We’re preparing to move to a larger home in another neighborhood. Having only moved once, from my parents home where I grew up, I was concerned about getting all the details properly organized so that moving day ran smoothly. Like most people, we wanted to save as much money as possible so we opted to move ourselves. But we wanted to be smart about it and were willing to invest in the right tools for the mob like moving boxes and blankets.
I have a few friends who have moved themselves the past couple of years and turned to them for advice. Perhaps unsurprisingly, they suggested that I use a calendar to keep track of each task or necessity including turn on/off dates for utilities, issuing change of address cards through the Postal Service, alerting contacts in our contact list with our new 
information, calling all of our creditors, etc. A lot of stuff had to happen and timing really did matter.
When we started talking about some of the more hands-on suggestions, she surprised me when she mentioned moving straps. “Just what are those?” I asked. Evidently moving straps are a simple yet ingenious way to move heavy objects, whether when rearranging furniture or completely relocating. Made from nylon, the kit includes a long strap with partitions near each end. The partitions allow you to slide another strap with looped ends through; you end up with something that looks a lot like the letter “I”.
The long piece of the moving straps slides under the object to be move, for example, a refrigerator. That probably takes some maneuvering to do, but it’s manageable. Then the two people moving the refrigerator slide the smaller straps through a partition and around their shoulders. Voila! Instant moving strap. This simple device allows you to use large muscle groups to lift the heavy object and saves your arms to balance and guide the load.
We borrowed Peggy’s moving straps and quickly saw the difference.
