We move house this weekend, and I start a new job next week, so I am home for the week with the joy of packing up all our stuff ready to go. Bleh.

Moving house is allegedly one of the most stressful things that can happen in your lifetime, as big as divorce and loss of a loved one, either of which could conceivably be an outcome of the stress caused by moving house.

Anyway, packing tip number 1 : For few weeks beforehand, buy up something really boring like the Australian, or the Financial Review or suchlike. When you are wrapping plates and glasses in the sports section of the Herald Sun, it really takes a lot longer than it should.