It is Friday night. The last two days we've been finishing up the storage unit move. The decisions to keep or get rid of things is becoming easier. This has been so much more work than I anticipated in one sense. It seems every day means another trip over there, loading up, throwing away boxes and broken and old things and some not so old things. We also have a donate pile.
In another sense, it feels good. To be done with that $350 a month bill. To have all our things in one place. And more tidy and organized. Every day I have this internal dialogue with myself about what we really need. What is necessary. And how in the world did I end up with so many decorations??? Haha! I have parted with a lot of the older more worn and 80's-90's, 00's ones. But with that means parting with sentimental things that evoke emotions and memories. We got this when...I made this when...So and so made this for me/us....Remember when...So and so gave this to me/us when.... THAT is a process.
Now the shredding begins. Boxes and boxes of it. That is why we originally got a storage unit. To house all the documents from Duff's past businesses that needed to be saved for a certain amount of time legally. And office furniture. The chairs have come to the house office/bonus room, the refrigerator to Josh and Meredith, etc. But little by little over the years we would begin to say, "Oh, let's just take that to the storage unit." And sure enough over time it not only housed the business 'stuff' but our personal 'stuff' as well.
By the time we get home, we are tired. Physically, mentally, and emotionally. And then combine the holidays with it too. Geesh. I just like to sit with all the twinkly mini lights on at night and process the day. We are just about there. Tomorrow will be the last trip and we take the lock and leave the door up. If I'm being honest, it feels like we've 'sold' a house or something. C117 Shady Canyon has been like part of our family for more years than we realized. Almost 10.
But. Time to move forward.
Christine flew home tonight from Phoenix. We took Gidget with us to get her. She fell asleep on my lap and then I fell asleep too! It is good to get her home. She had a lot of fun with her new camera taking so many pictures of John. Next week she gets her braces off. Yippee. We can close that chapter. Seems like our life book is doing a lot of that lately. Closing and opening. New pages being written.
2 comments:
Wow! $350 a month! That's $42,000 over the last 10 years...to just store "stuff." I bet that feels so good knowing you can save that money now or put it to good use elsewhere! Congrats on parting with all the unnecessaries and getting past the sentimentalness of this process!
Yes, it feels good.
However, it did start out and was primarily for the business things required by law, so pretty important 'stuff'.
Now the shredding process begins. My plan is to get through one large box a week. Yay!
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