We're getting ready for our bajillionth flight across the ocean, and I've got it down to a fine art. Especially because i've got two small ones, I find that packing by a pre-prepared list goes much better than just hoping I rememebr everything at the last moment.
I came up with my "pack list", along with a sort of last minute "to do" for long visits..... (including making sure the trash is taken out because WOW you don't want to come home to 2 week old scraps in the trash, which I have done)... and it has made travelling SO much easier.
Anyone else do this? Or do I just have an unnatural love affair with Excel?? 
Oh I live my life by lists and to-do lists. I had them coming out of my behind during preparations to move anything that ever meant anything to me 6,000 miles across the planet. And I still felt stressed out and like I was making it even more confusing for myself.
I wish I had had you there to keep it all straight, as you sound like you have no stress at all.
Try not to judge too harshly those of us who, not being used to uprooting, and despite every effort to stay organized, still found packing our life away for shipment a stressful and messy experience with all the nice lists in the world stacked around our ears.
