Posted by Susan on June 10, 1999 at 13:43:22:
Two years ago we moved my husband's parents into nursing facilities, closed down their home and moved everything to our home. (Furniture and all!) The only reason this occurred was my husband was unable to be at their home when we were packing everything up and so since I didn't want to throw anything away that was important to him I packed it all up and moved it in.
Now I am faced with the dilemma of getting rid of or sorting through all of this stuff. My husband will still not make a decision on what to throw out or what he wants to keep. I have 6 sets of china (some antique), 22 tablecloths, 7 boxes of pictures and mementos (large boxes), furniture everywhere and more utensils than a person could use in a lifetime, and that doesn't even begin to tell you what is in this house. Except for my bedroom suite, everything I owned before this move has now been delegated to the basement and replaced with Mom and Dad's furniture. While some of it is beautiful, I feel like I'm living in their home. We also have all the financial records and bookkeeping to do now for two separate families. I have been so overwhelmed that nothing is getting accomplished. No one is really to blame for any of this, but I am really beginning to get depressed and I need some help on where to start to get this organized.
I used to be so organized and ready for anything, now I couldn't tell you where to find sheets for the full size bed (don't get me started on what ended up in my linen closet!
Susan