Disappeared?!

So am I the only one that this happens to?! I'd really like to know!

When our house was cluttered with paperwork here and some there, I could find ANYTHING. I knew where it was and it was not hard to find at all.

However, since putting the house on the market it of course needed to be picked up and tidied so that there wasn't paperwork in random places. Now I can't find a thing.

Most importantly I can't find the notebook that I had Sunday after Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University class that my husband and I attended.

I'm 99.9% sure that I took it out of the Church with me. It is NOT in my car any where, it isn't at the in-laws as we were just there tonight and it surely isn't in the house. Well, at least NOT that I can find.

How does this happen? Where could it be? It seriously as if it grew legs and walked off. My husband couldn't even find it when he was looking earlier with me.

Packing! What's your method?

When packing to move how do you do it? Are you alone? Have some help? Have someone do it for you? 

Where do you start? The bedrooms? Bathroom(s)? Kitchen? 

Do you mark each box? Do you use different kinds of boxes so you "just know" what's in them?

I have moved several times before, however, it was just myself and my things. I have a family now...a husband, daughter and a son. I've accumulated a few things over the years, okay a few is probably a HUGE understatement, but you get the idea. 

I usually am pretty good about knowing where to start and what to do but this time I'm somewhat at a loss... I want to DE-CLUTTER. However, all my life I grew up around those that kept almost everything. You know with the "I could use this for..." or the "Oh I need that for this..." kind of mentality. 

I want to BREAK AWAY from that. I don't want to have all this stuff in my house if it truly isn't needed and won't be used. I mean what's the point?! 

I'm going to have to dig deep inside myself and really let go of a lot...its going to be hard but I'm determined to do it. Not only for myself but my family. Especially my children. I don't want them growing up surrounded by clutter and crap. Yes, they're surrounded by love which is important but they don't need the added crap, right?! 

And the cherry on top of the whole thing... I can't allow my husband to help pack anything but what is truly his because he may not keep things that need to be kept. Not only that but I would have NO idea where anything was and when it came to unpacking, it would be a total nightmare... Looks like I better get started now! haha