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Making Your Move Less Stressful


  Things to do after Deciding to Move:
  - Contact a moving company and tell them dates you plan to move. Set up a date for an agent to come and survey your goods. Unless you’re given a binding estimate, the cost can vary depending on the actual weight of items and any extra services.
  - Decide if you are going to pack yourself or have the movers pack for you.
  - Transfer or resign from organizations and associations.
  - Collect suitable containers & packing materials if you plan to do the packing yourself.
  - Start to use up things that can't be moved, such as frozen foods, canned goods, and flammable household aerosol cleaners. Buy only what you'll use before moving.
  - Prepare a list of friends, relatives, business firms, and others who need to be notified of your move.
  - Consider having a garage sale to dispose of unwanted clothes or furniture.
  - Assemble packing materials: boxes, felt-tip markers, labels, newspapers, utility knife, packing peanuts or bubble wrap, packing tape, furniture pads, dolly, scissors.

Pack an "Instant Aid" box containing things you'll need upon arrival: sponges, paper towels, powdered detergent, paper plates, toothpaste, light bulbs, hammer, trash bags, hand soap, toilet paper, scissors, utility knife, cups, first-aid kit, snacks, pencils and paper, tape, bath towels, etc.

  Things to do 30-60 Days Before the Move:
  - Establish credit in your new city. Arrange for a transfer of bank account funds and the contents of your safety deposit box.
  - Check personal insurance policies to see whether moving is covered. Transfer fire, theft, and other personal property insurance to ensure coverage at your new home.
  - Gather information on prescriptions. Get current phone numbers and addresses of your doctor and dentist.
  - Arrange to transfer school records and secure transcripts from the local school district you are leaving. Get copies of your records from doctors, dentists, accountants, etc.
  - Plan to cancel all utilities.
  - Alert the post office of your move.
  - Take your car in to have it serviced for the upcoming road trip.
  - Transfer all prescriptions to your new pharmacy.
  - Have rugs and draperies cleaned and keep them in bags until the movers arrive.

Take pets to the veterinarian. Most states require health certificates and rabies inoculations for licenses.

  Moving Checklist for Kids:
  - Be sure to research the local children's attractions in your new destination.
  - Research the ages of children nearby.
  - Assist in getting the kids' rooms set up first.
  - Rent movies, keep books or craft items on hand to keep children occupied as you begin to get moved into your new home.
  - Have snacks and drinks available on moving day.
  - If the children are young, a babysitter may help you by watching the children while you move into your new home.
  - Have a change of clothes easily accessible for the children.
  - Keep medications accessible to you.