I Hate Moving

In preparation for getting my condo ready to list (hopefully by August), I have started going room by room and sorting out stuff I want to throw out (so far two big garbage cans full), things I want to sell on e-Bay (assuming the reseller even wants most of it), and stuff I will probably have to give away, even though a lot of it would make great yard sale fodder if only my association would let me have one (not!).  I have so far managed to:
1. Sort all my 33 records into alphabetical order and make a list (I have 300 plus of them, which my son says are probably collectively worth a couple of thousand)
2. Same for my 180 or so CDs, which he says are probably not worth much
3. Consolidate two boxes containing every daily report I ever got for both kids while they were in daycare from age 6 months plus every picture (scribble?) and art project plus the same from the time they were in preschool in Israel into one big box
4. Sort through an entire box of pictures and negatives ( I surely kept this one store in Israel in business for years) plus a huge bag of pictures and memorabilia I forgot I had of my father and his side of the family including pictures of the family from the 1920's and 30's when they first came to the US from Transylvania (yes, I come from a long line of vampires, or maybe at least gypsies, since my cousin has managed to find out they probably came from Breton, stopped for a few centuries in Germany, where they lived in Saxony and were Lutherans, and ended up in Romania, where they intermarried, kept their German language and customs and then on to the US.  It was fun to see pictures of our first trip to Israel before we emigrated in 1985, with a stop in Brussels and Rome, where my daughter got blessed by accident by Pope John Paul II (I have closeups of the Pope but not the actual blessing), and of trips to
Switzerland, Amsterdam, England, China, Hong Kong, Thailand and videos I took of a week-long scuba diving trip from Eilat at the southern tip of Israel down to Ras Muhammed, at the southern extreme of the Sinai Peninsula, overlooking the Gulf of Suez on the west and the Gulf of Aqaba to the east.
4. Put all the kids' framed pictures, casts of their baby shoes, some of their favorite books and all of their stuffed animals (desperately holding out for grandchildren) in another big box
5. Cleaned out the guest room closet, which was mostly used as storage and put most of it in the e-Bay/giveaway pile (anyone want some good condition sets of Samsonite soft side luggage on rollers with matching garment bags, a CD rack that holds about 200 CDs (I can e-mail you a list of the CDs if anyone wants dibs on them before they go to the e-Bay guy), used and unused VHS tapes including a 10 volume set of Rocky and Bullwinkle, cookbooks (I brought my Mom's cookbooks down here and haven't opened but one or two of them in 3+ years plus a lot of my own),crossword puzzle books, an old but perfectly working Sony tv set (large), a bunch of cassettes of music (I have a list), a Sony dual cassette player (I still have the box it came in), a Sony turntable (still have that box, too), a Sony 6 disc DVD player (ditto on the box-I guess I never really planned to stay here long), a Prince tennis racket, a pair of skis and a ski bag (vintage late 1990's but the bag is a good one), or linen table cloths (I have a whole box of them and will never use all of them)?
Next room is the office, which I did clean out several years ago when I misplaced my Israeli passport and was sure it was in that room somewhere (I eventually found it on my kitchen counter in an envelope), but which needs to be gone through again, my bedroom drawers and closets (I have filled two big bags for Goodwill, but will probably fill half a dozen or more), the kitchen (I have multiple crockpots in there somewhere and an ice cream machine (hand crank) that I have never used), the downstairs closet (storage area), which is mostly filled with empty boxes stuff came in, and (horrors), the garage, which is mostly empty boxes, but I have shelving with stuff I have hauled from Israel to California to here and never opened the boxes.
Then I have to get the place painted and clear off all my personal stuff so the realtor can take pictures.
I'm hoping I can sell the furniture I bought from the previous owner or bought since I came here and don't want to take (master bedroom set with king sized bed, double dresser, two ceiling high side units with drawers and shelves and lighted headboard in white mica), guest room furniture, twin beds with bases and all the linens, pillows and comforters, night table and double dresser in excellent condition (grey mica) with matching lamps, large round kitchen table and 4 nice chairs (white)in great condition, porch furniture (recliner, 2 matching chairs and glass table plus smaller white table and two plastic armchairs)also in great condition, a La-Z-Boy three-seater sofa with 2 footrests that come out on either end (moss green-needs reupholstering or a slip cover because the seats are worn),  a black leather massage recliner with electric controls from Brookstone (cost $2200 new and was hardly ever used), wood office desk set (six shelf tall bookshelf, large desk with keyboard tray and drawers on both sides and a back unit with shelves and doors on both sides, corner piece for your printer and computer box, and double file drawer-it all fits together to form an L in real good condition except for a little wear on the keyboard tray, large white L shaped sectional sofa (4 plus corner unit plus 3) and two overstuffed armchairs, five throw pillows to match the chairs and large glass coffee table on a metal base (these are in mint condition).  I also have a king sized Select Comfort Sleep number bed with dual controls.  The topper needs to be replaced but it cost $1200 new.  I plan to downsize to a Queen.  I will probably want to wait until it sells to see if I can sell them to the next owner and if not, will want to sell them then because a house sells better furnished.  If anyone is looking for a nice end unit condo in Boca Pointe, Montego Bay (end unit just 100 steps from the community pool), 2100 feet under air, one car garage on ground floor and large storage closet, all the rest on floor two (the top floor).  Guest parking opposite the unit.  3 bedrooms, den, 40' long living and dining area with vaulted ceilings, screened in porch, large en suite master bath with tub and separate shower, remodeled second bath, remodeled kitchen with granite counter tops, custom to the ceiling oak cabinets, stainless steel GE Profile refrigerator/freezer, ceramic oven, dual microwave/convection oven and dishwasher with extended warranties, new GE profile white washer and dryer on pedestals with every whiz bang feature and extended warranties in separate laundry room, den off the living/dining area, top of the line Mohawk StainMaster carpeting, popcorn ceilings have been replaced by knockdown/textured ceilings, AC handler and compresser have been replaced as well as the hot water heater, ducts cleaned 2 years ago, tile in kitchen and dining areas, custom window treatments, windows have all had the sun resistant coatings on them, accordion hurricane shutters throughout, both toilets have been replaced with high height Kohler models, shelving in the garage.  Immaculate condition.  Comp unit just sold for $260, I think.  Built in 1988.  Gated community.  Quiet neighbors.
OK.  I've just exhausted myself just thinking about it and am going drink my smoothie with blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, strawberries and citrus slices before it melts and watch t.v.