How to Have a Successful Move

If you are planning a move soon, follow this advice and hopefully you will have a smooth move...
1. A couple months in advance start de-junking your house. Get rid of unnecessary items. Have a yard sale to earn more money for the move. Pack up items not used all the time.
2. The week of your move, have grandma, aunt, sister or anyone babysit your kids for 3 days (it doesn't have to be over night, but you'll need them gone during the day).
3. The first day do laundry and clean your house and prepare meals for that week and the following week.
4. The second day, pack your bags like you are going on vacation 1 week. Also start packing up your house. (When packing your boxes. Write on the top which room they go in and then on the side what is in them).
5. The third day keep packing up your house. Get as much done as you can without your kids.
6. The night (or morning) of your move have everything taken down (beds, cribs, etc.)
7. The day of your move you might want your kids babysat again, but if everything is ready it shouldn't be too difficult with them.
8. Move the bigger items first so you can set them up in it's place right away.
9. Place each box in the correct room.
10. Be sure to keep your "packed bags" separate, so you still have clothes to wear and toothbrushes and such.

Hopefully your move will go smoother and less hectic than ours did. We were no where near prepared (as I thought we were) to move. It took us longer and our place now is probably the size of the downstairs level of our old place. After storing a lot of things at Nancy and Nelson's house and making a few purchases, we are finally in our new place. We still have boxes to be emptied and our bedroom still isn't set up, but by the end of this week we will be completely settled.