• Find the nearest emergency room and drive to it.
• Enroll the kids at school, or find a new babysitter or daycare.
• Create a home file for appliance manuals and start a record of upgrades.
• Organize all the documentation for the purchase and store them in a safe place..
• Get your car registration & driver's license changed. Sign up to vote.
• Call the utilities and make sure they've got the right info. Hook up cable & internet.
• Make a phone list of important emergency numbers for your fridge.
• Sign up for the local newspapers and community mailings. 
• Reread your homeowner's insurance; consider adding riders for earthquakes and flooding.
• Get the locks changed. Don't forget sliding doors, the garage door and any outbuildings.
• Set up the alarm system and change the code.
• Find someone to give your moving boxes to so they can be reused. (Kay can help.)
• Find a new dentist, doctor, and veterinarian before you need them.
• Reinstate regular routines and activities as soon as possible to help kids settle in.
• Update virtual phone numbers (like Vonage) with your new 911 address.
• Check with the post office to see if any mail is being held for you.
• If you own a buried oil tank, sign up for PLIA. (Call your oil company to find out how.)

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