Moving stresses the mind, body and soul. I know because I’ve done it nine times in 16 years. My family’s recent move from North Carolina to Indiana was by far the most challenging. 

We had to downsize from a big house to a smaller townhouse, hold a huge yard sale in cold weather, sell or rent that house in a terrible economy and relocate to a different region. 

We had to do all this with a 5-year-old and a 3-year-old who didn't fully understand what was going on, and did I mention the move took place between Christmas and New Year’s Day?

Despite all the challenges, this move had a certain peace of mind that others did not.  This was my first relocation as a member of Angie's List. 

We needed to quickly get our house on the market, so we leaned on the List to search for service providers to fix a sticky garage door, repair a frozen ice maker, clean carpets traumatized by kids and paint walls that were used as a coloring book. Angie's List also helped us find a reliable mover to haul our stuff 600 miles to our new home.

Was the move easy? Of course not. Don’t ever move between the holidays. Seriously. Resist the temptation. 

However, Angie's List equipped us to make sane decisions amid the insanity and also helped us save money.  A little sanity would have been nice in our previous moves, where our favorite, but risky, method of choosing a company involved opening that big book, closing our eyes and hoping our fingers walked in the right direction.