Lots of Things

We want to move. Not at this very moment, but in the near future. When we bought our condo, it was out of necessity. We needed an inexpensive home, close to our business with as little upkeep as possible. Choosing to make a change now is part Need and mostly Want. We both want to be in the Market Common area (too pricey for us to own a detached house but we are looking at another option) and we both need a garage (I say both but I mean Kevin). At the moment, 25% of the items we brought with us from Canada are being stored at our workshop. Same goes for Kevin's car, since we only have a parking space at the condo community, he leaves his baby at work.

Either way, we are making plans, rearranging the budget, preparing our home for the real estate market and tonight, we got into a debate about 'things'. Kevin is not attached to things like furnishings or electronics. He is willing to sell our condo 'fully furnished' if the price was right. I disagree. I bargain shopped and waited for annual/semi-annual sales to acquire some of our possessions (PS - we will be sleeping at regular height as of Thursday this week, no more mattress on the floor 🤗... the Presidents Day Sale in September of 2020 at Rooms To Go is finally delivering the Storage Bed I purchased). Kevin's parents Clock that was a wedding gift to them from his late fathers co-workers, his grandma's hula girl figurine that sat on top her tv, his other grandma's decorative bowl from Portugal, are all items he would never leave behind but everything else is questionable. At first I thought it was laziness; I figured he was joking because he hates moving and if it all stayed behind he wouldn't have to physically move it but he does have a point to some degree. There are a number of things that I don't need, yet I own them. I am the worst for clothing - some people organize their closet by season, I organize mine by size 😂. The items on hangers right now are the clothes that actually fit me. I have a bin of 'if I get bigger' and one for 'when I get smaller' LOL (sad but true).

As I look around my home, there are so many things that I did not buy. The Zelda Tree that Jon made by hand for Kev out of molding clay, the glass vases that Luisa gave me when we visited her during Hurricane Florence, the 'life is better at the beach' sign from Mike and Carissa, the personalized 'Galvao' sign made by my friend Melissa, the decorative tea cups from when we shared a rental property with Tim and Odie, the wall mirror given to us from Heidi, even our knife block and Vitamix that were Christmas gifts over the years from Kim and Rob. I love these things, now more than ever, because we live so far away from most of these people.

I will embrace the decluttering needed to make our transition as smooth as possible and I will consider leaving some furniture behind depending on the offer and at least we both agree, anything that has a meaning carries a value. Kevin and I joke all the time about who will 'go' first, we both argue that we don't want to live without the other (mainly because we love each other but also out of fear of being single again in the world of technology🤣)... I now have a whole new fear if I am the one to go first; he's going to donate EVERYTHING! Keep this in mind and remember to speak up if you want anything before he drops it off at Goodwill 😅