Old Place
Finish Packing and Organize Boxes - Despite trying our best to pack in an orderly fashion, there are boxes everywhere and it's driving me crazy. I need to try to get everything organized by room to help make the move a little easier. I also need to finish packing up the bathrooms and miscellaneous items in the bedrooms, living room and kitchen.
Good Will - Then there's the bags of things we are giving away. We seriously need to do a good will run. Maybe Monday after work.
Move - The logistics are killing me. We'll be moving some of the boxes on our own Wednesday through Sunday, in particular the fragile items, and then having the movers come on Monday (7/19) to move the bigger items, such as the bedroom set, couches, table etc.
Cleaning - I'll have to do cleaning after we finish the move next week. And then I'll probably hire someone to do the deep cleaning that is required to get our deposit back. I need to call the lady the property management suggested to get a quote and see when she can come by. We need to get the carpets professionally cleaned. I've been a little bit more proactive on this and have already made the appointment to get them cleaned for 7/26.
New Place
Painting - We will for sure be painting the living room, master bedroom and eventually the bathrooms and nursery. I say eventually for the bathrooms and nursery because I haven't figured out what color I really want to paint them and I think they can wait since they probably won't be as hard to paint since they will be lacking furniture. Torin and I picked up the paint and the supplies today. We're going for Behr's Gobi Desert (3rd down on right hand column ). We both love it! Some generous and loving friends have donated their time and energy to help me paint this Saturday on my Birthday! Hopefully we will be able to knock out both of the rooms in time for the furniture to be moved over.
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Utilities and Mail - Torin and I split up the bills anyhow so we were responsible for contacting our respective utility company to change service to our new address and disconnect service at our current address. I called AT&T to change service to the new address and was informed that even though we are only moving 3 miles away I would have to get a new phone number. So unfortunately, I made the decision to just cancel the phone service and we will only have DSL service. So for anyone that actually calls on the house line, you've been forewarned. Torin had a simpler call to PG&E to change her service. We are set up to get service on the 14th at the new place. I've been procrastinating about forwarding our mail. I'm not sure why. I guess maybe because mail forwarding only takes you so far and it will be such a pain to tell everyone (friends, family, credit cards, etc.) about our new address.
Unpacking and Organizing - I'm sure this won't be as complicated as packing. I think I might enjoy finding places for our things. I'm also planning to throw out any stuff that I missed in our packing phase that we don't use. Hopefully, we will be able to organize it in a way that will still work 9 months down the line. I'm sure I won't want to be looking for something in the middle of the night with a crying baby.
