Getting Ready to Move was 4 Months of Mess and Stress

It's pretty amazing what your head goes through when you have to make the thousands of decisions of what to send to Peru, store for at least 3 years, give to someone  specific, sell at a yard sale or just throw away.  If you throw it away do you need to shread it first?  What do you keep so you can live in relative comfort for 8 to 10 weeks before you see your stuff again?  Will it all fit in your suitcases when you go or do you leave it at a family or friend's house until you can come back for it?  What important things do you take as "carry-on" in case someone gets into your luggage or the airline loses it?

It was great to look through keepsakes that had been around for decades.  Something we should had taken time for earlier.

Sorting and shreading seemed like an endless task.


We weren't very interested in eating even when we were hungry.  We did not feel like we had to to cook or clean up.  Even finding a place to eat was a challenge.

Finally packed for storage.

The kids came by the night the packers boxed everything so we stopped for a little Yspahan.

We have decided that is must be easier to sell a house than get it ready to leave as a rental. If you sell a house you declare what is broken or does not work and you walk away. If you rent your house EVERYTHING must be in good condition and work perfectly.

 The packers came and hauled off what we wanted to store.

That left us with 9 pieces of luggage.

An empty house but still a home full of memories.

(the chair went in the trash)