but it isn't easy. I have a bunch of stuff sorted and ready to go. My husband and I collected avidly for over 40 years, so there is a lot. He passed away 5 years ago. We had moved from a ranch to a huge 4 square house. I know now it was to have more room for our collecting habits, so living in that house was great, but we weren't there long enough to get organized. On top of the move, we were watching our grandkids pretty close to full time, and also tending to my dear mother-in-law. We never sold the ranch, and when he got sick, we moved back there to make it easier for him. After he passed, things were complicated because I had to get the bigger house emptied, to sell it, and after other people packed for me and moved stuff either to the ranch or storage, everything was jumbled up. I was ready to get things out in 2019, but realized I had to sort, because I was missing things I wanted or needed to keep. Like my stand mixer whip, which I have yet to find. I have a list of things I'd like to locate, and feel great elation when I run across something. Anyway, it's taken the last couple of years, but the basement is about ready. I say almost, because my daughter brought most of the rest of my stuff from her storage, and I have more boxes to sort, and will have to figure out what boxes were sorted and which got mixed in. Plus, with Covid, and being on my own, I have projects, including box sorting out around the house, so when I have company or host a holiday, everything gets more jumbled. My living areas are the way I am them, and I keep them clean, but I really can't wait to clear some of this stuff out.
On top of what we already had, a month before my husband was diagnosed, he bought the contents of a lady's garage, which took 3 of us 5 days to pack, and we never got to look in all of the boxes. It was a big garage, and none of us packing really paid attention to what the others were packing, and the lady wanted it gone. I think she thought 5 days was too long. Ha. Most of that stuff is in my storage building, and I don't want most of it, but again, need to sort through the boxes to try to locate the missing items. Sorting is my new life.
I was going to have a yard sale on May 7th, cancelled because of rain, but I sold a nice-sized load of stuff to some dealer ladies I know. I have another buyer planning to come out, and have several boxes of vintage Christmas stuff ready for her.
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