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Helping friends....

Our friend was doing a DITY move from NAS Pensacola to NAS Jacksonville.  My husband and I volunteered to help since he spent three days helping us unpack and setting up Ikea furniture.  If you've never set up Ikea furniture please note that someone helping you is a heaven sent person.

Well the DITY move was supposed to be to this "great" apartment near base. We get there and it was "ghetto" and the apartment wasn't ready yet. So we travelled to the NEX to use free wifi to house/apartment search. Our dearest friends from NAS Jacksonville surprised us and said they would help in the search.  The men went off driving to find a neighborhood that had nice apartments. Low and behold they found one 15 dollar cheaper and much nicer. 5 hours later the Uhaul was unpacked and returned. 

You never know what you'll unpack. I was unpacking  games. There was an odd shaped wrapped item. Having no idea what it was I said "Allen if this is a sex toy I'm not helping unpack any more".   Luckily for Allen it was a light bulb. Haha.  

Boxes already unpacked. Moving in goes faster with wine.

Immediate Open Tub or Box

This is a key box  to create and keep in your vehicle when you move.

I have a tub full of cleaning supplies and bar minimum stocking the house supplies for the new house. You never know when you'll have to clean the home before they bring your furniture.

Cleaning Supplies you will need:

•  3 gallon bucket
•  Mop
•  Lysol 
• Windex
• 409 cleaner
• Murphy's Oil Soap
• Pledge Wood Polish
• Sponges and/or rags
• 2 or 3 sets of gloves
• Dust pan
• Broom (Apparently its bad luck if you bring an old broom.)
• Paper Towels
•  Enough rolls of toilet paper and hand soap for each bathroom  
• 3 Trash Bags

Household items you should have with you:

• Paper Plates and Cups
• Can Opener
• Bottle opener and Corkscrew
• Colander
• Pot and Pan 
• Appropriate Cooking Utensils 
• Toaster
• Crockpot 
• Knife
• Small Cutting Board
• Plastic Silverware
• Small Tool Kit
• Scissors and or Box Cutter
• Light Bulbs
• Air Mattress and Pump
• Linens for Air Mattress
• Flash Light

Bathroom things:
We both pack a towel or two in our luggage and our shower supplies are packed along with us.

Renters Insurance

Soap Box on the Importance of Renters Insurance

If you don't have renters insurance you need it. Please get some today! It doesn't cost very much a year. Ours is cheaper than our the upgrade on our internet a month.

 Benefits of Renters Insurance:

• Protection in case of fire, vandalism, and other disasters.
• What if your toilet explodes while your out on a date and you come home to a pool in your house? Yep, insurance covers that!
• Coverage of personal possessions during shipment (moving) or storage.
• Travel (luggage and other items can be covered in some policies)
• Legal protection if someone is injured on your property and decided to sue. 
• Get started by knowing your possessions and how much you own. http://www.knowyourstuff.org

 Best wishes!  Get your things insured so you know that they covered currently just in case of disasters and for the future when you move. Accidents happen when you move especially when you DITY or with movers they aren't always extremely careful with your things.

Edit 8/12/2012

I have my nice jewelry on "riders". Most insurance only covers $2,500 for jewelry or less. Its really important to have your nice pieces such as engagement rings, diamond earrings, heirloom pieces, and whatever you have covered for their replacement value. 

9 Months out

Currently we're at 9  months out from our tentative move date. It seems like there is alot of time between our move and your probably wondering what could we possibly be doing to organize and stay busy.

• Organized the husbands clothing (lots of stuff donated)!
• Went through our kitchen supplies and got rid of some plastic cups that were not used and found a few with cracks (yikes bacteria growing). 
• Organized our storage unit. 
• Decided that our polka dot bathroom is not making the move with us. It's cute, but it's gonna be put on craigslist before we move. 
• Went through the pantry to have a better idea of what sorts of food we have. No use in not eating all of our dry foods before we leave. How on earth are we gonna eat 3 tubs of Peanut Butter?
• I created a spreadsheet of all the things we own and how much it would cost to replace them. I will add photos of all the furniture, electronics(while on and working with a time stamp) the week prior to our move.
• I had to call our insurance man to increase our renters insurance. 

Why this blog?

I've decided to write this blog because I'm a moving fanatic! I have a love/hate relationship with moving.

I love sorting through all of my stuff in my home and making sure I've downsize and got rid of the clutter. I hate the waiting around of moving. Oh we're gonna move in a year, not much we can do now except to wait.  I am a list maker, I want organization, and I want to have a plan A,B, and C.

I've been the administrator on the www.navyformoms.com group PCS-ing/Moving through experience that I've gained a lot of resources. Maybe these resources will help you in your future move.

Our first DITY move.

*Note the laundry basket with cleaning supplies.
** Note the laundry basket of with clean household items like (towels, sheets, other things).