Welcome to the simple Sophisticate Podcast, where intelligent living is paired with signature style.

I'm your host, Shannon Ables.

And whether you're listening on your commute, exercising, working in the garden, or sitting down with a hot cup of tea or a

cafe ole, thank you for tuning in. Let's get started. And the Welcome to the 48th episode of the simple sophisticated. As many of you know, I have recently relocated to Bend, Oregon, and as such many of the readers

and listeners have been emailing me or commenting asking for today's episode, and I've finally pulled it all together. It is a long one so

we're going to break this one into three different parts all in today's

episode but we're going to have two intermissions instead of just one.

Now everything I talk about on today's episode can be found on the blog's show notes,

the Simply Luxurious Life.com backslash Podcast 48.

You can print off this checklist and have it handy and

hopefully it'll help you have a seamless and stress-free move so today's

episode is all about the moving checklist how to minimize the stress of a major life

transition.

Now at the end of today's episode, I have a sweet treat for you.

I was in the kitchen this weekend. Actually two weekends ago I did this

twice I did this last weekend and I did this two weekends ago and it is a dessert

that is so simple that but that is something that your guests and you will fall in love with.

So make sure to stay tuned. But back to today's focus of our episode,

Moving. I want to start off with a quote from Suzanne Cola Satani. She states,

and I think that if you believe in something and you want it so much you have to go for it which sometimes means taking a risk even

if it's scary but the thing you want most to happen doesn't stand a chance

unless you give it one. And I share that quote because

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