Well here we are in a holiday village sat outside a bar at teatime Saturday. The house is sold the furniture is packed and now in store and we are both emotionally and physically shattered. It has been a roller coaster of a few days, the removers arrived on Wednesday bright and cheerful and we walked around the house pointing out all our worldly goods WE have considered essential to our new life in Canada. They told us that all the untreated baskets could not be shipped, OK not a major problem, then all the candles were not possible in case they melted or ignited (shame you need a match to light them normally!). And of course we had numerous trips to the tip; it becomes easier to throw items away especially when they are of no use to anyone. Friends and colleagues at work took lots of little items off our hands at the last minute and then felt 'difficult' because we didn't ask for much. The hardest part of the two days was as the final piece of furniture went into the van and the guys asked if we were OK at that point we were but as they shut the doors at the back and bolted down the side doors the emotions rose up ... daft though it might seem.
The home we had was now just a house and could have belonged to anyone, devoid of everything that had made it ours. We stood in the garden and took it all in: when we moved in the house was new the garden just flat and grassed - now it was completely different. We ran the pump and enjoyed the sound of trickling water through the two smaller ponds into the big pond. The lilies Bill had planted out were beginning to flower and as for the front garden it was still blooming with red pokers coming through!
Our holiday let is comfortable and we have spread out in it. Does this mean we are in holiday mode I asked Bill as we are in a holiday let, not quite was the reply. Twenty more days before we fly out does it always seem so unreal?

What a lovely post, sad yet hopeful, It is so hard to let go of something like your home which you have put so much love and time into, i feel like this at the moment just hope i can sell when the time comes,

wish you luck and a calm 20 days, im sure it will fly by

It's not unusual at all to be a little emotional to see a home you invested much of yourselves in, now empty. We were the same. However, your new life here will give you lots of opportunities to build something new and fresh. In the meanwhile, we hope your final few weeks in the UK are an opportunity to relax a little as there will be plenty to do when you get to this side of the "pond".

Kind regards,

Eamonn & Janet.

Brings back a few memories, it is an emotional time, good luck for the future.....

Been there its a weird feeling a little surreal you are in limbo try and enjoy you new found freedom ,it will get busy once you arrive here,the very best of luck with your new life.