Downsizing

Over time, you accumulate stuff. Neither of us is a hoarder, and we are mostly unsentimental about throwing things away, but stuff accumulates anyway.

Moving is a chance to take an inventory. We had about 20 screwdrivers. Maybe eight hammers. More than a dozen clamps (thanks Dad.) Somewhere near ten measuring tapes. Three hacksaws. That's just the tools, just some of the tools.

We made about ten trips to the dump. We had a garage sale - very successful, got rid of a bunch of stuff, I can't even remember what off the top of my head. We threw away two La-Z-Boy chairs, gave another to Lucas. Jarrod took two bikes. Our outdoor furniture did not make the cut. We paid to have the piano hauled off. We threw out plates, bowls, Tupperware, glasses, coffee cups.

Honestly, we still have too much. However, we did try to lighten the load. Some guys came and picked up all of the things pictured above, plus the outdoor furniture and indoor furniture pictured below. We would have kept more, including that table in the foreground, but it did not all fit, and we had to make choices in the end.

We got rid of these two items. Kept the dog and that red cup though.

Wanted to keep these chairs, but we ran out of room.