Making a plan when moving!

Taken from Mommy Tracked website

This weekend Kris and I went on a much needed date night.
We haven't gone on one for at least a month and we also needed to have some alone adult time to make a plan for our move next week.

Lists are a definite must for me. I am a compulsive note taker, I take notes about taking notes- yea..... I know.

So what are some things that I find have helped us or will help us?

1. If you have kids or pets make plans for someone to watch them. (If possible)
2. Setting realistic time lines. We are NOT going to get 3 rooms painted in 1 day, with all necessary coats of paint. It is just not possible.  
3. If you can, have a moving party/ cleaning party. Provide a pizza and beer feast AFTER everything is done. (Who wants a drunkie painting your walls...am I right? ) 
4. Plan to clean the place that you are moving out of after all stuff has been moved out. This way you can clean a room and not go back in and you can work yourself out. This won't really work for us, but it kind of makes send don't you think??
5. If you can plan to clean the place that you are moving into as well. The first thing I am cleaning are the bathrooms, specifically the toilets. 
6. Have a designated place for everything. Where the mail will go. Where the keys will go. STICK WITH IT. You will thank me for this suggestion later. 
7. Don't be afraid to purge. Living with a lot of items in my storage unit that were not accessable made me think that there will be a lot of things that go right into a garage sale pile, dump pile, and donate pile. It feels good just thinking about it. 

Taken from Mommy Tracked website

Another thing we have decided to do it set house rules. We have been living in a sort of chaos for about a year. We moved in with my mom after we sold our condo and while it has been great it has also been crowded and we have fallen out of our old routines. New routines have to be created. 
One thing in, means one thing out. Cleaning on certain nights and table rules. All of it. Being consistent helps. And having Carter & Sophie helping out is a must!!!

If you have any tips for moving successfully please share them. I need all the help that I can get.

Until next time! :)