Moving Messes

Things are progressing at the new house very nicely. The paint is on the walls (sorry - no pictures yet!) and the floors are being put down as I type! I am very thankful for the progress!
Things are the current home... well... they are slow. We had a great open house, but haven't heard back from any potential buyers. I know that God has a plan and a family that He wants in this home, so I am trying not to stress out. The house hasn't even been on the market for a month and it is a beautiful home, so I'll stop my worrying for now. :o) We'll see how that goes!
I have semi- started putting things together to pack. We don't have many boxes, so that makes it difficult. However, I haven't filled up the ones I have, either. What gets to me the most are the piles of stuff here and there. I am one of those "everything in its place and a place for everything" people so seeing things unorganized and rooms cluttered up puts me on edge. We are also trying to sell some of our furniture, so I have to move piles of clutter here and there to take pictures. Once the furniture goes, I will have even more things to box up! It looks like we are going to have to have another yard sale SOON!When we moved three years ago, I used the Flylady system and it really helped me rid my house of the clutter I did not need and kept the packing/moving process organized, sane and do-able. I will also be color coding each room for the movers (even though they didn't use it last time) and having a room name and color on each box. This was soooooooooooo helpful for me. When the movers would ask where something was going to go, I could just look at the color and point without having to think too much. I also knew about what was in each box by the color since I knew what room it came from/was going to. It sounds crazy and time consuming to color-coordinate things, but I can't emphasize enough how helpful it was.
So that's how my week is going and next week I hope to be stepping into high gear with the packing. After all, we are moving in the first week of May! Yikes!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for listening to my woes. Hopefully I will have some fun pictures for you next time!