hubby and I are planning to go into Assisted Living.

[Frustratedlady]

46. Good luck! I've been there, done that and it isn't a piece of cake.

It has basically taken me a year to downsize from 13 rooms to 7, but I'm almost done. I held on to the original home of 53 years until the remodeling of the new home was finished and the original home was sold. Lots of emotions involved, but I was able to keep most of the antiques/primitives I loved so much.

I had a tag sale (estate sale), but would not do that again. I will now have a garage sale at my new home and am selling the antiques in a mall booth. It will take a while, but keeps my mind active and I get a reasonable return on the money. Family heirlooms will be passed down to kids and grandkids. I am nearly 80, so I know what you are going through.

Being on one floor has helped tremendously and having an attached garage is a god send. One thing that helped me a lot is moving room by room. Get the new room set up and move what you want/need into that room. Do the same for the other rooms. What is left behind is what you need to dispose of by either selling, donating or tossing. I'm still trying to find items in the boxes yet to be unpacked. I finally bought a new grater, Saturday, because I couldn't find either of the two I had. Label, label, label...

More power to you!