormous yard.

I've started packing. Lord willing & the creek don't rise [I'm getting tired of saying "if all goes as planned".], I'll get the keys to Willie in exactly one month, and the movers will come the next day. Today it was suggested that this was a very early time to pack things, and that I might be somehow exceptionally anal.

So, you? When do you pack?
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How far in advance of a move do you pack up your house/apartment/whatever?

How far in advance do you pack when you travel (for 3 weeks or less)?

I figure this: I can handle about 20 minutes of packing in a row. When traveling, that's usually plenty of time, so I can do it the night before or morning of. But. When moving, you need hours of packing. I do, on average, an hour of packing every 3 days, which means - if I want to keep my sanity - I have to start at least 24 days in advance assuming I can pack the whole house in 8 hours of uninterrupted work. If I start 30-45 days ahead, then I can take time off for good behavior!

I contend that the only way this is anal is that I've actually taken the time to calculate how much time I can pack without distracting myself. Same with labeling things - I only label what I pack so that I don't have to do extra work when I unpack.