The Transience of Things (Part 1)
The Great Upsizing Image by Evil Erin via Flickr I was 31 years old when I got my first credit card. Then, I spent two months shopping for my first pair of jeans. I cannot remember if the winner was...
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The turning point for the Big Downsizing came when we priced the cost of renting a storage unit for everything that does not fit. We realized that we would do better to sell what we have. It makes...
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Dolls, 1959 Last month I posted a tw0-part series on downsizing titled The Transcience of Things. In that series I bragged, “Our gift to our heirs is that we will be almost move-in ready for the...
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Old Photo via historic.brussels via Flickr One of the very last things to review from my parents’ estate is their memorabilia: photos, scrap books, newspaper articles, and trophies. Most of the...
View ArticleSisterly Bonding, The Advanced Course
Sisters Bonding with Sisters Family Heirloom Dilemma Grandmother’s Bedroom Set When we moved out of our Ann Arbor condo in February we did our best to only bring the things we will actually use to our...
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