With our house selling last week and with our offer on our next house accepted, Debra and I started getting ready for the move this weekend. I spent a good part of one day last week dumpster surfing. It was a profitable surfing expedition as I brought home several cardboard boxes for packing.
With boxes and plastic trash liners ready, we put everything we touched yesterday into one of three piles: (1) keep, (2) take to Goodwill and (3) take to the dump.
Our current home of more than 12 years has an area of over 1600 square feet. Our new home has only about 1200 square feet. Downsizing has been our goal. Purging has been our weekend assignment.
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| The fruit of my dumpster-surfing labor. |
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| Debra places our belongings into one of three piles. |
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| Goodwill got one small pickup load of stuff. |
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| The dump got one large pickup load of stuff. |
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| With the dump load securely tied and tarped, I headed out. |
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| After returning from the dump, it was time to head to Goodwill. |
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| Destination reached. |
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| Several years ago, Debra and I created our "Family Wall", with photos of all our children and grandchildren. |
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| The photos will be going with us to our new home. |
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| The photos that have adorned our hallway for the past twelve years will also be moving with us. |
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| Our current home has a living room and a family room. Our new home has only a living room, so some of our furniture has to go. |
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| We tried selling our living room furniture on Craigslist but, with little response, we decided to sell it on consignment at a local furniture store.
It looks like we'll be moving in early December. The House on Hybiscus will still be The House on Hybiscus, but we won't be living in it any longer. So, this blog soon may be experiencing an identity crisis.
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