Category: Quick Ones
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Guest Bedroom
We are fortunate to have three bedrooms, and our apartment is quite large for two people, by Portuguese standards. When we had the video walk-through of the apartment, we were told that they would remove any furniture that we did not want. But now the landlord is balking. The agent is still looking into it,…
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So Many Cabinets
Here’s a little video I hope you like!
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Next Step
Seems like there are way too many steps, and ours is actually a fairly simple move. Here is one of our pallets being loaded on the truck. We have two of these making their way across the country by truck, then eventually on to a ship to go across the Atlantic to be off-loaded and…
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It Really Is Empty
This picture is from April 8, 2022. A month and a day ago now. We walked out of the house we sold for the last time. All of our stuff is in the AirBnB condo or the storage area. We looked out the back window and pondered the yard. All three of our dogs lived…
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You Don’t Need the Value Pack
As I’ve continued to declutter my rooms, I keep on coming up against a newly identified nemesis: the Value Pack. You know the value pack. It draws you in. Sitting sedately next to the one or two pack, the unit price flashes its low, low price per unit compared to the unit price for the…
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One step at a time
So this is my bathroom right now: Ah, so much nicer. This side of the bathroom is decluttered, tidied, and cleaned. Most of that did not happen today; a big bout of decluttering happened a few months ago. And I have been able to keep the counter junk-free most of the time. It feels really…
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Tear off the band-aid?
Since the pandemic, I’ve been working from home. I had a sit-stand desk at the office and it really made working more pleasant. I finally ordered one for home, and I’m very excited! I had to remove everything from my desk to move the old desk out and get the new one set up. So…