When you move – both during the months, weeks, days leading up to the big event, and on the day itself – it seems like there are a million things to think about. Big things and little things.

We recommend lists  (on notepads or phones or laptops – whichever works best for you) to help preserve sanity, permit sleep and make the road to move day as smooth as possible. But there are other little things, which, as we all know, can often become BIG things if overlooked, that might not lend themselves to the list-making efforts.

Keys. What might first come to mind is house keys – especially new house keys (i.e. WHEN do I get them?). After that car keys – don’t let the spare set get lost in the shuffle! But this post is about even smaller keys. Specifically keys to things like file cabinets, desks, jewelry boxes, antique dressers and chests … those keys. Which, during regular life (aka non-moving days) might spend their time cozily tucked into the keyhole that they are designed to lock/unlock.

IF your little keys do live in their keyholes, as move day approaches, do these keys, and yourself, a big favour and remove them from their keyholes. As the furniture is wrapped in moving blankets, lifted and carried, loaded, driven, unloaded, lifted and carried again, unwrapped and set in place there is a good chance that these little keys may not remain in their cozy keyholes but instead get lost amidst the blankets, boxes, paper or bent or twisted even if they do remain in place.

We recommend that you take all valuables, important papers and the like with you during your move. The same care could be extended to your keys – whatever they may unlock. Remove them from the furniture they service and put them in an envelope, a ziploc bag or small drawstring bag and put that someplace MEMORABLE and safe. At destination you can easily rehome all your little keys in their respective keyholes.

If you really would prefer keeping the key with its furniture, then consider securely taping the key to a sheltered part of the item or place it in a brightly coloured drawstring bag and tie it to a door handle or hinge.

This is a small thing, it may seem, to devote an entire entry to but if your grandma’s chest of drawers is now locked tight with a damaged or missing key, or your beloved and necessary rolltop desk is now shutting you out, your move-in day(s) will be a little less happy.

The key to a great move IS the small things – making sure each and every detail is prepared for, cared for and properly looked after. And it is with that hope, that this bit of advice has been shared.

On Wedsnesday, Feb. 29, folks nationwide wore pink to show their support for an anti-bullying campaign that began in 2007 with two high school students in Nova Scotia who witnessed an act of bullying against a classmate and decided to do something about it. From 50 students in pink the very next day to more than 160,000 supporters in pink last year, this campaign has sent a strong message speaking out against bullying and to raise awareness of the struggles experienced by youth.

In support of the campaign and our local Boys and Girls Club, staff at Capital Movers & Storage in both the Kingston and Trenton offices wore their pink best to work.

L-R: Sandra Veloso-Arruda, Sharon Saunders, Erica Gard & Barb Mulder in our Kingston office.

Cyndy Burke at our Trenton office.

Capital Movers is very proud of its staff for their commitment to community endeavours.

Kingston staff with fellow sponsors and some of the children at the Boys and Girls Club of Kingston & Area on Wednesday.