Josh Young

With a new house comes a long list of things that need to be done before, during, and after the “official move.” I’m finding out that it can be a lot to juggle! Fortunately, I’m usually pretty good about keeping to do lists to help keep myself organized and on top of things so I don’t lose track.

In the past, I’ve religiously used the to do list feature on Netvibes.com, which I use as my startup page. However, it’s fairly limited. You can make multiple lists and reorder tasks on those lists, but that’s pretty much it (not that I’ve really needed more than that in the past).

Recently, I discovered a few posts talking about the best to do list web applications out there, but I hadn’t really paid much attention to them, being happy with my Netvibes lists. But when a list a mile long came jumping out at me upon buying a house, I found myself a little more interested. Mostly, the feature I was looking for was to be able to make a printout of my list(s) so that I could take them to the house and check them off as I go.

One site was central to all I was reading: rememberthemilk.com. So I decided to check it out. And they were right. It is great!

In just a few minutes, I made three or four different lists with all of my tasks for the weekend. I prioritized them, set some due dates, added a few notes, and then printed them out on a nice, simple list that I took with me to the new house. Stellar.

After the weekend work, I checked the stuff off the web I had marked on my paper list. That took about 2 seconds.

RememberTheMilk.com is extremely simple to use, it has a nice, clean layout, and most of the features anyone will need for some good to do lists. So if you’re looking for a way to keep track of things that you need or need to get done, then give it a try. All of you in ministry out there (and basically anyone who’s busy), it’s a great way to keep track of all of the things you need to get done during the week, and it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to do it. Who knows. Those 2 minutes a day that you spend on it might save you a few hours during the week.

It’s official! We own a house now. The closing was just as smooth as everything else has been.

So now it’s time for the really fun stuff to start. Painting, boxing up, moving stuff, unloading and unpacking. I have a feeling we’ll be very tired after the next month is over. But it will be worth it!

Sleepy time now. More later.

We’re about eight days from closing on our house (unless something comes up in the process), and I’m in a total state of distraction. It seems like no matter what it is that I’m doing, I’m distracted with a million other things. I’m just anxious to get moved and be done with this whole transition.

As crazy as this whole process has been, however, God has really blessed us with a great realtor and a great mortgage guy. They have been extremely helpful with everything. I can’t imagine going through this without people that we can trust and who take the time to make sure all the bases are covered.

I’m hoping to write about some things I’ve been learning lately, but I just haven’t had the time to sit down and write it all out. I have come across some very cool and useful things, and I want to share them with you all, but I just haven’t yet. Soon.

Also, work has resumed on our church website. We have been working on the content of many of the pages, and it’s coming along nicely. Hopefully we’ll have a release date decided on in the near future. Also, my friend Dave and I have been tossing a few ideas back and forth for a youth site redesign. He’s going through the same process at his church.

Well, that’s it for now. I’m too distracted to write anything else. :-)

I’ve been meaning to do this since I started this blog, but I finally set my blog up in Feedburner, so if you’re subscribed to my blog with a reader, please change the feed address to the following:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/GeekToReach

This will allow me to track things a little better, and it should make it easier on you too. Ok, well, it might not make it any easier on you, but come on…do it for me.

Well, we’re finally under contract as of last Friday! We’ve found a house! Assuming everything goes as planned, we’ll be closing by the end of the month. The inspection is tomorrow, and after that, everything should be mostly “go with the flow” for us. Hopefully there won’t be any hiccups along the way.

As always, your prayers are much appreciated!!!

Well, amidst all this house hunting, we finally found another one that we could see ourselves in, so we are most likely making an offer on it tonight. The only concern I have is whether or not the trailer will fit in the garage. Just to be safe, I’m taking it over tonight to try it out. If it fits, then we’re going to go for it.

We’d appreciate your prayers! This could be the one!