House hunting and downsizing SUCKS big time! We are in the process of putting our house on the market and looking for a smaller, less expensive home. The up-side is getting rid of things I have hung onto forever and having a mortgage we can afford when we retire.
In 2001 we built a new, beautiful home. We were planning on staying at least 10 years then use the money in the equity to put down on a different home when we retire. We had thought we would move to a lake and enjoy doing nothing. Then our children said they don't have plans to move from this area, and my folks are doing great - so with the economy the way it is, the interest rates are low and houses are available at reasonable prices - we thought we would move on with our goal - to sale and buy. We don't want to move away from those we love, so we are looking right here for our retirement "nest".
YET, I am getting too friggin' old to do this stuff! I have cleaned cabinets out, cleaned out a pantry, kitchen cabinets, packed boxed, labeled boxes. And that is just two rooms and they aren't even done! HELP - lol In other words I have a long, long way to go.
You can not imagine what my office looks like! The walk in closet is full of stuff - plus all my scrapbooking, sewing, painting, quilting - old movie projector, cameras, and misc other stuff.
I will have to get into a "throw away" mood and go for it. Yep, sell the Ty bears, let go of the old movies of the kids that are brittle and can't be redone onto a disk. All those slides and the slide projector will have to go - the cassette tapes and VHS tapes.
I guess I need to take a step into the future - journal my past and throw the physical parts of it into the trash. It is so hard to let go - my kids riding on hot wheels racing to the top of the driveway and then coasting backwards and bouncing off the gate and laughing - then doing it again. All those Christmas films of them toddling around the gifts and tree. The hugs and kisses that are captured on film.
Those are all memories now. I just need the courage to put it in the past and move on.
