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My passport is in my purse.
Everything else is in a storage box that would not survive a flood or fire. I really should get one of those fire and waterproof safes. I tend to pile stuff on top of the box for a couple of months and then do a mass filing. I am pretty organized once the paper gets into the box - auto stuff, certificates, health records, hubby's military stuff, housing papers, etc. each have their own folder - I try not to just jam stuff in the box.
I did save myself a lot of time once because I hang on to my papers. When hubby and I moved back to Utah after he left the military, I wanted to start back to school. In Utah, if you move back within 48 months of moving away, you don't have to re-establish residency. I was gone 49 months. Thankfully, I kept check stubs from a job I held for 2 months (in Utah) while hubby was on deployment. Because I could prove I really only lived away for 47 months, they didn't make me wait the year.
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"They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings; steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make you king"
Formerly Medusa
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