Cha-Cha-Cha Changes

The beginning of the year, George and I made an exciting decision! 

We plan to:

• Downsize ALL of our belongings; 
• Do some upgrades around the house; 
• Sell our home; 
• Move into the RV; and 
• Begin full-time RVing once Geo retires sometime next year!

AND RIGHT NOW,

this downsizing plan is in full swing!

We have lived in this house for 17 years, and accumulated an overwhelming amount of STUFF. We plan to keep a storage space (10x15 or smaller) for boxes of necessary and desirable stuff, as well as shelves, sewing tables & cabinets, shop tables, tools and toolboxes. Many things are being given to family members and friends too.

All of the furniture will be gone 

(some already is) 

and many other belongings too.

Bah-bye!

So, far this process has involved:

Lots and lots of contemplation
and 
lots and lots of sorting...

Tedious sorting in the shop was done... 

and oodles of sorting occurred 

in the sewing/art studio as well...

Of course, other rooms were tackled too 

but, thankfully, there wasn't much to sort there...

By far, the most time consuming sorting 

has been going through five decades of pics 

and even older pics that were 

my Mom's and grandmothers'

(and still sorting)...

An innumerable amount of pics were trashed... 

Photos were and are still being taken of 

the overwhelming number of keeper pics.

Once a pic is taken, they are loaded onto

the bigger computer for storage 

on a backup and the cloud...

Next, the hard copy pics are placed in 

labeled plastic bags or containers to be given 

to family members and friends...

All hard copy pics will be gone! 

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A garage sale was held during this process too.

We were pleased with the outcome but 

it's likely that another small garage sale 
will be held at the end of the process.

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Boxes were and are still being packed for storage...

A 10x15 mock storage was measured off 

in the shop for boxes and other items 

that will be going to storage ...

Some of the storage items in mock storage...

(although some of this might be gone too)

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In addition, we have happily seen an 
abundance of trashed STUFF go out the door...

Several trips have been made to 
donation centers with more to come...

Doors have been fixed...
Carpet has been torn out...

Appointments are set for carpet in the bedrooms...
granite countertop in the kitchen...
 and glass replacement in five windows...

THE BEST PART...

We just spent two lovely weeks in the cool temps 
of Bayfield, Colorado near Vallecito Lake!

It was a welcome and rejuvenating break but we're ready to continue our downsizing adventure and get this house on the market ASAP!

For now, back to sorting photos
(insert heavy sigh here.)

Stay tuned for more soon.

Smiles,

D~~~~