Transitioning

Things are starting to really pick up!!!  We have demolition in the kitchen which I will do a post about for Monday.  I honestly think this is the busiest I've ever been in my life and while it's a titch stressful, I'm loving it.  While I have to think ahead, I try and not get too ahead of myself.  It helps contain the stress.

One thing to help contain the stress is to plan as much as possible and hope that it will eliminate stress down the road.  Getting one house ready to live in and one house ready to sell is huge and organization/planning is necessary for it to go as smoothly as possible.  There is a lot that is going to have to take place between our current home and the new home and my husband and I are going to have to divide and conquer.  We have a scheduled dinner date this evening to discuss the action plan.

One thing I've decided to do to make the actual transition between the two homes a bit easier is to go through my current home and designate where everything I currently have, is going to go in the new home.  I started an excel spread sheet on it last night.  Here is what it looks like:

Many things will be going to the equivalent  rooms between the houses, but many will not and in order to reduce the confusion I am hoping this will prove to be very useful.  I also hope it will help me get rid of what I don't want/need well before the move.  We'll see how useful it all is in a few months.

I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!!  Ours is packed.  At least on Sunday we will slow down.  I love that day of rest built in.  It truly does rejuvenate the soul.

Go HERE for a great talk.  He even has a great story about finding the perfect house for his family.  How I miss BYU devotionals once a week, but I'm so glad I still get to hear them through the amazing gift of technology.