Hmm- not quite gaining a spare room....

[curiouswombat]

D-d has, officially, moved into her new flat. She slept there last night, after taking my whole estate car full of 'vital and important stuff' that had to stay here when she was sleeping here, and needed to be there when she was sleeping there.

We had already taken at least 2 carloads of her personal stuff down before that. So you'd expect her room here to be completely empty by now, wouldn't you?

Mmmm - I think it might take a few more trips before I get that new spare bedroom...

As an illustration I give you - her desk here, taken a few minutes ago -




Her flat is looking pretty good - but it might look a good bit fuller before I've finished shipping stuff down!

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[rachel2205.livejournal.com]

My dad would laugh the hollow laugh of experience seeing that photo! :)

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Hee - yes, I can imagine. But I am hoping, eventually, to have a bit of space in there - with enough of her stuff for her to still feel at home if she sleeps over!

[winsomeone.livejournal.com]

At least you've got the possibility of some day having that extra room. Jedi is still living at home. *sigh*

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

She only ever really planned to come back full time for a few months. She really is old enough to have somewhere of her own - but so many young people can't afford to; she was lucky to find her wee flat to rent within her price range. It is only about 2 or 3 miles away - which in many ways makes the moving out more permanent as she doesn't need to come back to visit in quite the same way!

[zeedrippyvessel.livejournal.com]

The first time I moved out... I filled up 3 van loads. That included my day bed and my bed and wardrobe.

The last time I moved it was 24 foot truck, a 20 foot horse trailer (jammed packed) and I have NO idea how many carloads of boxes over a 3 year period...

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

As she moved back and forwards, between home and the city where she went to university, the car loads got bigger and bigger - but we did, in the end, fit everything she brought back into two cars - except that a lot of her stuff had never really left to go to York in the first place...

Next move will need a big van at least, as she now owns furniture as well, having bought stuff for this new home.

[zeedrippyvessel.livejournal.com]

Also, the computer would be the FIRST thing I took. The computer and all the extenrals.... those would go in the car FIRST!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Ah - but my netbook is no longer here... it is down at her place...

speakr2customrs, my husband, will probably have to disconnect all the stuff in the picture (including the satellite TV box which will go into my bedroom and connect to my TV, instead of to her monitor) and quite possibly help her to set the computer up again down at her place. She doesn't need the monitor to watch TV any more as he gave her a new TV as a house-warming present...

[gillo]

I know the feeling. F's room is still full to bursting, even though she doesn't technically live here any more. And R has a room here one can barely get into, a load of stuff in SE London and a room full in Estonia. (We are visiting her next month for Dave's birthday and will bring back one large case with us. She will still be overburdened on her return.)

You wouldn't want the room to feel echoingly bare and empty, though...

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

What is most fascinating is just how much stuff they can take out of a room whilst leaving it full...

But there'll be plenty of space if you ever get here to visit.

[gillo]

I know. R is a magician, I'm certain. She took two cases - our biggest - to Estonia, yet there is barely any carpet visible in her room here.

One of these days I'll take you up on that offer - I'd love to see the island.

[alwaysjbj.livejournal.com]

My daughter moved out years ago, is married and has her own family and yet I STILL have so much of her stuff here because it is apparently easier for her to leave some things here for when she visits. *sigh*

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I have a horrible feeling that there was stuff of mine at my mother's even after she'd moved house twice after I officially left home...

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Looks like she's making herself at home there.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

That pic is the desk here - the desk there is covered in boxes....

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

They say you always leave something behind when you intend to come back to a place!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

What is amazing is how much stuff she has actually taken - whilst leaving an almost full room behind... The wardrobe is almost empty though.

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

I have so much stuff still here from both daughters that I know I'll never really have a lot of spare space. Of course Vicki moved back home with us and the way things are going here, she may never move out.
:P

She left her computer???????
Yes...there are a few more trips to be made by you.
:)

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

They never really do leave entirely, do they? I guess we'd be upset if they did. I hope Vicky's situation gets sorted out quickly - it must be such a strain on you all.

She left her computer???????

Yes... but she did take my net book this evening.

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

Yes... but she did take my net book this evening.

Oh yes...very daughterly behaviour.
LOL

[engarian.livejournal.com]

If it was me, unless I had a second computer, the computer would have been the first thing to go to my new place, any bedding and linens probably would be second, clothing would be third, books and art supplies would be fourth. Everything else is optional, isn't it - LOL?

- Erulisse (one L)

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Ah butmy net book was easier to pack at this stage...

[engarian.livejournal.com]

Ah! YOUR net book? You are most certainly a very nice Mom indeed!

- Erulisse (one L)

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

To be perfectly honest I don't use it much as I have a light-weight laptop, so I didn't mind at all.

[slaymesoftly.livejournal.com]

LOL - um, hate to break it to you, but they never take all their stuff away. Never. All you can do is stash it somewhere out of your way. :)

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I'm really just trying to get a feel for how much stuff I am going to have to stash... and what space she may leave empty enough to stash it in!

[zanthinegirl.livejournal.com]

Hee!

My mom would tell you that the best way to gain an actual spare room is to move. Both my sister and I were very upset that our parents didn't see the need to move boxes of old barbie dolls, report cards, and prom dresses to the new town.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure my Mum would agree. And S2C's mother actually sent some of his childhood books back to him with D-d when she visited them in Australia - they hadn't just moved house with them four times, but had even actually emigrated with them, too!

[thismaz.livejournal.com]

*Squints at photo* Are you sure she's moved out? *g*

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

There are still well over 100 CDs, at least as many books.... and a quick glance in the top drawer of the chest of drawers makes me wonder if she's actually taken any underwear at all. Except that I carried a big bag down to the car which seemed to be full of the stuff!

[kazzy-cee.livejournal.com]

LOL!!! Must be a girl thing - eldest Cee's room is almost bare now as all his 'stuff' is at Uni. Mind you we cleared out his room to decorate it do I have a sneaking suspicion its all in the loft :(

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

It is amazing just how many pretty boxes of stuff a high maintenance young woman seems to need as essential - and how many more boxes of similar stuff are clearly not essentials!

[ellynn-ithilwen.livejournal.com]

I like her desk! :)

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

She doesn't like it much - she's leaving it behind. We bought her a new one from a charity shop - this one has got a it wobbly!

[estelcontar1.livejournal.com]

Her flat looks most cozy too. I bet she's going to be very happy there.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

It really is going to be a nice home for her - but I can see it being quite full when she gets over 50% of her 'stuff' there rather than here!

[bojojoti.livejournal.com]

When Bojoette moved out into her apartment, you couldn't tell by her bedroom at home! Her bed, armoire, computer, keyboard, Christmas tree, etc. all remained. We still have the keyboard and computer (she used Bumberjean's old laptop when she first moved out, and we bought her a new laptop Christmas before last when she decided she liked them better than a bulky PC), but we did get one more box of her stuff plus her tree in our trip this time. Box by box, we'll clean it out. Although, we still have plenty of boxes of stuff left from Bojojr...

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking of visiting her at least weekly (it's only 2 or 3 miles and she gave me a key) and taking a box of stuff with me each time. I reckon in a sic months her room here might be down to her soft toys and her childhood books by then...! Although the computer might still be here too - she currently has my netbook, and is thinking of asking for a new laptop for her upcoming birthday.

[myrhiann.livejournal.com]

I must be the lucky one. Over the years as as my sons moved out all their belongings went with them. I'm still cluttered up though, by gifts they have given me over the years, which I don't have room for, and if I tried to give them back they would probably be offended. I plan to start packing some of these into boxes, one for each son, with their name on it. The boxes can go in the shed, freeing up some indoor space.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I wonder if girls produce more clutter that they don't really want right now but don't want to throw away - so leave it as a marker at their parents'?

I think your box idea is a very good one. My mother has a similar system - except that she has simply told us that anything we gave her in the first place is ours to take back when she's gone - whether died, or gone into care and so emptying her house.