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1.
If you have young children and/or pets, it is a good idea to make
arrangements for them to be elsewhere during the packing, moving
and unpacking process. Our experience has taught us that moving
can be a traumatic event for them. On moving day, small children
and pets can hinder the moving crews and perhaps cause an accident.
2.
If family or friends ask what they can do to be helpful, ask for
some childcare and/or pet sitting, or for a potluck dinner delivered
at the end of moving day.
3.
In the month prior to your move, enclose a change of address notification
with your payment when paying bills.
4.
Make calls for change of utilities, cable, telephone service, etc.
at least two weeks in advance of your move to ensure that you have
the changeover dates that you need. In case there is an unexpected
delay, have utilities and telephone turned on at the new home the
day before you move and off at the old home the day after whenever
possible.
5.
If you have sophisticated sound and computer equipment, call the
installer to dismantle it and hook it back up for you.
6.
Prepare a Sanity Box and keep it with you. It needs
to hold all of the items you need during the course of the move,
such as address book, telephone, tape, scissors, basic tools, picnic
supplies, bathroom items, sheets, towels, first aid kit, medical
and pet records.
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