Gratitude

I love this time of year, people are reminded to be grateful for their blessings. I wish we could remember this all year. I think the world would be an amazing place if we really did.

I have been thinking about the things Kade and I have to be grateful for.. and it seems I am running out of paper and brain space to keep track.

• We have the gospel. Which when everything comes to a halt and the world is all but lost is the only thing that really matters. We have a Savior who atoned for our sins, and understands our every pain discomfort and mistakes. We have temples on the  earth where we have been sealed as an eternal family and can perform proxy ordinances for other families to have the same. We are sealed to our parents and siblings. We have the sacrament every Sunday where we can renew our covenants with Heavenly Father and become clean again. We have the Book of Mormon which is another testament of Jesus Christ. We have a living modern day prophet Thomas Monson who leads and guides the church today. We have missionaries who spread the gospel to every corner of the earth bringing other unto Christ. Seriously, the list goes on and on but it is a list that will continue through out our lives.

• We have a roof over our heads and food on the table. With the natural disasters and the war worldwide, we remember how blessed we are to have these simple but comforts that make life just that little bit easier.

• We have cars that can take us to see family for the holidays. They take us to work everyday. They take us to the grocery store and other simple places that make life work.

• We have jobs, that support our little family and put money in our pockets to take care of ourselves.

• We have family that cares about us and loves us.

• We have each other. We can rely on each other, make each other laugh, enjoy life together.

The list can go on and on, but I am grateful that I can make lists and have that sense of gratitude. It makes all of those... "issues"  that are so silly and unimportant diappear with a blink of an eye.

What are you grateful for? Have you had the chance to sit down and write out a list? It helps with everything you seems to be dealing with, promise.

 

Here is a video I love: Enjoy!

Moving and Organizing.

So I have been preparing to move and if anyone out there is doing the same here are some things I have done hope they help!

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First thing:


Plan out your moving day:


know what is being loaded first, know the method you are using (ie budget truck, u hall, professional help or the back of your car) know the deals on the methods, the price and plan ahead for it all to work out.

We are using budget trucks, because that for us is much cheaper then uhall, and we don't have to over work our car to get our stuff to our new home. I typed in budget truck coupons to google and came out on top with a 25% of coupon to use when checking out. Be resourceful its helpful!


Second thing:


Make a binder, buy a divided portfolio, use a folder, what ever you choose place the following items in, and place a copy or scan in a second binder etc.

Birth Certificates
Social Security Cards
Passorts
Car titles
Marriage License
Insurance contracts
Housing contracts
Job contracts
Recent pictures of your family

Yes, I know what you are thinking, that is dangerous to have all that information in one place. But here is my opinion. I used a binder and have scanned copies on my computer, "just in case," but f worse comes to worse your house burns down, a family member goes missing, your moving truck gets stolen, the papers that prove you are you are on hand and can be used. I have mine tucked away in a special place where I know someone would think it would be the last place to look. Overall I am comforted knowing I know exactly where everything is.

Third thing:


 you cannot pack in an organized manner if your house is a mess. PURGE!

Determining what goes and what stays: Since I hate throwing things away because of these 3 words "just in case" I made some basic rules to stick to.

if I haven't touched it in a year, it has to go.
if it doesn't serve a meaningful purpose (ie: a used old piece of paper) Throw it out
if I want to keep it, it has to fit, if not it goes


Fourth thing:



make an inventory list
doing this insures:

a. that you know what it is you own
b. that you know what you have duplicates of and can get rid of ( ie yard sale, Donate, garage, returns)


This gives you the opportunity to make a list of what is in each box and have a master packing list, with the amount of boxes, where they go and what was in them. It comes in handy if you move a lot you know what fits in each box and what to pack in them, it helps to find things when you are moving in, it is also helpful to locate a lost box, or actually know that a box is in fact missing. 


My packing list is labeled and my boxes are numbered. I have seen it many ways, rooms are color coded ( blue bedroom,  red kitchen) whatever you choose just make it work best for you. 



Fifth Thing:


Pack room by room

this helps the inventory list, keeping it organized but most important helps the cleaning process! 
once the room is packed, clean it shut the door and move to the next room. it will help the process move slowly to one room/ area and can be easier to load from there.

Sixth thing:



As you are packing leave out the following items to go in their own box:

Toilet paper
Bathroom cleaning supplies
A shower curtain
Towels
quick snacks and water
a flashlight
air mattress
blankets or sleeping bags

This list ensure that you have the very minimal things it takes to stay over night in your new place the first night. It is beneficial to have them set aside so you know it has been taken care of, and puts your mind to rest knowing you can at least sleep and shower.


Additionally this whole process helps you become more organized with what's in your homes, what needed a better form or organization for your new place, and helps you get rid of the clutter. It feels like a material detox, and if you are like me and love organization, its heavenly. I hope this helps anyone out there moving:)

catch you later
-hayley

36 days

36 days  thats all it takes for life to change rapidly..... and we couldn't be anymore excited. Seriously! this upcoming weekend we are headed to Utah for one of darling friends bash ( this is more me than kade :)  We are going to enjoy some well deserved break time from Rexburg. Then we home for the 4th ofJuly.... (which just a year ago is really the trip kade and I started to realize there was something pretty big going on between us last year.)  Then we have plans  to head Boise possibly...what come next is my graduation both grandparents are coming, my family, maryjane... so amazing to have everyone come to help me celebrate my exit for this stage of my life graduating college and moving on to bigger and better! Then in that short week we pick up and move to Utah to start a new chapter of life together and we are so blessed to go! if you had asked us a year ago if we knew where we were heading I would say nope no idea, except my graduation. so excitedto live by friends and family, all in 36 days

Oh wow.

Okay people: its final week, and this schedule I have its incredible , mostly becuase it ends with us being MARRIED!!!!!


Friday:p/u uhall trailer salt lake/ mom coming from orange county
Saturday: conference/ pack up trailer/ dad fly's in
Sunday: conference/ mom and dad leave to drive home/ rexburg/ unload everything in storage unit/ return trailer/finish papers
Monday: turn in english finals/ clean apartment/ pack/pack/pack/ kade works
Tuesday: pack kade/ kade works
Wednesday: finish everything up/ pack up all clothes and pack the car/ kade works
Thursday: kade takes last final/ leave rexburg for CA/ stop in vegas over night
Friday: Leave vegas/ Orange County
Saturday: prepare house for the next week and guest/ Get Easter Gifts
Sunday: Easter
Monday: meet with Photographer/ help get house ready
Tuesday: Marriage license Appointment/ Bridals/ Take dress and suit to be cleaned
Wednesday: Guest start arriving
Thursday: Go through the temple/ Dinner/ Family here!!
Friday: Flowers arrive/ Design/ Centerpieces arrive/ rehearsal dinner/ ahahahahahahahaha tomorrow
Saturday: GET MAARRRRRRIIIIEEEEEEDDDDDDDD