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Most of us have done it at some
time or another, depending on our age or marital status—moved house I mean.
I am in the process of selling the
third house I have owned. I have been in this house 26 years come June 1st,
and I love this place. It was the first one my husband and I saw through from
the bare plot to the completed build. Unfortunately, he only lived in it for
five years before passing, so as you can imagine, it contains many memories. We
laid out our garden together and it is now flourishing and admired.
I never considered downsizing and
always told people I would be here until carried out, but the time has come to
move into a village where I will be amongst people of my own era and where I
will have around the clock security—a valuable asset in this day and age. I have
got into the habit of clearing out unwanted stuff over the last few years, but
needless to say enough is never enough when you are deciding what to part with
and what to keep. I have no children so the job of sorting through my stuff
when I am gone will fall to my nieces, and I have no wish to over burden them
with going through the process of the big clean up. I have friends with horror
stories of the mess their parents left behind—often years and years of
collecting what can only be termed as junk.
The selling agents have a word for
what we must do to make our home presentable for prospective buyers and this
word is decluttering. At first, I felt insulted—how dare they suggest that my
beloved bits and pieces, lovingly collected over many years, is no more that
clutter to them. However, I have been
zealous in my efforts, and have managed to whittle it down. Some went to
friends, some went off in the council waste collection truck, and some ended up
in the regular garbage pickup. Oh, then there's the local op shop where one man's trash is anothers treasure.
The worst room to declutter has
been my study. In the process of getting rid of stuff, you come across letters,
photos or documents that haven’t been seen for years. A while back, I scanned
all my photos so they are safely on file to be passed on. After my dear sister
passed away, I was left to sort through a massive box load of pictures
collected over her lifetime and it took me a while to sort and scan these. The
family can do as they please with them, but at least they are all safely there
and sorted into years on my computer.
So here I am, moving on to start a new phase
in my life, and looking forward to making new friends. I chose this village
because they welcome pets, and I could never think of going anywhere without my
two little dogs.
One good thing about changing
abode, all remains the same on our trusty computer no matter where we are.
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| Coming very soon Challenging Mountains-Book 3 in my Settlers series |
