{"id":1854,"date":"2014-04-07T19:01:50","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T23:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/?p=1854"},"modified":"2014-04-07T19:05:21","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T23:05:21","slug":"kim-holmquist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/kim-holmquist\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Holmquist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>4\/7\/14<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;color: #000080\"><em>re: \u00a0Marna and Bob Page. \u00a0More about downsizing:<\/em> \u00a0What a great idea to be able to switch with your daughter, Marna! \u00a0 I too did my own packing of dishes, etc. because I couldn&#8217;t stand to pay for something I thought I could do myself! \u00a0Only two dishes arrived broken so it was probably the smart thing to do. \u00a0I found I was missing several things but can&#8217;t figure out if the movers lost a box, I left it behind, or it got taken some time during the weeks before the actual move, as there was a lot of traffic in and out helping me get the house ready for sale. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: small;color: #000080\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;color: #000080\">The actual downsizing was, as several others have commented on, a bittersweet experience. \u00a0And trying to decide what &#8220;stuff&#8221; was really important at times was downright painful! \u00a0It helped to have my &#8220;hard-hearted&#8221; daughter swoop in about 6 weeks before the move with her husband, two helpers, a dump truck and a pick-up. \u00a0They were like a swarm of locusts tossing accumulation of 30 years of belongings, including the boxes I had already set aside for charity! \u00a0And some stuff that I probably would have kept but don&#8217;t really miss. \u00a0 They were marvelously efficient and filled two trucks full &#8211;the garbage dump collectors were beyond thrilled at the haul and while it didn&#8217;t go to the charity of my choice, I think it was well-used. \u00a0 I continued to sort and decided I couldn&#8217;t stand the thought of a garage sale so donated a lot more stuff to charity. \u00a0The buyers were willing to keep a few pieces of large furniture that wouldn&#8217;t fit in my new apartment, and the movers actually made a stop at Goodwill with 2 large sofas en route to Santa Barbara. \u00a0I took the time to try on a lot of clothes that I hadn&#8217;t worn in a long time and discovered a few forgotten timeless treasures, but many were obviously not good choices any more and they happily went in the donation bags. \u00a0I find that now that I am moved in to my new apartment, with very few storage spaces still available (though this apartment has a wonderful abundance of nooks and crannies!), I am loathe to accumulate more and am making an effort to wear what I brought with me and not fill up my closet any further! \u00a0 It is a problem that the next generation usually doesn&#8217;t have room for our &#8220;treasures&#8221;. \u00a0I keep thinking my daughter will regret it someday and she often says &#8220;You keep it for me Mom&#8221; but I now have less room than she does. \u00a0She and her husband have a more streamlined style so don&#8217;t have a lot of chotzkes around &#8212; I do! \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4\/7\/14 re: \u00a0Marna and Bob Page. \u00a0More about downsizing: \u00a0What a great idea to be able to switch with your daughter, Marna! \u00a0 I too did my own packing of dishes, etc. because I couldn&#8217;t stand to pay for something &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/kim-holmquist\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25024],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-retirement-living"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1854\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}