I only had a few minutes to purge, so, I walked around looking for something. I found a tote in the toy room. When I opened it, I found some tools and some wood from my wood shop that were broken up. Apparently my 16 year-old was breaking up wood one day and just never cleaned up after himself. I don't know how long that tote has been sitting in the toy room like that. I emptied the tote and now we have one more empty tote! That is a huge accomplishment because we have 250 totes (yes, you read that right) in total to go through.
I have been buying 18 gallon totes every time they are on sale because I imagined totes would be better for moving than cardboard boxes. Recently, I read that Totes are perfect for storage but are horrible for moving. Apparently, totes will crack and break during moving where a cardboard box won't. I am very disappointed to hear this because I have a huge investments in totes! Regardless, I still plan to pack and move with totes (I just won't buy any more of them!).
511 days sounds like a lot of time, but there is so much that needs to do. I had a life and was very busy before purging became necessary, and now this is an add on. So far, I am hitting the low hanging fruit - all the easy stuff. I dread the days when I am going to have to make really difficult decisions about what goes to Florida and what wont.
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