No matter what, there are always more books gathering on every conceivable surface in the house and now, with this baby coming, we have to make room for it. And so an upper bedroom full of books must be made crib-ready. Gonna build a huge bookshelf in the dining room that will hold a lot of the stuff from the three bookshelves being removed from baby room -- but here is the uselessly exciting part!
Am going to box up all the other loose crap that needs to be saved (and I AM going to get rid of a bunch of crap as well, I promise), and then label the boxes with a file card listing what is in each box. This is where I have failed in the past: when looking to put hands on the one thing that is needed, I have to dig through nine boxes to find it (hint: it will always be in the second-to-last box to be inspected). This way, I can know ahead of time what's in each box by placing the file card outward toward the looker.
So, if you come over for dinner and you need that Edith Head bio or one of our extra copies of The Secret History or whatever, rest assured you WILL leave with it!
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