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[msmemory_archive]

Swiffer bedroom and upstairs hall
Vacuum living room rug
Mop (damp swiffer) upstairs bath and kitchen
Hang up shower curtain
Break down boxes, bundle for trash or give away
Mom archival boxes to attic (wedding dress, christening gown, etc)
Return borrowed boxes to office
Make list of utilities to shut off or reconcile (oil tank) for Closing of old house
Pick up last small load from Storage 1
Do something about H and R pickup of furniture (rent vehicle, split cost?)
Return deposit bottles to supermarket
More gas for snowblower?
Dad movies/slides/snapshots -- put SOMEwhere climate proof
Figure out how to scan photos into Generations family tree software

Nothing like one's inlaws suggesting a visit next weekend to light a fire under one's backside. It's almost as good as the housewarming party as a motivator.

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[goldsquare.livejournal.com]

Make list of utilities to shut off or reconcile (oil tank) for Closing of old house

It's under agreement? Yay! I must have missed that in your LJ.

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

Yes, we signed the purchase-and-sale on Feb 1, and the closing is scheduled for Feb 28 (assuming the buyers get their mortgage).

It only took 5 days from the first newspaper appearance of an ad for the house, until we had two offers. The offers being comparable, we took the one from the more-stable sounding couple, who also offered to let us leave our junk in the attic (perhaps they'll scrounge through it and make an Ebay killing in old ice skates and outgrown clothes).

[dsrtao]

Figure out how to scan photos into Generations family tree software

Just scan them with whatever works well, manipulate with Photoshop or the like, and save them. It's probably quite easy to then tell Generations to import a photo.

Dad movies/slides/snapshots -- put SOMEwhere climate proof

Elizabear will be able to tell you where we got a bunch of semitransparent plastic boxes with lock-on white lids. Much better than cardboard, and then you can put them anywhere they won't actually be flooded or heated to a crisp.

More gas for snowblower?

If you do this now, you won't need to deal with it next blizzard...

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

Elizabear will be able to tell you where we got a bunch of semitransparent plastic boxes with lock-on white lids. Much better than cardboard, and then you can put them anywhere they won't actually be flooded or heated to a crisp.

Yeah, that's why they shouldn't go in the attic (heated to a crisp). You're right about boxing them in plastic, good point. Meanwhile, I'm sorting through them and keeping all the ones with people in, and discarding the "Christmas Tree 1964" ones. There's a great snapshot of my dad in a cheesy Roman Centurion outfit for the Easter pageant in 1956....

[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

When you get to that point, Google for archival-safe plastics. Some standard ones are a bad choice for fabrics, some a bad choice for documents ...

(Cynthia's advice tape suddenly runs down as she realizes she's talking to a Library Science grad.... er, sorry!)

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

You'll be amused to know that some of the home movies are stored in old ammo boxes, with Navy shipping codes stencilled on them. And some have just been tossed into shoe boxes and I'll eventually have to decide whether it's worth the trouble to have a professional camera shop unstick the clumped negatives.

Do you know offhand whether the standard blue Rubbermaid totes are bad for fabric?

[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

Not offhand. The biggest no-no is garbage bags -- John had some seriously discolored fabric due to outgassing or whatever from garbage bags.

I'll hunt it down. I'm sure there have been discussions on the historic costume list.

[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/Fashion/index.cgi?s=plastic+storage&l=ALL

The first group of notes are useful -- the problem with tubs that seal are that there is likely trapped moisture.

I was sure that there was a discussion of type of plastic -- the sort like "Recycle number N is ok for fabrics, but avoid recycle number A, B, and C." but I can't find that.

Here's some multi-area advice which looks reliable, but you probably found on Google yourself...
http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/diy/preservation_check.html
http://www.discovernikkei.org/en/history/preservation/#Textiles