[ladydoc]

We brought some furniture, but mostly the pieces we had commissioned in New Mexico. I debated leaving it, but I won over myself and we brought it. The only oldish thing that is bordering on grannyish is the bedroom set. Other pieces are family pieces I could not bear to leave. But we got rid of sofas, bookcases (the lord blesses kindles!), shelving units, breakfronts, filing cabinets, etc. That said, I am glad we brought the furniture that we did, but oh my gosh, did we bring too much STUFF. STUFF of every kind that now when I unpack it, I look at it and think...WHY did I just pay to ship this thing? The house is almost full and we probably have 80 boxes in the garage. I think that although there was much joy in coming here, there was a sense of seperation and loss as well. Sometimes a gal just needs her things around to ground her in this transition. That is my story and I am going to stick with it (just in case hubby reads this)....You can always get rid of things later, but you can not get them back..if there is something you love, bring it and who the heck cares if it is Florida life style appropriate?