The beginning

This will be a journal of our much-awaited move to our new home as empty nesters.  As usual, when you make a move from one home (apartment, condo...) to another, you are faced with decisions.  The decision you have to make first is "Can I use this in our new home?"  "Should I give it away or throw it away OR keep it to use."  My husband, always the encourager, states "I'll give you $100.00 if you'll just throw it away.  I have to admit my first inclination is to keep everything and may leave it packed away in our ever-increasing boxed-up garage.  However, I might say during the last few moves I have been throwing more and more away or giving away those once treasured items.

A couple of weeks before the anticipated move my daughter asked me if I had started packing.  Excitedly, I answered her "YES!"  The boxes were stacked fairly high, labeled as to which room the box belonged in and what items were inside each box.  To say the least, I was just a little proud of myself.  Moving time came quicker than I packed for.  All my good deeds were slipping away to frantic long days of packing what seemed like endless items.

The plan was to place the furniture in the rooms and the boxes would go in the garage lined up according to room placement.  This is a good plan I might say.  So after a looong day of moving our home would be in place and our items would be findable in the garage, just a few steps away, in labeled boxes.  This did, in fact, give us peace of mind.  The packed and labeled boxes are dwindling in the warm garage and our closets and cabinets are becoming more and more filled.