5 Weeks Out

• If you rent - notify your landlord
• Research moving companies
• Organize all moving related paperwork
• Begin sorting things into categories of 
  • Keep
  • Discard
  • Donate

4 Weeks Out

• Plan a garage/yard sale
• If you have children notify school of impending move
• Get new medical records from doctor's offices if switching
• Buy moving supplies

3 Weeks Out

• Book a moving company
• Start packing non-essentials and labeling boxes
• Notify utility companies of a shut off date

2 Weeks Out

• Start eating foods that can't last a night without refrigerations, as well as foods that are already open
• If you have pets, make arrangements for their move
• If moving far away, have your car serviced and check about transferring auto policy
• Notify your place of work about move and new address

1 Week Out

• Pack, pack, pack
• Change your address with USPS
• Make sure valuables are easily transferred with you (like jewelry)
• Pack a suitcase with necessities - in case moving truck doesn't make it

Night Before & Moving Day

• Defrost fridge and freezer
• Clear pantry of any open food containers
• Don one final sweep of the house
• Vacuum, dust, clean - leave place in decent condition