- Give away fish and clean aquarium
- Sign up for paperless invoices & statements
- Setup autopay where ever possible for bills
- Unlist Amazon & Ebay items for sale
- Prune the landscape plants
- Add mulch to the flowerbeds
- Get annual termite inspection
- Install a front door mail box for flyers, etc
- Finish getting last vaccine
- Finalize homeowners, flood, windstorm, & car insurance
- Clean the car
- Sell my car
- Get a home & yard maintenance service setup
- Pack and schedule an air-shipment
- Get a sprinkler system installed at the house
- Take everything off the back patio and store in the garage
- Fertilize lawn
- Spray Roundup to kill off the weeds
- Setup and situate checking, savings, and other financial accounts
- Update beneficiaries on all accounts
- Cancel services Netflix, Internet, Cable, Trash, Tollways Tag
- Defrost extra refrigerator.
- Replace front door bell
- Turn off ice maker
- Sign up for global health insurance
- Lock garage doors so they can't be raised.
- Arrange for a rental car after I sell my vehicle
- Remove bird feeder
- Winterize home
- Determine what to do with mail that comes to the house
- Setup contact information while I'm away
- Prepare items in the garage to be gone
- Get someone to "spring clean" the house before I leave
- Home Security system finalization
- Reprogram thermostat for being gone
- Get a roof inspection
- Fix the gate latch
- Unplug everything
- Bleach out the front load washing machine prior to leaving, so it doesn't get rotten
- Get extra bulbs for landscape lighting
- Get "away" supplies for the house (A/C filters, toilet mints, foggers, etc)
- Sort through pantry, throw away perishables and opened products, keep the canned stuff that makes sense, and donate the rest.
- Give away houseplants.
- Clean out the refrig & freezer. They need to be empty in case of power outage. Keep baking soda in them and add a jug of water so they have a mass to cool.
- Get the cat ready to go back to Georgia. Take her and her things (pet beds, toys, food, potty, kennel, etc)
- Get up legal paperwork and put into a safety deposit box.
- Update will, trust, and power of attorneys
- Take pictures of the entire house & contents for insurance purposes.
- Pack things for air shipment; clothes, shoes, a few pots and pans, bed sheets, personal laptop, printer, cameras, random electronics, medicines, favorite spices, etc)
- Get together travel documents, passports, birth certificates, driver's license, employment visas, medical records, etc)
- Make final flight reservations
- Notify apartment landlord in Malaysia of my intended arrival date
- Register my location with local authorities and USA embassy in Malaysia
- Setup utilities, TV, Internet, phone, etc in Malaysia
- Get financial documentation organized and together.
- Cash in all the loose change around the house
- Get lamp timers
- USA & Malaysia Tax Briefing
- Remove batteries from everything
- Fog the house right before I leave
I'm going to document the process of moving from Southeast Texas to take an assignment in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This will be my first Ex-pat experience, everything is exciting and new. I hope you enjoy!
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Final Preparations to leave
It takes a lot to get out of town for a while. Here's a list, in no particular order, of what I'm doing to prepare for my leave. There's probably more, this is what I've done or plan to do for the move:
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1 comment:
That makes me tired just reading this!!! Good luck and I'll see you next week. I can't wait!!
Holly
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