Where DId It Go?

The summer of 2010, that is. As I sit here in September reflecting on the summer, I wonder were it went. Were we really that busy that it past in a blur?

Seems so.

Preparing for the future, we continued to work on the plan, starting with downsizing and moving back downtown. In a very tough market we did succeed in selling our house, but it was stressful! Everyday the house was on the market the price fell, or at least it seemed that way. Nothing was selling and we wanted to move within weeks or at least this summer. So we cleaned, de-cluttered, gave furniture to the kids, took car loads of accumulations to the thrift store and made numerous trips to the dump. It was amazing to see how much stuff we had collected over 6 short years. I did feel good about donating to the thrift store knowing someone will get good use of the clothes that no longer fit, the dishes never used (OK) maybe once and the furniture we knew would not fit into the desired new home.

I think one of the only summer days we had, we held our first garage sale. Or maybe we should have called it "Garage Give Away". For two very strong negotiators at work, when it came to selling our belongings we accepted what ever was offered. No Negotiations here. Just please take it away so we don't have to, and they did.

The sad thing was that after living in the neighbourhood for 6 years we finally met our neighbours. It took a garage sale to bring them all out. We met some very nice people. I am confident lot's of our Stuff was going to very good homes. We committed not to let that happen at the new location!

The house finally sold for way less money than we originally expected..lol.and we had 2 weeks to vacate, 2 weeks to pack (thank you Kirsten), move our stuff into storage(How could we still have so much stuff?),find a place to live (temporarily and for the long term). It took Lot's of work and that is probably where the summer went.

Oh, we did find a new home. A classic 610sq.ft condo just outside of downtown. Yes, i did say 610 sq ft., but it is all about location and sticking to the plan.

The plan- to retire and work and travel throughout the world. We are now one step closer.