EllaEnchanted
<font color=darkturquoise>iDIS...resistance is fut
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How about picking one small area--a cabinet or closet or shelf or whatever.
Then
Put a box on the floor nearby and go through that one space and take out each item that you KNOW you will NOT want in Florida and put each thing in the box.
When you have Finished the "space of the day" you quit. When John gets home he puts the box in the car or truck for the next convenient time to make a run to a place you can donate it. Someone there will get use out of it and you have a few less items to deal with.
As you work your way around the house you are slowly making decisions and creating space to use for packing and staging later on.
Some things will stay in the house until a future look at the same cabinet or even make it to Florida and then you will decide that it needs to live with someone else.
It's all good though--slow and steady!
. Maybe ??
It sounds so easy when you say it.....but there's no place to donate it to. I can just get rid of clothes and shoes. When we cleared out my mother's house.....well, actually my brother did....he said he couldn't donate anything, not even a book to the local library. Nobody wanted it. So all I can do is throw it out.
I don't mean to make excuses. I'm sure your method will work and I will give it a good try. But probably not until I get back from my cruise in Sept. My brain is focusing on that right now and I'm only just starting to think about how to pack out this house. We'll see what happens.
Thanks for making it easier for me to do when I get started.