Up until the house I currently have, I had moved 22 times, and with the constant buying and selling of properties and the organising of new schools etc etc for the children and the dealing with the requirements of pets, I very quickly learned not to accumulate unnecessary “stuff” because my Husband had usually already gone ahead weeks, sometimes months, beforehand and so I had to manage everything myself …. and two of the moves were across the water to Ireland …. and later back again

Sad to say I have now accumulated a LOT of “stuff” but hopefully, I won’t ever be moving again 🙄🙄🙄

I have only lived in two houses my whole life, and I left just some stuff behind when moving here, but I seem to miss it at times. I often look around now and wonder how I will ever possibly down size and get rid of stuff if I have to. I might have a lot of junk but I like all of it.

That is a lot of moving, Mad! I am close to have moved about fifteen times, and it definitely gets you into the mode of getting rid of unnecessary stuff - that is for sure.

I also understand about your "liking" the junk, ob. All the moving I did, though, forced me to harden my heart to a lot of it.

Yes, that's exactly it. I have to harden my heart. It's things like the carved Grizzly bear that John bought and loved. I never liked it. It's going into the donation box, along with the big carved elephant and the ceramic ducks and the little carved boxes that we have everywhere that are really just junk cleverly disguised as treasures.

"Junk cleverly disguised as treasures." LOL

After my second husband passed, it took me a good 3 years to finally be able to "harden my heart" to so much of his cleverly disguised treasures! I still run across something now and then 25 years later!

I've spent the last 5 years doing some updates on this old farmhouse. I'm no housekeeper of the year, but I really don't like clutter, so I'm slowly but surely getting rid of a great deal of it. Just don't look at my computer desk right now!

I really want to move, now. It's time. Unfortunately, I made the mistake of looking at properties for sale on line, and I found my dream home, just barely within my target price range but doable. It'll be sold be the time I'm ready to start looking. Too bad!

Hagatha, that just means you dream home is out there AND in your time line! Keep looking!

I’m sure there’ll be something else out there that you’ll love, hagatha, and at a suitable time for you 😑😑

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Chili cook off and Super Bowl party at the Eagles today.

Good morning everyone. Yes, it's Super Bowl day. Ethiopian Yirgacheffe Coffee, Scottish Breakfast tea and bottled Fiji water in the Break Room. Connie, I'll have a danish to go please. Hagatha, wishing you good hunting in your quest for a new home ... same area or different location? Happy Sunday everyone!

Wow soot you roll first class!

Soot, I'm moving farther south on Vancouver Island, closer to Nanaimo. There's really nothing for me to do here now that John is gone.

Where I live, Campbell River, is a small city, formerly a resource town and one-time salmon mecca to the stars, and now more and more a retirement haven, but because the City Council is completely hidebound, they've never even tried to develop the kind of services and sophistication that would make it truly attractive for city people to come here to live. Visit, yes, go fishing, yes, take an eco-tour, yes, but live here? No.

Essentially, it' a small town that lacks any small town charm.

Good Morning everyone. Got strong dark brew Sumatra coffee, tea, and hot chocolate ready for you all.

Congrats to Kansas City Chiefs for their Super Bowl win!

Have a Happy Monday!

Gerry

Good morning all!

Loving some of those tales of shedding clutter for a house move: been there and done that although not recently, and my wife calls the very cluttered garage my treasure box (but no longer mocks it quite as much as some of the "treasure" has proved very useful!).

Of course one great thing now is how easy it is to photograph or video mementos for storage on computer before casting off the actual items...

Wishing you well for the move hagatha

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room.

Holy Hurricane, Batman! It's freakin' WINDY this afternoon. Feels like my house is going to blow away!

Good Morning Everyone Enjoy your breakfast and have wonderful day Boomers

PS Hagtha Be safe and take care wish you luck in finding a new place to call home.

Happy Gaming

Good Morning Taintedfury and everyone. Lots of errands to run and taxes to do today.

We have only moved 3 times in our married life and the last time was here...a house we had built in 1969! Lots of accumulated stuff to get rid of...too many places to store it too!

Happy Valentines Day!

Gerry

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Lunch and Netflix with a friend today.

Good evening everyone ... hope your day was a good one

Good Morning and Happy Hump Day!
We are going to have a rainy start to the day and then sunshine this afternoon with warm temps...great time to enjoy a walk.

Coffee, tea and hot chocolate are ready...I need that coffee this morning...didn't sleep well.

Enjoy your day Boomers!

Gerry

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room.

I'm off to Home Depot later this morning to pay for my tile backsplash project and choose the grout; we had the backsplash tiled four years ago but the job was so sloppy it has to be re-done. It'll look much nicer anyway, since I chose a much lighter tile this time.

My friend and I are going to try a new restaurant here in town. It gets rave reviews, but in this town even the McDonald's and KFC get four and five stars, so it's a pretty low bar.

Good afternoon everybody!