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FAIRVIEW, Texas — <\/strong>We have done it. Our task is far from complete, but we have executed successfully the next major phase of our retirement strategy.<\/p>\n

We have relocated — although not yet completely — to Collin County, just a bit north Dallas, within a short drive to our granddaughter’s house.<\/p>\n

Don’t break out the bubbly just yet. We have some work to do.<\/p>\n

You’ve heard the saying about trying to shovel “10 pounds of stuff into a five-pound bag.” C’mon, you’ve heard it, except that the version we’ve said uses a profane noun in place of “stuff.”<\/p>\n

That is the task facing my wife and me.<\/p>\n

We vacated our southwest Amarillo house this past fall. We moved into our fifth wheel recreational vehicle; where until yesterday morning we were living full time. We’re not living full time in the RV any longer. Actually we aren’t yet living full time<\/em> anywhere at the moment. We’re still in a state of transition, shuttling back forth: RV to new digs; back to the RV; back to the new digs. This will go on for a little while as we sort through some family matters as well as look for a place to store our RV when we’re not hauling it hither and yon across our vast continent.<\/p>\n

I’m generally a glass-is-half-full kind of guy. Here’s how I look at this move we’ve just made. Yes, we moved from a house into an apartment; the apartment comprises roughly half the square footage of our house, but the apartment is about three times more spaceious than our RV.<\/p>\n

Thus, I will fixate on the latter comparison as my wife and I try to figure out where to put all these possessions the mover delivered bright and early today.<\/p>\n

Here’s a final word to the wise: If you’re going to downsize, be sure you commit to doing it thoroughly.\u00a0 My bride and I are kicking ourselves that we didn’t sell more than we did when we prepared to move out of our house.<\/p>\n

Blogger’s Note<\/strong>: I won’t be providing a Fairview<\/em> dateline on future blog posts from our new home base. It will be evident where we’re located when I comment on local happenings and issues. I just need to get up to speed … in due course.<\/p>\n\n

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