It’s been a while since I’ve blogged. COVID had stolen my concentration, my initiative and my imagination. I found myself watching way too many home decorating shows and playing games on my iPad. Writing had taken a back seat.
Since I was wasting away, I decided to it was time to move. Our house was a family house and my family had grown up. It had too many empty rooms and contained too much “stuff”. It was overwhelming me. I figured since we aren’t doing anything, why not find a new, smaller house? My husband, Greg was not as keen as I was. He had a big garage man cave that he was reluctant to give up, but what good is an empty man cave?
I found a cute place in an adult community, not far from where we lived. We looked at two other places there too, but the fully renovated place won us both over. We decided to do it.
We put our house on the market. It went online at 9 a.m. At 11:00 a.m. the first people came through. They put an offer in. By the end of the day we had our home of twenty eight years sold. There was no turning back. We were moving.
Now, what to do with twenty-eight years worth of “stuff”? We sold items online, had an auctioneer agree to take some antiques, held a yard sale, took many, many trips to thrift shops and the dump. It was exhausting, but thrilling. People who bought our treasures wrote heartwarming emails and messages telling us how much they love our items. Why did we keep so many things we never used?
We moved seven days before Christmas. Our new place was stacked high with boxes. We spent the week putting things away and by Christmas Eve we had the place (somewhat) decorated for the season. Stockings were hung on the new fireplace, our tiny tree was plugged in and we even decorated the outside with snowmen and a big red bow on the door.
I cooked turkey dinner with all the trimmings in my new kitchen and it didn’t feel like work. Nothing feels like work here. Everything is manageable! A weight has been lifted off my shoulders.
Cathy Lynn Brooks 
Wow…good luck with the new start !
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Thanks Michael. Happy New Year!
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Congratulations on a super quick move. I hope you will be very happy in your new home. May 2021 be happy, healthy, and full of nice things.
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Thank you Peter! Happy New Year.
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Enjoy your new home Cathy…..a new chapter and new memories to add.
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Thanks Debbie!
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Wow! I have never heard of anyone moving house that fast! And just before Christmas too. Downsizing brings with it all kinds of feelings and I’m glad you ‘re happy in your new smaller abode. I enjoyed the downsizing experience too, getting rid of ‘stuff’ is quite liberating.
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We were surprised too! We actually got another bid from the next people who came through but rejected their offer.
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Interesting! We are also thinking of doing the same with our ten year younger than yours…. Now even more inspired 🙂
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My advice is to start now. Put items you don’t use on Buy and Sell sites. You’d be surprised how popular some things are.
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Many thanks 🙂
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You’re welcome.
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I thought you were coming to Florida. Enjoy your new home.
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We changed our minds at the 11th hour. Canadian politicians who had travelled over Christmas were being shamed and fired. It was an eye opener of privilege and we backed out, sadly.
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