[Magdalen] My move

[Marion Thompson]

As one who is a hoarder and sees sentimental value in just about 
everything, I have come a long long way on this move.  Of course I still 
have a shed full of boxes at Jim's along with a very large collection of 
framed pieces there, most of which have_great_ sentimental value, so I'm 
not out of the woods yet.  Living in my little house with NO storage 
space or buildings will  force a lot of hard decisions on me yet.  Its 
very different nature will dictate to a considerable degree what can 
stay and what must go.  I managed to get rid of much/most of the 
furniture to places that are not the dump and I hope I can find good 
homes for some of the older bigger framed things.  My kids don't want 
any of it.  In fact, my daughter returned pieces she had had for a few 
years (she moved today, too) and handed on her bedroom furniture to me.  
Is that how it should work?????

Anyway, in so many ways this is a fresh start.

Marion, a pilgrim

On 8/8/2015 6:07 PM, Jon Egger wrote:
> Marion,
> When we move to our apartment in December last year we went from 3000sqf to
> 950sqf.  It was so good for me to get out of the place that had so many
> memories of Plaintiff.  (Geez...ten years since my divorce!)
>
> Now I apologize for turning this thread into MEMEME, but I need to get
> things off of my back. The move was easier for me because I don't hold
> attachments to things like Dawn does. Stuff is stuff, and even what I have
> is given away to close friends and such. (I gave my FDR collection to a
> priest in the diocese who loves FDR as I do. She was delighted and it made
> my day! I gave my daughter my Nemadji pottery collection, my Kilban cat
> collection, and my Coptic hand cross.  She loved them too.) The things I
> took amounted to 7 boxes.  Many things, like my collection of Dylan music,
> books, and various ephemera, and so on I left for the people doing our
> estate sale.  I literally felt free after so many years.
>
> Dawn, though, is a true hoarder.  Even with leaving back lots of her books
> and other things, half of our living room is stacked with boxes...and her
> bedroom is stacked with boxes 6 and a half feet high.  She says she'll get
> to it, but she hasn't.  I may call her new church (Grace, in Liberty, Mo)
> and see if they could get a group of people together and move the damn
> boxes!  It's difficult for me not having room.  I can't even get outside on
> our patio to chill.  Lord knows I have enough tubing to get out there.
> (She was a Navy brat and an Air Force wife and she never turns lights off
> if they're not needed...I thinks this comes from never having a
> gas/electric bill in the service.)
>
> Here endeth the rant.
>
> On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 7:23 PM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 08/08/2015 01:07, Marion Thompson wrote:
>>
>>> We are a select group!  You have my EVERY sympathy in return!  Lucky you
>>> -- both a basement AND a garage!  But at the end of the day I am delighted
>>> with my new home, as I believe you are with yours!  I have no wish ever to
>>> move again this side of the veil.
>>>
>> Likewise me.  When I retired last year I had to move since my house came
>> with the post I had.  That was a *very* significant downsizing (by a factor
>> of 5 in floor area) so it was a question of "keep what I need" and get rid
>> of the rest.
>>
>> Roger
>>