7 coats to Goodwill and 3 bags of junk to the trash. The last was a bag of videocassettes that we never watched and never would, and that I told DH was going to leave. But I didn’t let him seem them go. About 4 more bags of those to go.
I want to finish the basement and make it into usable living space, and DH agrees with that. But he doesn’t want to throw anything away, ever. It’s going to be a long road, but I took a couple of steps on it this weeks, so that’s nice.
I’m still in the sorting stage, but that’s still a lot of carrying, lifting and stairs. DH doesn’t want to spend $ or his time/energy on the process. However, I’m getting someone to do some ceiling painting and to pull carpet out of S2’s room. Both are out of my league these days.
It’s the attitude that annoys me more than the task.
@OHMomof2 : Apologies if you’ve posted this before, but what’s going on in your life? Why have you gotten rid of everything and where will you be living for the next few months? And then after that??
What an amazing thing you’ve accomplished!
@CountingDown - I understand your frustration. I’m in a situation where DH retired ahead of me … and I still have trouble getting him motivated on some things. He is good about doing a lot of the shopping and cooking, so in the interest of peace I don’t push too hard about cleaning / declutter. But then I end up seething so need to find a balance.
@veryhappy Empty nest, I left it too 
I work online so can work from almost anywhere, which I have done off and on for a couple of years and am now doing more permanently. Currently living in an apartment that I rented furnished, so came here with a carryon and a backpack.
Very impressive! What’s your plan?
@VeryHappy PM’ed
Older son gave us a pile to dispose of at his Christmas visit. I finally moved a cubic foot of papers and books to donation, recycle, and burn piles.
Almost all of the VCR tapes are now out of the house, and some other assorted junk. And DH just asked where they went? They went to the trash like I said they would.
But he thought it was just a general idea that we would jointly decide on a tape by tape basis. Uh uh, neither of us will live that long. They are gone, except for the ones I didn’t find that day.
@MomofJandL When was the last time he watched these? Do u still have a working VCR?
It’s really just who he is, he has a hard time letting go of stuff. Things I’ve thrown away have been rescued from the trash before.
We do have a working VCR, but none of these tapes would ever have been watched by anyone, the church rummage sale won’t take them anymore, Goodwill can’t sell them, they are obsolete technology and he knows that. And still is not willing to let them go. That’s why he has me.
I was able to get DH to part with some videos, but not all. Sadly, we do still own a VCR, but for the seven years we’ve been in this house, it’s never been set up.
Nor is it likely to ever be.
We still have a working VCR, but only kept some of the kiddie videos (Disney, etc). We’ll see if DH sets up the VCR when GD visits in April.
We had years of Super Bowl games on VCR tapes. We had them on BETA, as well as VHS. No BETA machine; VCR last hooked up be 2004. Stored in a very hot/cold attic.
They burn amazingly well in a hot fire. No, I did not ask him.
went in my closet and am getting rid of a half a dozen sweaters I never wear
So glad I converted my home movies from video to dvd a few years back. All the tapes fit on one dvd.
Do you ever watch the home movies? I think we have a few, somewhere, but don’t think we have ever watched any of them.
And now I have to wait to throw away the audio cassettes. I think we last listened to one in the car we sold in 2003.
@Hoggirl, sorry haven’t checked this thread for awhile so missed your question. We got the thumb drives and digital files (or I think that’s what he got, didn’t do DVDs).
Occasionally. They’re he only videos I have of my kids when they were little, they were pre-smartphone.
Coming back to say that we had a great experience using Legacy Box. Total turnaround time was around 3 weeks with email updates along the way. We will definitely send in the rest of our tapes to have them converted. They can convert several different formats of recordings. We had ours put on a thumb drive. Super fun watching them!