{"id":1980,"date":"2014-04-10T22:43:46","date_gmt":"2014-04-11T02:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/?p=1980"},"modified":"2014-04-10T22:43:46","modified_gmt":"2014-04-11T02:43:46","slug":"sherry-urner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/sherry-urner\/","title":{"rendered":"Sherry Urner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Re: down-sizing.\u00a0 It seems that paying attention to accumulating possessions,\u00a0 getting kids to take their &#8220;stuff&#8221;, pondering what to do with the shelves of silver and fancy china , and considering a smaller home are universal themes &#8211; on our chatline and among my friends here at home (NJ shore community.)\u00a0 Home is where superstorm Sandy wrecked utter devastation&#8230;I think I can safely say all of us here are almost obsessed with sorting thru possessions and eliminating non-essentials and dealing with clutter, whether our home was swept away, or structurally damaged, or subjected to ocean water in basements and \/or first floors. I can&#8217;t explain the behavior, but it seems\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">everyone<\/span>\u00a0here in Sandy-ravaged shore line communities is anxious to comb thru the storage spaces, closets and garages and eliminate all that is unnecessary or outdated or no longer important. I think this is a different aspect of down-sizing &#8211; not changing our living space and place, but down-sizing the possessions inside our space.\u00a0 One of the ok ways I&#8217;ve found to &#8220;lighten the load&#8221; is to donate to 501c-3 organizations having silent auctions or grand &#8220;garage&#8221; sales&#8230;.<br \/>\nAnd finally, I envision Jim&#8217;s and my need in the future might be to move to another home or home-style (eg condo, sr living residences, CCRC) because of a need to eliminate stairs and to have one-floor living for us &#8211; (and hopefully upstairs bedrooms so that we can continue to have our kids and grandkids stay with us<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\";-)\" src=\"https:\/\/ci5.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/mSTbhFOUcuAZoOk5Lhx7_KKah2dnvCuHFOZDTyahGx6M2bnVtfcVI7YJ0OnL87RcTgaQtfNxwiYSSo1GzGIWpGeBSiGvyGRlWTa-ejRfNj8dBFyl90lvK5hN7Y4=s0-d-e1-ft#http:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/cdn.webmail.aol.com\/resources\/core\/images\/wink.png\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" \/>)<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Re: down-sizing.\u00a0 It seems that paying attention to accumulating possessions,\u00a0 getting kids to take their &#8220;stuff&#8221;, pondering what to do with the shelves of silver and fancy china , and considering a smaller home are universal themes &#8211; on our &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/sherry-urner\/\">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-1980","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\/1980","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=1980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}