[Yorio]

Thought I'd make one last post for this thread. We finally closed on the house up north and headed by auto train tomorrow taking two cars with us. What I can say from our experience is that you can finish clearing the house in one month even though with 36 years of accumulation. As I stated before, the advice from our friends were Throw Away, Give Away, and Donate Away. And, you want regret it. One advice we didn't take to heart is when in doubt, get rid of them. We couldn't. So when the stuff arrives in Florida few months from now, we'll have to make decisions one more time. We didn't do it because we didn't want to make rash decision when we are too stressed out and regret we no longer have them afterwards. One question I have for realtor is this. We had a sign that said Under Contract for a long time. I said when can we have a sold sign and I was told that after closing. Very strange, since we have to start the moving process even if the house is not sold per se. I guess we didn't have to be present at the closing but we wanted to. This made us stay at a hotel after moving trucks took our beds though friends told us we could stay with them. We had farewell dinners but didn't wanted to stay at friends. Better be on your own. After the closing I jokingly said now we need a divorce lawyer. That's how tough sometime situation got. Hopefully this experience will make our bond stronger after we have cooled down. Otherwise, what's the point of moving to The Villages. We can now become a marriage/moving therapists. Was heck of a ride. Have to believe it was well worth it eventually. THE END