3katz, I'm very impressed with your energy, hard work, and tenacity. I'm exhausted just reading about it. Your move is underway!

Your DH and mine must be related. Well done on the packing up and purging.

Just reading this makes me tired! I'm so impressed that you have done all that sorting, packing and pitching in that amount of time. That has to be a great feeling to have that behind you.

Wow, that is an enormous task. Brava!

If I were you, I'd let up a little on things DH wants to keep. Let him move it to a small storage facility. I bet in a year or so he will realize he doesn't want it after all.

I understand totally what an enormous job this is for you. I did all the packing solo last year when we put our house up for sale and purchased another 3 hours away. I donated so much, as we actually downsized. What a chore! The moving company said most people will end up getting rid of 30% of what they pack for the new house. In my case, it certainly is true. I'm still going through boxes and still purging.

Good luck with your future packing. It was a great idea leaving hubby home as you packed.

Enjoy your new home.

I bow down to you. I am struggling with emptying out my mother’s house. We certainly do accumulate a lot of stuff over the years. I am having trouble letting go of things that I didnt even know existed. Enjoy your new place!

Wow— what a massive job you’ve done in such a short time, 3katz. I’m glad to hear I’m not the only one who makes executive decisions about tossing someone else’s junk. If 1. they don’t remember they have it and 2. haven’t looked at it in 20 years and 3. won't even realize it’s gone— I feel absolutely no qualms about getting rid of it.

eta… I’m talking about old computer cords that are obsolete (non-functional); old high school cleats, tee shirts with holes and no sentimental associations that don’t fit and are stained and ugly!

Well done, 3Katz. Its a big task, and often easier to do it solo.

My husband will be retiring early 2024 and he intends to start going through his stuff. The day after he retires, I’ll be waking him up and handing him the first box. 😆

How exciting! Safe travels and best wishes in the new home!

I've been in MN in March.. are you sure you don't want to return in April?? ;)

@3katz4me - Wow, you rock! It took me such a long time to pack up my last house. Some of it I even did before we listed.

Good luck on your move and much happiness in your new home.

You are amazing, @3katz4me! I took that long just to sort through things while someone else did all the packing and clearing.

Eleven days??? That's incredible! You are a machine, woman!

Congratulations 3katz! Huge job well done. When we were moving, my DH's strategy when he saw me struggling to decide whether to keep or toss was to just pack it up. I think he realized that was the only way to keep me moving forward so we wouldn't still be packing three months later. Whatever it takes!

I bow down to you- you are a git-it-done woman.

Dh is usually one to hold onto stuff but once we were really moving and downsizing he mostly saw the light. Some of it is comical when you wonder WHY was I holding on to this.

Anyway I applaud your efforts!

I am impressed! You must have been going 24/7. Good luck in the move, safe travels and I hope the kitty traveling goes smoothly.

I must say it's the first time I've felt like I had a full-time job since I retired. I probably worked on it 8-10 hours a day. This whole move has brought back my project management days - kind of my thing. I've actually enjoyed it but I'm not much of a hobby/craft kind of person. I'd rather do something that serves a purpose and this certainly does that.

@mtnrdredux_gw - interesting you mention a storage unit but unfortunately DH would not decide in a year that he didn't want what he put in there. He never decides he doesn't want something he's saved - pretty sure it's hereditary. I said to myself early on that there was no way we'd rent a storage unit to keep stuff that hasn't been used in 20-30 years, and never will be, but I was looking into it for a sailboat, classic car and two kayaks (we're taking two of the four with us). Of course that would not be a small one but may be necessary and worthwhile as we have not ruled out buying a different lake home in the future if we decide we don't want to be in town in the summer and we find the right place (the one we are selling is not the right place).

Whew! I'm exhausted!

Well done! I personally know what a huge job that is. Safe travels during those tricky winter months.

Well, having actually met and talked with 3katz, I can attest she is on the ball and a go-getter, and this certainly proves it! Well done, my friend! It was a huge task and you were surely up to it. We must have DHs who were separated at birth. Good luck with the rest.

Impressive!

I am impressed and tired just thinking about it! You've accomplished so much and have a whole new "world" waiting for you : )