Out with the old

David and I are very different when it comes to storage. I love getting rid of anything, but I also love to get new things. David would never get rid of anything. One example of this is an old box of cassette tapes. We do not have anywhere, house or car, where cassette tapes can be played and yet he could not part with his old cassette tapes that had been in the attic untouched for 4 years. Last fall we had a yard sale to prepare for our move to Utah. I went through every single drawer & closet in the house. When it was time to go into the attic I knew Dave would have some rise in his blood pressure. It usually went like this
Janet "do you want to keep this for any reason?"
Dave "yes, it is usuable?"
Janet "you haven't used it in 5 years"
Dave would then either ignore me or say something like "do what you want then"
In the end I was very pleased with how organized my house was when we were packing to move. We also got rid of some large items including our couch, chair, coffee table(which had been chewed on by our dogs and had numerous coloring from the kids), eliptical machine & lastly our washer/dryer.
We got our washer/dryer when we moved to NC 8 years ago. We got both for about $600. They were the cheapest Kenmore available. They worked fine but I knew they would be a pain to move, were not at all energy efficient & were very noisy. We sold them on Craig's list to a UNC student who was beyond excited for $100.
The timing of Memorial day sales is so perfect for us moving into our house. On Friday I found the washer and dryer I could only dream of on sale $600 off. I am so excited. It shows how old I am that my joy is truly in a washer and dryer. I also got a couch and 2 chairs this weekend saving another $2000. In our new house we need a couch upstairs and a couch downstairs so we will probably have to wait a few months to get the upstairs couch, which is fine since I now own a red washer and dryer.