This week has been taken over by packing, moving, and estate sale preparation! We moved everything we are keeping to our storage unit last Monday (except some of our clothing). The estate sale company we engaged has been pulling stuff out of closets, cabinets, drawers, toolshed, garage, attic, and nooks and crannies we didn't even know existed. They price it, then bring in display tables so people can shop easily during the two-day sale on Friday and Saturday.
The process is much like holding a giant garage sale! Our house looks like the old "bargain basement" of yore. Or like a high-end thrift store.
By Sunday, the house will be empty, and we will be several thousand dollars richer (we hope). Every nickel counts at this point.
It has been really interesting to ride the emotional roller-coaster associated with releasing so many of the material goods accumulated over our lifetimes (and those of forebears, as well). I told Susan we were lucky - that most people don't get to attend their own estate sale. Most of the time these things are done after one is dead!
I think we are beginning to feel lighter! Too bad we can't do the same thing with fat!
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