From August 2016, a bunch of pictures of the house we had built in New Zealand, from a real estate listing several years after we sold it (in the year 2000). Hadn’t changed much, other than some backyard landscaping. #ThrowbackThursday

Outside

Outside

Living room

Living room

Kitchen

Dining

Kitchen

Outside

Master bedroom

Master bathroom

Bedroom

Bedroom

Bathroom

Outside

Outside

My home office back in 2011, with a height-adjustable desk, iMac and Apple Cinema Display, PowerMac G5, PowerBook 17”, early iPhone, and Bluetooth headphones. And a couple of cats, Pippin and Padmé. #ThrowbackThursday

Desk

Desk

Desk

iPhone and headphones

Padmé

As part of moving from a 5-acre homestead into a 40-foot motorhome, we’re significantly downsizing, selling most of our stuff. We’re taking the things we want with us, and storing some sentimental items, but the vast majority of our stuff holds little sentimental value, or use in our new home; the accumulation of our lifetimes, and especially of our homestead time, where our stuff has expanded to fit the available space — many items we forgot we had, or is still brand new, unopened! Crazy. Getting rid of this stuff is very freeing.

Anyway, we couldn’t have done this downsizing without the help of professional estate sellers. We’ve lucked out in working with a couple of great guys, Tom and Mike of A Bridges Estate Sales. They’ve put in a huge amount of work over the past several weeks in sorting through our stuff, cleaning and laying them out on tables, pricing them, and will be selling them.

Our estate sale will be over four days, since we have so much to sell: September 9-12. Yes, in a couple of days time. Check out the sale listing page (which is still being updated as they prepare the last items).

As another sneak peek, here are a bunch of pictures of our stuff, from before we headed out on our trip to Yellowstone (so some items are not yet laid out or priced in these pictures). If you see things you would like to buy, do come to the sale! Look at the sale listing for more information.

Antique plates, vases, etc:

Antique plates, vases, etc

Glasses, plates:

Glasses, plates

Books, bedding:

Books, bedding

Snoopy figures:

Snoopy figures

Books, etc:

Books, etc

Bedding:

Bedding

Stationery:

Stationary

Collectables:

Collectables

Comics:

Comics

Comics:

Comics

Collectables:

Collectables

Collectables:

Collectables

Comics and collectables:

Comics and collectables

Batman:

Batman

Old Macs etc:

Old Macs etc

Old Macs etc:

Old Macs etc

Couch, etc:

Couch, etc

Old iMac, wires, etc:

Old iMac, wires, etc

Wrapping paper and ribbons:

Wrapping paper and ribbons

Bar, barware, lamps, pictures:

Bar, barware, lamps, pictures

Nearly brand new 4K TV:

Nearly brand new 4K TV

Honey etc:

Honey etc

Expanding dining table:

Expanding dining table

Clothing:

Clothing

Clothing:

Clothing

Clothing:

Clothing

Clothing:

Clothing

Misc:

Misc

Tilt king bed, side tables, artwork:

Tilt king bed, side tables, artwork

Workshop stuff:

Workshop stuff

Workshop stuff

Workshop stuff

Workshop stuff

Workshop stuff

Workshop stuff

Workshop stuff

Workshop stuff

Workshop stuff

Workshop stuff

Workshop stuff

Workshop stuff

Mini-fridge, microwave, freezer, paper products:

Mini-fridge, microwave, freezer, paper products

Workshop stuff:

Workshop stuff

Workshop stuff

Workshop stuff

Workshop stuff

Workshop stuff

Cider press etc:

Cider press etc

Save the date: September 9-12. Again, check out the sale listing for more information.

Jenn and I are feeling super-stressed at present. Our house closing is one week from today, we’re busy sorting our stuff for take/store/sell, we’re nervous about our RV adventure (awaiting test results for it, driving a big coach, finding places to stay, issues with it, etc), and before that our upcoming trip to Yellowstone in a rental trailer (with our new coach sitting idle at home, since it won’t fit in Yellowstone). Plus today I’m getting some skin cancer chopped out of my leg, so I didn’t get much sleep last night, and Jenn is feeling very ill (probably as a result of the stress). I’m sure everything will be fine, we just need to get through this transition. Deep breaths….

We have a sign on our entertainment shelves, that we changed to “NOW SHOWING” for our real estate showings. The other day, Paladin knocked it over, with some letters falling off, resulting in it saying “SHWING”. We were amused.

SHWING!

The answer to today’s #WhatsItWednesday question: it’s a grip strip to hold papers. I have a couple of them on the wall of my office. Simply slot a page in and it is held in place with rollers, then lift up the paper to remove.

Grip strip with papers

Grip strip with papers

Grip strip rollers