The big move is D-O-N-E! Now to get our old house ready to sell, and get it sold. Shouldn't be too difficult as the area we lived in has fixer uppers in our house's price range. Ours will be basically move in ready. The real estate agent we'll be using is pretty good.
I've lived without internet for a week, got to admit that was pretty sucky. Had to go to my mom's house and borrow her's for the little time I snuck onto Facebook. Other than that I was limited to my iPhone. Must admit, I didn't mind not being able to browse the world wide web, I just hated not having Netflix on my PS3. Which wonderfully enough the PSN is back up, so now I get to enjoy my Hulu again. Sony is offering two free games (of a limited variety) to all Playstation users. Also when you first log back on you must change your password for security reasons.
Alright, so in the feel of needing a subject let me hand out some moving tips.
1. Make sure you have more extra $$$ than you planned on spending.
2. If you don't have pros helping with the move, have beer for the epic buddies who will be helping. Or offer to cook them a meal.
3. Don't let the less organized person pack.
4. Try to save money by getting boxes from grocery stores, dollar stores, fast food restaurants. Hardees has these great fry boxes that were the perfect size and strength.
5. Use this as an opportunity to eliminate clutter from your life. Get rid of old clothes, books, dishes, anything you've not used within the last 5 years. Don't get trash happy and throw out any sentimental items.
6. Make a To Do list and stick with it. Don't forget to add to the list change of address with USPS (which you can do
online). Be sure to also do a change of address with places you regularly shop and owe money to. A change of address with USPS is good for one year.
7. Label boxes as detailed as you can. What room it goes to, and an example of what's in the box.
8. When moving pets place them in a quiet room and let them explore the house on there own. If you're like me and have a dog that terrorizes the cats, then move the cats first and let them explore with the dog out of the house.
9. Wash all your dishes before putting them away. Cause really do you want to taste bubble wrap or newspaper?
10. Take breaks while unpacking. This isn't a race to see who's the fastest unpacker in the west. Unpack, relax, unpack some more. And either focus on one room at a time, or spread it out. Whichever works best for you. I personally was able to move stuff over time, and had the guest bedroom and master bedroom pretty much done by move in day. The bathroom was the first full room done, then the living room, then the kitchen. Now I'm tackling the dining room, and the husband and I took care of the office. With the exception of a few of my husband's boxes. Luckily my husband unpacked the third bedroom all on his own, which coincidentally enough is his guy room anyway.
Well...I've missed blogging, as I'm sure you've
totally missed reading my ramblings. I sort of pulled this out of my head in under 10 minutes, so it's all sorts of sloppy I'm sure.
