Can't find anything?
Answers
1 Just put everything in the most logical place. Put things needed together next to each other.
2 If in doubt, make a list and a label.
Stories
I moved into a new flat and a neighbour came in and offered to make the coffee. I replied, "Let me do it. You won't know where to find .." She replied, "Yes, I will. It'll be the same as my mother's house, and mine. The coffee cups will be in the cupboard above the kettle and the coffee will be to the right of them? Doesn't everybody do the same? If yours it's like that, I'll move things for you."
What do you need most?
Keys.
Cleaning stuff. (Out of reach of children.)
Toothbrush and medicines.
1 Vital documents.
2 Passwords and pin numbers.
3 Food and drink and utensils for eating and drinking.
A change of clothes. Clothes for cleaning and going out. Swim or sports wear. Night dress.
Vital local information - hospital and 24 hour shops and supermarkets and delivery services.
Tips
What Not To Do
Leave anything behind.
1 Check every cupboard, bed, under the bed, bedclothes and pillows. Check behind bathroom doors. Check basins.
Do not rush to breakfast leaving vital items. Do not leave behind your door keys or your gold wedding ring or diamond engagement ring on the washbasin. Let me rephrase that as a positive command. Take your door keys. Check and take all rings.
Don't put anything on a washbasin - put it in a zipped pocket.
What To do
Be up early enough to get to breakfast without rushing out of the room. Plan a safe place for jewellery.
List items in each suitcase or box and mark the outside of the box with a number and photograph the numbered box. (If a box is missing you'll know!)
It helps your calm to be organised from the start.
Sometimes it is good to move things around, just to see by trial and error what works best.
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.
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