Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Holy 24 Hours Batman The End of the List




Well if you have been keeping up with us you have seen frequent posts about the "list". The list started on the way back from St Thomas in November after we made the commitment to move. It basically has been a rambling, and in some cases ever expanding, list of things that we needed to get done prior to departure. Well since this time tomorrow we will be in transit I thought I would post the actual list. It might give you some idea of the complexity of escaping from the gravitational pull of life as we know it.

Jay’s to do list
1. Start blog and post to everyday
2. Front door trim
3. winterize water line to dock – show John and Steve
4. Clean out office, store files; shred, shred, shred
5. Clean up and get rid of PC
6. fix dock situation
7. fix railing
8. remove nails from walls and fill with putty
9. Clean out storage building
10. Clean out cabinet in tiki hut
11. Organize attic and put newly packed boxes up
12. Fix vinyl siding
13. Get John Boy to redo vapor barrier
14. Get with Bruce about zone control situation
15. Get PBC license straightened out
16. Move contractor license to Pennington Construction;
17. Remove name from PBC and change over bank accounts
18. Mortgage papers
19. bank account papers
20. Sell Truck
21. Pay off truck loan and get title
22. Sell Deb’s car
23. Pay off car and get title
24. Rodney work on apartment to make up back rent
25. Get new SS card
26. Book flight and car
27. Get PO box in STT
28. Get with John and Dean about water bill and possible dock rent
29. Call Frankie – address on retirement mailings to mom’s
30. Pay personal property tax – change address to mom and give mom copy of receipt
31. Call Paul and verify still playing for party - NO
32. Call Schauba; see if staying with us or hotel
33. Call Chris about coming by to copy iTunes library
34. Devona come over to copy our iTunes library
35. Call Merry Maids – clean right before we leave (Tuesday)
36. mom’s car registration – change address to mom
37. Take party flyer to Café and talk to Chuck
38. Import cd’s into iTunes
39. Set up House payment bill pay automatically from checking account
40. shampoo rug living room
41. Change home owners policy to landlord policy
42. Cingular/AT&T – keep Jay’s number, change mine to STT number -?
43. Cancel Car insurance
44. Give Jay’s mom extra bed – deliver to their house (tenant to handle)
45. Move our bed to spare bedroom (plan changed new tenants to move bed)
46. Change address on rental utilities
47. Cut off utilities on house (transfer to new tenants 2/1/08)
a. Electric
b. Water
c. Sewer – city
d. Cable
e. Phone – Verizon and ATT
48. Go through odds and end tools in the house – pack, store, get rid of
49. Pack tools to ship
50. Pay 4th quarter taxes
51. Replace smoke detectors
52. caulk master shower
53. Change mailing address at WV post office
54. Set up wire transfer with our bank in WV so once we open account in STT, money can be wired
55. Order checks for money market account with STT address
56. Research island cars - read Island Trader
57. Research apartments - read Island Trader and communicate with friends on island
58. Find a job



Deb’s to do list
1. Thank you letter to UVI
2. questions for UVI
3. Make Dr. appointments for Jay and Deb
4. decorate Christmas; then take down decorations and store
5. pack winter clothes in totes; pack summer clothes in suitcases; pack one winter suitcase for next year visit to put in attic
6. pack and store nick nacks
7. Figure remaining vacation days to determine last day of work
8. Make sure work is still offering 6 months leave of absence – NO, only 1 month
9. take work laptop with me for login purposes – NO, turn back in to ABC
10. Close credit union account; move money to checking; take credit union off payroll deduction
11. Withdraw money from savings and deposit in checking; close saving
12. Get hotmail/yahoo email account; send email to contacts about job and new email
13. Research CBT for Banner application – Not available
14. Make utilities spreadsheet for tenants
15. Send dad Christmas card with VI news
16. get date of Zach’s bday party and set date of our party
17. Pay medical bills and turn in receipts to Mt. Flex
18. Goodwill trips, lots of goodwill trips
19. Make list of emergency numbers (mom and tenants) and "how to" list for house
20. Get 2007 taxes ready
21. Record mom’s Power of Att.
22. Give mailing address to everyone
23. Visit family
24. Take important papers to safe deposit box
25. Scan last two year’s tax returns and burn to cd
26. Clean out work office; bring personal stuff home
27. Make list of box contents and make mailing labels
28. Cancel XM subscription – transfer to Sherri
29. Go to store for last minute health and beauty aids
30. Clean house and pack remaining clothes
31. Take change to bank and deposit
32. Make dentist appt.
33. Clean out refrigerator/cabinets and give away food/liquor
34. Get hair cut
35. Work out temporary housing
36. Make Budget - rework budget several times


General to do
Open safe deposit box for important papers; put mom as signature authority
Close both extra savings accounts
Make sure birth certificates are in good shape
Get fire proof box for important papers that we need to take with us – get in STT
mail printer in original box
mail out boxes
Get with new tenants to go over everything, give keys, give list of emergency numbers


Rental Income / Utilities
1. Deposit house rental income to bank account; have house payment taken out of that acount
2. Deposit Forrestal rental income in Jay’s account; house payment out of that account
3. Have Forrestal utilities mailed to VI; pay out of Jay’s account

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