01-22-2008, 05:09 AM
I still remember 3 years ago when we were where you are, shoveling snow & knowing in months we would be in Hawaii!
We paired down our books, but still brought a bookcase full (I had over 6' of cookbooks alone! Just couldn't part with all of them!) We bought a glass front cabinet (here, used) & keep the books & the games we couldn't part with in that (with kitty litter desicant (open container with a pouch of kitty litter, I like using the crystal stuff, but the clay litter works but hasa little more clay-ey smell) Oh, finding the glass front is more hit'n'miss, you may find one at a store, but stock here is not consistant.
We didn't bring our down comforter, but did bring 3 quilts my mother-in-law made (these actually flew over with us...) To get them smaller, we folded them to chair top size, slipped them in heavy duty (contracter weight) bags, set them on a non-cushoined chair, sat on the bag to get the air out, twisted the top really tight, taped the top, fold & tape again (sorta like the vacuum bagging, but without the cost & stuff) did the same to pillows, got them down to thinner than a folded sheet. Use sheets, towels, cloth napkins, fluffy clothes & such as packing fillers (if you have the filler space, even packing a few of the raggy towels & such for mopping up things here...but only if you need the packing, sure beats buying bubble wrap or packing old newspapers here...)
We paired down our books, but still brought a bookcase full (I had over 6' of cookbooks alone! Just couldn't part with all of them!) We bought a glass front cabinet (here, used) & keep the books & the games we couldn't part with in that (with kitty litter desicant (open container with a pouch of kitty litter, I like using the crystal stuff, but the clay litter works but hasa little more clay-ey smell) Oh, finding the glass front is more hit'n'miss, you may find one at a store, but stock here is not consistant.
We didn't bring our down comforter, but did bring 3 quilts my mother-in-law made (these actually flew over with us...) To get them smaller, we folded them to chair top size, slipped them in heavy duty (contracter weight) bags, set them on a non-cushoined chair, sat on the bag to get the air out, twisted the top really tight, taped the top, fold & tape again (sorta like the vacuum bagging, but without the cost & stuff) did the same to pillows, got them down to thinner than a folded sheet. Use sheets, towels, cloth napkins, fluffy clothes & such as packing fillers (if you have the filler space, even packing a few of the raggy towels & such for mopping up things here...but only if you need the packing, sure beats buying bubble wrap or packing old newspapers here...)