tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6671828190923092550.post1742035833441685197..comments2023-10-15T08:27:34.685+00:00Comments on A Broad Abroad: Traveling lightThe Good Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266643682242094342noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6671828190923092550.post-28195949062693496472007-06-27T07:32:00.000+00:002007-06-27T07:32:00.000+00:00Lady M. I tend to be quite unilateral - things wi...Lady M. I tend to be quite unilateral - things will have been given or thrown away before the Good Man gets back from work!<BR/><BR/>Hi Laurie - a writing desk sounds like a beautiful thing to have from your father. My Dad left me advice. Not always beautiful but it packs light!<BR/><BR/>Hey Annie - packing and purging - I like that! Thanks for the award - will write about it soon.<BR/><BR/>Oh dear Amy! You didn't go! At least you got to clear decks. Going over to your blog right now....<BR/><BR/>And Dee - gotcha!The Good Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266643682242094342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6671828190923092550.post-88659659789947044312007-06-27T07:00:00.000+00:002007-06-27T07:00:00.000+00:00How did you know! Yes I do hang on to letters from...How did you know! Yes I do hang on to letters from past lovers, but also letters from penpals from when I was a kid and a teenager. I have a big box full of letters, and another one with postcards. If there ever was a fire in the house, that might very well be what I would grab before running out.<BR/>Thanks for commenting on my blog... I'm not very good at it yet, it's a work in progress :)Danielehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17255763516507357558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6671828190923092550.post-67039652446054924182007-06-27T04:12:00.000+00:002007-06-27T04:12:00.000+00:00When we WERE going to move to Australia (that fell...When we WERE going to move to Australia (that fell through), we decided to take just what can fit on the air cargo - about 56 inches cubed. (Of course, we stored a lot of stuff to come back home to.) We ended up packing things like towels, bedding, pots and pans, Hubby's favorite coffee cups, a few toys, my piano books (music), umbrellas, a couple of folding chairs, the kids' DVDs, and various odds and ends that filled up the rest of it. We got quite a bit of stuff in, and I congratulate myself for packing the essentials. The shipment hasn't made it back yet, and several times a day we hear, "Where is such-and-such an item?" to which the answer is, "It's in the shipment." I figure that's a good sign - I packed the stuff we'd really need!<BR/><BR/>As for me, I'm actually very unsentimental. I hate clutter! Going through the house and selling/trashing/donating a huge amount of items was very cathartic for me. I don't know when I've been happier. Hubby is a holder-on, though, so we do still have a storage room full of just his stuff.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07116309959024108648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6671828190923092550.post-15712920417269141482007-06-27T01:36:00.000+00:002007-06-27T01:36:00.000+00:00I am the queen of 'throw it in, just in case' - so...I am the queen of 'throw it in, just in case' - so I'm no use to you, I'd be taking everything! Just wanted to wish you luck in your packing, and your purging.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07387168103798629268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6671828190923092550.post-83325997506846889602007-06-26T23:56:00.000+00:002007-06-26T23:56:00.000+00:00wow, interesting conundrum. i have never moved to ...wow, interesting conundrum. i have never moved to another country, which seems quite bold and adventurous. my first apartment was so sparsely furnished and i had so few belongings that i moved from it to another place by hand--i had no car, and i just carried boxes down the street from one place to the other on thanksgiving day.<BR/><BR/>now we have a whole house, a basement, a garage, and two floors of stuff. mostly books. the furniture i could let go without a pang--except for my father's desk. he died three years ago and left his writing desk to me.<BR/><BR/>so i would say the desk, and many books. and photo albums. and all the dog toys.....<BR/><BR/>see, it can't be done.lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055442432266567561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6671828190923092550.post-61363864260538361442007-06-26T21:21:00.000+00:002007-06-26T21:21:00.000+00:00I am totally on board with your scale down philoso...I am totally on board with your scale down philosophy. If I have not worn it or used it in the past six months out it goes. It became so disturbing to Q, who does not hold to this philosophy, that she insisted I give away nothing of hers before checking first!<BR/><BR/>I always pack the altar then the books, everything else is negotiable.lady macleodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12830048414719866472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6671828190923092550.post-11829050213938862142007-06-26T19:53:00.000+00:002007-06-26T19:53:00.000+00:00Hi JennyAll that in less than a month - wonder wom...Hi Jenny<BR/>All that in less than a month - wonder woman! Maybe the people in the old house are grateful for the gifts you left for them. Maybe it has added to their happiness in their home - not a bad legacy.The Good Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266643682242094342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6671828190923092550.post-10536959745659546112007-06-26T19:09:00.000+00:002007-06-26T19:09:00.000+00:00That's a loaded question for me... There are 2 tim...That's a loaded question for me... There are 2 times that stand out in my mind in the many times I've moved. Once when I was a kid and we sold our house and moved into a camping trailer. The 2nd, was with hubby and I selling our house and moving to our current home.<BR/><BR/>We weren't planning on moving when we spotted this house in the sales ad. When we looked, it was just what we needed and we had to hurry and get our house on the market before we lost out on this one. We painted, installed new carpeting, packed and cleaned a whole house in the space of less than a month and the house sold in 9 days. We got lucky. Needless to say, having 2 toddlers (and unknowingly pregnant with baby #3) by the time it came to pack up the large garden shed, I was pooped. We left it all behind and now I kick myself for certain things I thought we had and Hubby reminds me we left it at the old house. I often wonder if the new owners are using the things we left, or did they grumble and tote it all to the dump?jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08772053505930801670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6671828190923092550.post-25982924445412009412007-06-26T18:18:00.000+00:002007-06-26T18:18:00.000+00:00Hi KatieI realise on rereading my post that I left...Hi Katie<BR/><BR/>I realise on rereading my post that I left out books. The Good Man collects books - specifically early editions of the early travellers in Africa - Selous, Stanley, etc. These travel as hand luggage as they represent some of our best investments.<BR/><BR/>Paperbacks stay behind...The Good Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266643682242094342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6671828190923092550.post-12983343420133568012007-06-26T17:54:00.001+00:002007-06-26T17:54:00.001+00:00When I moved to Scotland, I came with two suitcase...When I moved to Scotland, I came with two suitcases and that was it. They mostly contained clothes and books. The books made my suitcases very heavy, but leaving them back in the US wasn't an option.<BR/><BR/>It helped that I didn't have to worry about furniture because I knew I'd be moving into a fully furnished flat.Squirmy Popplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04457645483645107653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6671828190923092550.post-9143620546266678602007-06-26T17:54:00.000+00:002007-06-26T17:54:00.000+00:00Hi Gwen. It is frightening how much we accummulate...Hi Gwen. It is frightening how much we accummulate - and then give away each move.<BR/><BR/>Dee, like you I hang onto things I have been given or left from family in friends. Here's a question: letters from past loves?<BR/><BR/>Before Bambi arrived we had little clutter at all. Now we're under something of a Fisher Price tidal wave!The Good Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266643682242094342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6671828190923092550.post-39165359182109006312007-06-26T16:50:00.000+00:002007-06-26T16:50:00.000+00:00I haven't answered your question now have I... lol...I haven't answered your question now have I... lol.<BR/>I would NOT part with my mom's belongings (small items, pictures, a few books and cook books), my extensive bag and purse collection, letters, photos, books.<BR/>I don't care for furniture though - maybe that's because I've never bought anything really expensive yet.Danielehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17255763516507357558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6671828190923092550.post-31966543928656739672007-06-26T16:46:00.000+00:002007-06-26T16:46:00.000+00:00Oooh.. I am a light traveler too! I moved countrie...Oooh.. I am a light traveler too! I moved countries a couple of times, and if anything, it teaches you not to hang on to stuff you no longer need. I go through my wardrobe regularly (at least every 6 months) and ruthlessly donate everything I haven't worn since the last time I went through the wardrobe.<BR/>I do have trouble with books. I can't part with books easily. I tend to give them to people I love (can't even do charity shops very well!), hoping they will find a new good home.<BR/>I am not sentimental, nor am I a hoarder. And I don't like people who hoard - gives me the heebie jeebies. I've been in houses where you can't see the surfaces of furniture, because it is coverd in CRAP. Drives me nuts.<BR/>Good luck with moving. <BR/>Love you blog.Danielehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17255763516507357558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6671828190923092550.post-65797994689613995142007-06-26T16:42:00.000+00:002007-06-26T16:42:00.000+00:00I was moving house recently and threw out (from a ...I was moving house recently and threw out (from a very small one bedroomed flat) enough stuff to fill yet another small one bedroomed flat. And I still had anough stuff left over to fill a second two bedroom flat. Very scary!Gwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15695613095959659034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6671828190923092550.post-2633136560078289582007-06-26T12:25:00.000+00:002007-06-26T12:25:00.000+00:00Hi Iota. Actually it's the kind of thing I'm look...Hi Iota. Actually it's the kind of thing I'm looking for. I worry a bit that in my brutal approach to packing I'll find myself missing things which could easily have been kept. I have no videos, but the CBeebies DVDs will go with us!The Good Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266643682242094342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6671828190923092550.post-34933229548679074162007-06-26T12:12:00.000+00:002007-06-26T12:12:00.000+00:00When we came to the US, we ditched a collection of...When we came to the US, we ditched a collection of pre-school videos which had been built up and refined over about 8 years. If I had my time again, I would bring them and the video recorder, and trust that I could find an adapter to make it work. Now that I know what the US has on offer as pre-school tv, that is. Sorry - not a very thoughtful reply to the interesting question you pose, but one which represents a frustration of daily life.Iota https://www.blogger.com/profile/08507184283437057648noreply@blogger.com