As Predicted, Should be Settled by February!

Hubby was working his tail off right up until the week of Thanksgiving. Left home early and got home late. My son did come over to help me out. We managed to get quite a bit moved upstairs. Once warm weather arrives I can go upstairs and sort through what is left. I am sure that much of it will be donated.

@DaddyEvil it is a work in progress. I know I'll have more things to donate once I go through what is upstairs.

@ElusiveButterfly Oh, I see... I guess I could find it in my heart to excuse him, too , then. As long as none of the boxes have anything that's needed before you get to them, that's okay. When my daughter and I were packing to move into this house five years ago, I was working long hours so she took it on herself to sort everything we owned into three piles. One pile was packed to bring with us. One pile was sorted into trash bags to throw away and one pile was packed to go to a local thrift store for donation. I tend to hoard things but not badly enough that it causes problems. She isn't sentimental at all and was ruthless with the things we'd accumulated over our lives. I took three truck loads of stuff to be donated. We threw away or gave away much more than that and ended up still having too much stuff for this house. (We moved from a 1,400 sq ft house with garage into a 750 sq ft house with a tiny storage room the landlord calls a garage...) So we gave away more stuff and then started packing things we wanted to keep into plastic storage totes and putting them into the "garage" here. We're still crowded into this house but it's livable. I'm sure you'll eventually get everything sorted and the house will be beautiful when you get done.

It's a neat old house. We need to replace the windows, put on new siding, replace the roof, and a few other things. One step at a time. We did not have a sofa when we moved here. Our old place was too small to have one. So we need to buy a sofa, a new stove, and insulated drapes. We replaced the refrigerator because the fridge they left was leaking. Oh the joys of home ownership.

@ElusiveButterfly Everything in its time. Just do what you can and what is necessary right off the bat. Home ownership can be a joy and a money pit, but what the heck! You finally have a beautiful house!!!!!!!!!

@DianneN yes and we have great neighbors too!

Ellie was really good around the tree. I worried when she ran behind the tree chasing the cat!

I wish I could have a tree but either Tuffy or Roscoe or both would ruin it darn it.

@rebelann I was concerned that Ellie would topple it!

I wasn't in a rush to get it all unpacked. It will be there when we are ready to sort through it. My neighbor said she moved into her home 3+ years ago and she still has things to sort.

@Juliaacv I am trying to think the same way. I donated so much and tossed out a lot.

@ElusiveButterfly If she hasn't unpacked boxes from that many years ago, I would venture to say that she does not need the contents of those boxes. I have a rule, if it is not used or worn in 12 months, then it is either thrown away or donated.

Yes it's a time consuming thing. But, I still have living to do in the meantime.

@ElusiveButterfly - We have moved 7 times during our life and changed 3 different countries, so I know very well.

Thankfully I managed to move a lot of the boxes upstairs before we got sick. Kicking myself fir not getting the flu shot last year!

@ElusiveButterfly I just noticed your dog in the photo. He thinks you put that there just for him. How funny. Even with the flu shot we still get the flu unfortunately. Take care.

My husband wants to build a 3 bedroom, one story house on the land. We would sell this house and pay down the mortgage.

@ElusiveButterfly .........Sounds like a good idea.

I would prefer not to move again. Told my husband he would need to hire someone to do it because I'm done with it.

@ElusiveButterfly I don't blame you. It's not my idea of fun.

Our tree and decorations actually were taken down on New Years Eve. My son helped me. Only took about a half hour to complete the entire task.

I am already enjoying despite the clutter of a few boxes. Throw a covering on them and they look like a stand!

I am hoping that ill finish next week.

My son has been helping out. He doesn't live in the area but comes to visit and to help me out. The tree was 4 feet taller. My husband had to cut off the bottom to fit it in the house.

I have pictures and other decongestant my walls that I was unable to hang in our small trailer.

@ElusiveButterfly I'm sure you'll enjoy getting everything organized to your liking. Have fun with it all.

I'm going to start sorting through stuff once warmer weather is upon us. It's too cold upstairs to even start.

@ElusiveButterfly That's a good idea to wait for warmer weather.

It was such a lovely tree that I didn't want to take it down!