It's all good so far

I had a post started earlier today, but as I was looking over a portion of it, I decided that it was more of a rant than a reflection.  I did not see a positive suggestion on how to deal with the issue, so it now sits in the electronic circular file, and I ponder what to post.

We will be spending the day doing additional clearing/cleaning/downsizing at the in-laws.  We stopped by on the way back from breakfast to suggest that the F-i-L focus on his home office and papers and leave the chemicals & paints in the garage to me.  I will segregate and place into lined boxes.   They will then be transported to the house where we will do some clearing of our storage cabinets too.  There may be some stuff worth keeping but decade old paint, thinner, or insecticide is probably not on the list to keep.

Watching the TV last night, we saw a couple look at houses in the Azores.  Their first selection was a traditional cottage.  Two bedrooms, a bath, in 750 square feet.  Something, with planning could easily be done.  They whined about it not fitting their California King bed, or their entertainment console, or there wasn’t enough counter space for all the kitchen appliances.  The square footage is almost double the size of the in-laws new living arrangement. I guess we are still culturally wired to try and take it with us.

Sandra and I are spending more time evaluating what we have now and what we will start paring down.  There are reams of paper that can be scanned – I may have to get the network NAS working before all the scouting ring binders can be scanned.  Then when really brave, we can start on the filing cabinet.  The difficulty will be paring down the library when the time comes.  Not everything is neatly in shelves, there are paperbacks and hardbacks stuck in the closets too.  It will call for ruthless culling with the intent that it is replaceable either through library loan or digital media.  We do have time to tackle it.

Will we find a 750 foot cottage?  Probably not any more in the US, but that doesn’t mean we can’t try.

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