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[vansandhands]

A Guide to Handling Fragile Items While Moving

Website: www.vansandhands.com

Moving homes can be challenging, especially when dealing with delicate items. To ensure the safety of your belongings, it is essential to be prepared in advance and choose the best packaging material. Essential packing materials include quality cardboard boxes, bubble wrap, packing tape, labels, rope or bungee cords, corrugated inserts, and packing peanuts. Sturdy blankets or bedding can be used to protect fragile items before packing.

Packing glassware, ceramics, and tableware using packing paper and bubble wrap is crucial for easy handling and less room for shifting. Use the original box and remove cables, leads, and accessories for electronics. Wrap them in bubble wrap and place them in a different bag or box.

Packing electrical goods like toasters, computer equipment, and kitchen appliances is also essential. Pack them into smaller boxes and wrap them in protective layers to avoid damage. Dismantle furniture and wrap any fragile furniture to prevent scratches or dents during moving.

To pack fragile items correctly, follow these tips: avoid using thicker boxes, use smaller packing boxes, secure the bottom with extra strips of tape, layer the heaviest items on the bottom, use delicate packing materials, wrap each item separately, use dividers for glassware and stemware, fill hollow articles with packing paper, use plenty of packing tape, clearly label fragile items, and take your time when packing.

Hiring a moving company in Kent, such as Vans and Hands, can ensure the safety and security of your valuable possessions during your move: Trust Vans and Hands for reliable and expert handling of your delicate belongings. Read Handling Fragile Items: Expert Advice for Safe Move, here.

[she-posts-nerdy-stuff]

My Six of Crows blanket is officially finished!!

I’m so happy with ittttttttttttt

I know a few people have said they’d be interested in a lil guide on how I did it (I don’t have a pattern bc I just decided to draw up the chart for it myself on a whim and then got committed) so I’m planning on writing that and sharing it soon, please let me know if you’d like to be tagged!

Anyway I don’t think I have anything else to say, I just had to share because I am OBSESSED with how this came outtttt I’m so happy

[aeirithgainsborough]

YELLOWJACKETS WEEK DAY 4 ➙ favourite quote/scene

[divinerivals]

[zegalba]

Iris Van Herpen Fall 2022 couture

[ranna-alga]

"Do the Evolution" - Pearl Jam

[see-arcane]

I have been possessed by a stronger than average craving for tinkering with Jonathan Harker's genders (Jonders). Jonathan Harker is undeniably and forever my favorite gothic heroine. But, being that there is so much to chew on regarding his potential fluidity when it comes to gender roles within the story--the classic damsel, the willingly submissive half of the couple, the vengeful berserker, etc--it's got me thinking.

Let's take the metaphor out. What would happen to the Dracula narrative if Jonathan Harker was...

First thing's first--she almost definitely gets shouldered out of the Important Solicitor's position due to reasons of Being Girl. But she still has to get to Transylvania to be menaced by Count Bat Bastard. How?

Hawkins! Johanna is working at the firm as a secretary and personal assistant to a still very paternally mushy old Peter Hawkins. When Dracula's request comes around, he can't give up such a lucrative client over his gout and there's no one he trusts to pass it to. He has to go. And it'd only be right to treat his surrogate daughter to a paid scenic vacation have his aide along on the business trip. Especially when she hunted down Carfax Abbey herself! What a lovely outing they'll have.

...or not.

True to form, Count Dracula is very much not to be trusted around pretty young things of any kind. Considering his canon habits, things aren't about to go any easier for Miss Harker. But at least she has Hawkins watching out for her in-person! It all makes for some very tense talk when discussing anything other than the estate purchase; which Hawkins seems as keen to rush as Dracula is to dawdle over. But at least they'll be out of here soon. What's a couple of awkward nights, right?

One in particular has Johanna nervous as she goes to bed. Hawkins had taken Dracula aside with a hard smile, insisting there was a 'delicate matter' he wished to speak with the Count about. The last time a 'delicate matter' was brought up was when he nearly lobbed a typewriter at one of his ex-solicitor's heads for some distinctly unseemly behavior in her direction. She hopes there isn't a storm brewing under their host's roof. She hopes harder that tomorrow they'll be heading back to the Borgo Pass.

Instead:

Oh.

Oh no.

Between this and one requisite nightmare-week in which the joys of womanhood come and go--let's leave it unspoken whether her set of bloodstained cloths stay in her possession or not--Johanna gets put through the wringer. Per usual. But eventually..!

Yeah. No shock there. Deep calming breaths, Jack. Don't let the wonderful diary concuss you.

Part of being one of two (gasp) G I R L S in the Scooby Gang, Van Helsing and company vote Johanna and Mina out of the dirt hunt. Except. Well. Johanna is still necessary to have on the ground here. She's the only one with the location intel--and a surprise willed gift of inheritance and the firm from poor Hawkins, who the Transylvanian locals all vouch for as being 'slain by wolves,' leaving Johanna free of blame--so she's still running around for the crew.

Even so, odds are high that she initially gets sidelined with Mina. Which isn't overly awful. It is good to be side-by-side in this timeline! No needless sequestering from each other! Johanna is already planning to see Mina back to their new house before they have to sleep another night in an asylum.

And then comes the 3rd of October.

Van Helsing: "Madam Harker, is it not somewhat attention-catching to wear trousers in public? We are meant to be unremarkable while we wait on th--"

Johanna, has already smoked through two cigars, kukri in her lap, playing a game of chicken with God: "Do you think I scaled a mountain in three layers of skirts, Professor? No? Then I will not do the same if the rancid bastard tries to escape out the window."

Van Helsing, aside: "Friend John, can you speak sense to her?"

Jack, melting off the side of the bench: "I think I hauve consumption"

Anyway. She very much does get to the Dracula head chopping. And there will be much rejoicing. BUT all that grimdarkness aside, there are other, more hijinks-flavored opportunities to think of with this particular set up. If only because I genuinely believe that Lucy and Art, having two spare best friends on hand and a general vibe that radiates 'ooooh what if triple wedding???', would come up with the following master plan. Some truly Shakespearean folly kind of shit:

Thankfully, Johanna and Mina nix the idea pretty quick. Case in point:

And, last but not least, my final word on the range of Jonders that exist within my very best gothic heroine friend:

ha ha I do that

[princema-k]

so draw your blade, you wretched fiend and let's you and i fight like the dishonourable dogs we are savage, violent, yet free and when the curtain calls, let me put you out of my misery

[vansandhands]

Know these Tips Before Preparing for Your Office Move

Read the whole article here.

Website: www.vansandhands.com

To prepare for an office move, follow these packing tips:

1. Sort your belongings and determine what to bring and leave behind.

2. Name each box to make unloading at your new location easy.

3. Hire skilled office movers like Vans and Hands in London to handle packing and labelling.

4. Schedule quick committee meetings to discuss the relocation and provide updates on tasks and tasks.

5. Interact with staff by posting inquiries, updating status, describing changes in daily life, and providing information about the new neighborhood.

6. Provide key details from the announcement email, such as the name and address of the new office, changed dates or dates, and significant features of the new office.

7. Design new seating configurations, if necessary, and set a deadline for revisions.

8. Choose an appropriate time for your move, such as the holidays or weekends for retail businesses.

9. Always make a backup of all files and data before moving. Choose the method that works best for you from the available options.

In conclusion, a stress-free relocation experience can be achieved by approaching your work wisely, planning, and partnering with a reputable removal company to save time and money while focusing on other essential aspects of the move.

[she-posts-nerdy-stuff]

Grishaverse knitting update

I FINISHED THE SIX OF CROWS BLANKET

Okay maybe ‘finished’ is a strong word; all the ends need weaving in (there are so many of them 😭) and I haven’t bought anything to back it with yet but I CAST IT OFF THIS EVENING I’m calling it finished I’m taking the win

The lighting in the photo really isn’t great but here she is in all her glory:

I’m so freaking happy with it

I know a few people asked about the pattern but I don’t have a written one as I just drew up a chart myself and went for it (my second fair isle project ever, and the first was a bauble. I was not ready for this but man I’m glad I just decided to jump I to the deep end because I am obsessed with the result), however I did put up a screenshot of the drawing I used to make my chart a little while ago and if anyone would like me to repost that with my grid superimposed over it and to explain how I did it and what size yarn and needles and everything I used then let me know and I will try to create an explanatory post

I AM SO EXCITED

In other grishaverse knitting news: I haven’t worked on the Kefta in ages tbh but I think I have one sleeve to go before the embroidery I just hate sleeves lol so I’ve been procrastinating and also just generally busy to be fair, and also did I tell y’all I knitted Wylan’s toy crow? I can’t remember, but yeah in my collection of toy crows of the Crows I now have Jesper and Wylan and they sit on my shelf together looking so damn cute. Jesper has a lil hat that he wears at a fun angle and Wylan has lil goggles on his head and a bomb tucked under his wing hehe

[therabbitthatpostthings]

“whY woUlD SAy ThAT, tHAT characTer IS liKe 50 yEarS oLd-“

Bitch I said out loud that I would fuck that old man until he was sputtering and creaming like a nearly finished Reddi-whip can.

[protagonist-art]

arthur look at my wingspan. I could FLY if I believed... we ALL... could fly... further than any condor, you trust me. you JUST GOTTA keep FAITH!! that's all it takes. we've ALL got IMPRESSIVE wingspans, I know each and every one of you does. everybody start flapping and we can fly together, migrate to a better place AS. A FAMILY. TOGETHER !!

[aeirithgainsborough]

teenage girlhood: friendships, a summary YELLOWJACKETS: 208. It Chooses ➙ 209. Storytelling

[devilat-thedoor]

pspspspspspspspsp c’mere hand kink community pspspsps i have a treat for you…

[dcvina-claires]

one of my favorite things in fiction will always be characters who are thematic parallels for each other. narrative foils. two sides of the same coin. exact opposite outcomes of the same situation. they look at each other and see their own souls reflected back at them

[yeesiine]

Embracing the beauty of nature, hand in hand.