Mike here. This is Kristi with some of our mugs and dishes we aren't keeping. We've been throwing numbers around our heads trying to guess how much we'll have to downsize. I finally figured it out today. Counting the garage, we have a total of 2,170 sqft of living/storage space in our house right now. Being that we are moving into an apartment with just under 600 sqft, we'll be cutting our space by about 72%. It feels good to know this number. Now I know that out of every 100 items we'll be able to keep 28. This includes money, we just don't have room for it all, so we'll only be able to keep 28 out of every hundred dollars!!! Kidding aside, I know it won't work out this cut and dry, but i still find comfort in knowing this figure.
Our 4th bedroom (we call it the den) is our catch-all. It's supposed to be organized by wall: the window wall "is" things we are taking, the right wall "is" things to go through, the left wall "is" things we need to offload, and the back wall "is" things we are storing over the years. Instead, every wall looks like it's been hit by Hurricane Kristi!!!
Since our bathroom is going to be outside our apartment across the hall, we thought we'd use this dresser as our medicine cabinet, hair-drying station (for Kristi only), and mouthwash/spit in the trash can location. Think of it as a bathroom sink and mirror without the sink! We worked on this on Monday just so we can get used to it, find the problems, and solve them before we get there.
We are planning to have a garage sale soon. Here's a preview of a very few of the many items available. We'll be selling furniture, electronics, toys, clothes, kitchenware, and possibly a house and a cat...maybe we won't actually sell the house and cat at the garage sale, but we probably are looking for a buyer or renter.
Well that's it for today. We appreciate all your prayers.
Mike
