A few people commented under my last post about freezing dinners ahead of the move and said labeling everything by day would save me from digging through the freezer guessing. Tried it this week, and it worked better than just stacking containers and hoping I’d grab the right one.
What I actually did:
– Marker on the lid, just the day (Mon, Tue, Wed), nothing fancy
– Moved the move-day meal to the front of the shelf instead of leaving it buried behind everything else
– Taped a short list to the fridge so my son could check what was for dinner without texting me from the other room
The move landed on a Saturday and we had 7 meals in there going into that week. Got through 5 before we ran out, which lined up almost exactly with how many days the kitchen was actually usable.
One thing that went wrong: the microwave got boxed up a day early by accident, so two labeled meals just sat in the freezer until we found the box again at the new place. Packing order matters more than I thought it would.
Still keeping the day-label system now that we’re unpacked. One less thing to decide during a week that already has too many decisions in it.