Respect the decluttering boundaries, so important. It takes time, and doing it slowly makes it more enjoyable and manageable. It’s a long term journey, not just a destination... Great work AmErica!
I giggled at your 9 year old box. My dad was in the Australian Airforce. His last posting was 1971 when he left for civilian life. Before that they has moved 7 times in 6 years. Dad died in 2008 and Mum in 2011. I unpacked tea chests and boxes that my mother had refused to unpack since 1971. I found engagement and wedding presents from 1965 still with their original wrapping paper and cards as well as Mum's maternity clothes from 1969, Dad's Airforce trunk and all his uniforms were there and assorted items from my parents' childhoods.
For the boxes you want to repack and keep, you should look into Outlinx Smart Stickers. Gives you a QR code you put on the box and then, in the app, can list all the contents of that box.
Good on you for being at different decluttering levels than your hubby and still being patient encouraging and understanding. It can be hard to do when it can seem like going backwards in progress at times. 💖💖💖 Ive definitely learnt a thing or two from your grace at dealing with decluttering with others who arent necessarily at the same pace. 😊😊😊 & well done andy for being open and receptive to you & not getting defensive etc when decluttering. 🕊🕊🕊
Woo Hoo - one box decluttered is always a good thing - better to handle in smaller "bites" than trying to do all at once. You turn around and now you have a huge pile to pack away or now pack for donation that feels overwhelming. Reuse bins as I downsize..donate a bin with items that the store or truck can reuse for their needs. I love how excited the kids were about the books - excellent! The married mommy shoes - ADORABLE!!! Happy Monday!
@@monamorgan8614 I happen to have been a children’s librarian in a public library. No, the library is not a reliable option right now for print books. I worked in libraries with healthy budgets and libraries with skeleton budgets. I never was able to own enough or have enough space for easy readers and beginning chapter books. Given covid is making collections inaccessible with the quarantine process and lack of the ability to browse properly with three kids I’d keep the full box of books. Readers can be completed in a single setting. Which means they go through dozens per week. Some families would come weekly and max out the borrowing limit were the picture book and easy reader families. They are also at the age where they get hooked on series. You need a lot of books a night to read that 20 minutes a day. Look at dad’s man cave book box. They should have 2 big bins of books. In the near future I would not be surprised if it was all electronic book subscriptions. Doctor’s until 8 months suggested only a few hours in front of a screen. Now they want a 7 hour school day? For now the plastic bin full of books is a good idea.
There will be some books that you and your children will want on the shelf all the time and others that you can rotate in and out every couple of months to keep things fresh. There will also be some that fit with different seasons or topics that you might be covering at different times so those don’t need to be out on the shelf all the time either.
Progress! I love your end goal of repackkng and labeling the must keeps. I have worked and reworked my totes and it is amazing how easy to find stuff. I’ve also started taking pictures and storing in a digital folder with number of tote. That really helps remind me what I have. Love you guys!
Love the "L" glasses. My parents had "O" glasses that came out for special occasions (our last name was Orlando). Makes me wonder where they are now🙂 I have to say I am continually surprised that you still find boxes that haven't been opened in years! I guess it's been a busy span of 3 kids and many moves but it's still surprising! You're making great progress, keep it up!
Excellent job!! Yes -- another vote to re-pack and sort items into plastic storage bins!! Another vote for clearly labelling all of the boxes and to DATE the boxes too! Can't manage without my Brother P-touch Label maker! Check out the plastic shelving from Costco - works well to keep boxes of all kinds off the floor! Can't wait for Andy to set up his brewing!
It is really so hard. We have been slowly chipping away at boxes that have been packed for almost 4 years. We cleared a whole room last weekend that is eventually going to be my studio/craft room, but we needed a second guest room as we had multiple family members coming to stay (nothing like a deadline to help get your butt into gear). We didn’t get through all the boxes at the time, but finished them off this past weekend, except for one that belongs to one of our boys. As well as moving boxes, the room had become a dumping ground for whenever another room upstairs was decluttered (usually my boys) and they sent their unwanted clothes and junk into limbo in MY craft room. I reminded them every day for a week that d-day was looming for getting the room cleaned out and they seemed on board. However on the morning we were to start they both found excuses to procrastinate and dawdle so we got a bit cranky and they ended up doing a great job (as I say this, you probably think they are children... oh no, they are 19 and 21 with responsible jobs and study who have been well versed in household tasks/chores which they are still expected to assist with whilst living under our roof). 6 giant bags of clothing plus 4 boxes of stuff/books donated, a mountain of cardboard recycled, a couple of big bags of trash and multiple items listed for sale = one very tidy and comfortable extra guest room and a huge step closer to having our home clutter free. Hopefully one day soon we will get to the “box room” which is pretty full of STUFF. That room was originally a formal dining room, but will become a formal living room when we eventually clear it out. Having rooms we only use for storage makes us realise that our house is way too big for us - I think we partially bought it to fit our stuff, rather than getting rid of stuff and buying a house that fit our family. We are committed now to completing our renovations while the boys are here saving money and look forward to downsizing big time in a few years.
yay more unpacking boxes! I have to ask though, if you haven't needed those things in 9 years, do you need them now? Or if its just because they are sentimental items, maybe switch them out for things you're currently using. Such as the L glasses, maybe only keep them if you switch them for some other glasses you're currently using, rather than adding more glasses to your inventory. As an example. You've come so far in getting down to what you need and love.
It might just be because I'm watching this video at 3:40 in the morning but when Andy called you America, anytime I read a comment that called you America, and for a little while when replaying that moment in my head I laughed so hard I cried
I love when y’all unpack boxes... you should be so proud of what you’re doing with your life & the lives of your children... can’t wait for the next unpacking video, lol!!! 💕
If you tape labels remember to put a box number on the box with a permanent marker(all 4 sides of box) and save a printed complete list in your keep box. Taped on or labeled on lists tend to fall off or get damaged.
I, for one, am glad you are still on your journey! Your sharing continues to motivate me and your positive and realistic approach makes me not feel unusually slow to start and progress. Thank you so much. 👏👏👏
I used a notebook and wrote down everything I had in each box and numbered the boxes. So at the new house I knew which was in each box. Granted you didn’t pack everything but now that you are repacking you could do that. Thanks for sharing and good luck unpacking.
Nice work, you guys are almost done with the boxes! 👏 and your daughter is so cute! She must have felt like Christmas came early, opening that tote and finding all those Pinkalicious books! Such joy! 😊
I have a hard time decluttering kids' books too. I rotate them every 2 months to keep the number manageable...but that means there are 5 boxes in the basement at all times :(
Well, I loved to see all those weeee things going into the weeee box for the weeee game!!! Greetings from the weeee people of the weeee country of Scotland.........where all good things come in weeee, weeee, weeee packages!!! Mxxx PS how many boxes are left out of the 193?
I keep all the kids book as well. I love books and some you can’t buy new nowadays... For myself I only keep the books I know I will reread, but my shelves are full now so I think I need to declutter 😬🤫
Hi Erica! I have a hard time getting rid of kids books too (and my kids are young adults now)! Also, I have the same wine glasses that Andy has- from so long ago lol. And I don’t drink wine! I am moving in 2 weeks and you have been an inspiration to me. I am coming around to minimalish now and starting to get rid of things. I find I have a lot of sentimental and paper- ugh so hard. I’m also trying to budget to get out of debt so I can see how budgeting and decluttering go hand in hand. I am hoping to get better in time with my stuff. Thank you for all the information very helpful.
You’re inspiring me to sort through our storage room and locker again. I think I need to do some reorganizing and I can think of a couple items we can declutter.
Hello, love your vidéos. I moved last june and still have a cellar full of boxes to unpack / declutter. But I had to react on this video because I have (in my living-room) a box with the Wii (we love the Wii too) and my PS2 that I keep for just 1 game, « Beyond good and evil »... I love you guys !
I find it hard to get rid of kids books too and my kids r 24, 21 and 14. I've always had bookcases full of books and read to my kids daily when they were little. I heard if u did this your kids would grow up to have a love for reading books. Now my oldest only reads D and D books and my 2 others r dyslexic and don't like reading. Oh well :(
I have the small glasses just like your L ones except mine are B for my nickname-found in a thrift store. Glad to see ya´ll are getting more done before Christmas brings in more stuff.
I wonder if books are like clothes in that we use 20 percent of our clothing(our favorites). We book binged at the library and then occasionally bought what would become a favorite.
While moving many times while active duty and needing to store with quick access I used this method. I numbered the bins after writing a detailed list of contents on a file card, the file cards were kept in a file box, made it so easy to locate items.
Oooohhhhh.... wish i still had my chord and a unit to play my rocksmith e guitar. If its still here all these years later then play the ninja attack game for me lol
Great work! I know it’s hard to see things you didn’t unpack before but you are making tremendous progress and this part will be over soon then just maintenance decluttering. Sounds like once that basement gets cleared out it might be a great man cave!
Ps .... been thinking about using EverNote app to create a database of my stuff in storage. Basically just assigning a tote number and then list the contents. Use tags in that record so I can do a quick search like “ceramic pumpkins” and the search would return the bin number. Interesting idea. (See my earlier post from this am. ). Ever note lets you put in pictures, too.
I noticed on the floor somethings that you unpacked in previous videos that were waiting to go up stairs, still. Have you developed a system to put things back in their homes, while you declutter? I struggled with that, creating piles and not following through. good luck.
Thank you for letting us in for the unboxings. How much for the 360 controllers? They don't make them anymore.they run $28 each used not sure what type they are though ..like if they are modern warfare edition or whatever
I told my teenage son the other night that we needed to get our wii out and have tournament. And because I think I'm clever, I told him we could call it a wii-nournament. Get it?! wii plus tournament. Yes, moms make bad puns too. Sorry. Lol
For some reason, it’s so satisfying to see you guys make headway on your boxes. It calms me down, deeply.
Calms me down too! ❤️
Me too!
Respect the decluttering boundaries, so important. It takes time, and doing it slowly makes it more enjoyable and manageable. It’s a long term journey, not just a destination... Great work AmErica!
So well said. I agree.
AmErica 😂
Oh the joy the children show at seeing their books again
I LOVE the communications between you two.
They're setting a good example 😊
You know, you and Andy should do more videos together, you both do well together.
Ok!
I giggled at your 9 year old box. My dad was in the Australian Airforce. His last posting was 1971 when he left for civilian life. Before that they has moved 7 times in 6 years. Dad died in 2008 and Mum in 2011. I unpacked tea chests and boxes that my mother had refused to unpack since 1971. I found engagement and wedding presents from 1965 still with their original wrapping paper and cards as well as Mum's maternity clothes from 1969, Dad's Airforce trunk and all his uniforms were there and assorted items from my parents' childhoods.
I love how your kids are so excited about the books.
Whoo Hoo!!! You got this sister 🌟🌟🌟
❤️❤️❤️
I love you both!!!
You are so fortunate to have a husband who will work with you in a cheerful and cooperative way. Appreciate each other.
I love how you respect each other’s boundaries while actually getting rid of stuff! You two both inspire me.
For the boxes you want to repack and keep, you should look into Outlinx Smart Stickers. Gives you a QR code you put on the box and then, in the app, can list all the contents of that box.
I love reading the dates on the newspaper wrap! It becomes an archeological dig.
You can't have America without Erica!!!
Good on you for being at different decluttering levels than your hubby and still being patient encouraging and understanding.
It can be hard to do when it can seem like going backwards in progress at times.
💖💖💖
Ive definitely learnt a thing or two from your grace at dealing with decluttering with others who arent necessarily at the same pace.
😊😊😊
& well done andy for being open and receptive to you & not getting defensive etc when decluttering.
🕊🕊🕊
Love how excited they are about the books! You've raised them well 😊
Your husband is almost as fun to watch as you are! He's fun! I have loved watching your incredible journey! 💕
Woo Hoo - one box decluttered is always a good thing - better to handle in smaller "bites" than trying to do all at once. You turn around and now you have a huge pile to pack away or now pack for donation that feels overwhelming. Reuse bins as I downsize..donate a bin with items that the store or truck can reuse for their needs. I love how excited the kids were about the books - excellent! The married mommy shoes - ADORABLE!!! Happy Monday!
Love the excitement the kids had over the books!
They need tons of books at that age. No worries.
You can get rid of lots of books and get a library card, kids normally like going to the library👍🏻
@@monamorgan8614 I happen to have been a children’s librarian in a public library. No, the library is not a reliable option right now for print books. I worked in libraries with healthy budgets and libraries with skeleton budgets. I never was able to own enough or have enough space for easy readers and beginning chapter books. Given covid is making collections inaccessible with the quarantine process and lack of the ability to browse properly with three kids I’d keep the full box of books. Readers can be completed in a single setting. Which means they go through dozens per week. Some families would come weekly and max out the borrowing limit were the picture book and easy reader families. They are also at the age where they get hooked on series. You need a lot of books a night to read that 20 minutes a day. Look at dad’s man cave book box. They should have 2 big bins of books. In the near future I would not be surprised if it was all electronic book subscriptions. Doctor’s until 8 months suggested only a few hours in front of a screen. Now they want a 7 hour school day? For now the plastic bin full of books is a good idea.
There will be some books that you and your children will want on the shelf all the time and others that you can rotate in and out every couple of months to keep things fresh. There will also be some that fit with different seasons or topics that you might be covering at different times so those don’t need to be out on the shelf all the time either.
I loved when you showed the MarieKondo books into the camera ! Felt so unifying...💕✌️
I love watching you declutter and organize for some reason it is so relaxing for me.❤
LOVE the kids excitement over finding the books!!! So cute!
Progress! I love your end goal of repackkng and labeling the must keeps. I have worked and reworked my totes and it is amazing how easy to find stuff. I’ve also started taking pictures and storing in a digital folder with number of tote. That really helps remind me what I have. Love you guys!
How many home brewing supplies does one man need? Erica, you're clearly In Love.
He brewed all the time!
I enjoy unpacking days! You two crack me up!
Love the "L" glasses. My parents had "O" glasses that came out for special occasions (our last name was Orlando). Makes me wonder where they are now🙂 I have to say I am continually surprised that you still find boxes that haven't been opened in years! I guess it's been a busy span of 3 kids and many moves but it's still surprising! You're making great progress, keep it up!
Excellent job!! Yes -- another vote to re-pack and sort items into plastic storage bins!! Another vote for clearly labelling all of the boxes and to DATE the boxes too! Can't manage without my Brother P-touch Label maker! Check out the plastic shelving from Costco - works well to keep boxes of all kinds off the floor! Can't wait for Andy to set up his brewing!
Can you throw a party when you finish unpacking? We'll all be so thrilled and you will too 😂
Wow, that Rocksmith game sounds cool! 🎸 I played Guitar Hero back in the day, AGES ago. (Also, lol at AmErica)
As a French, hearing "oui" (wii) several times was … an experience
my brain was like "it should be ENGLISH WHY AM I HEARING FREEEEENCH"
😂
LOL - this is priceless! I'm sharing it with my 3 bi-lingual kids.
New slogan. America loves Wii. We need this right now!
It is really so hard. We have been slowly chipping away at boxes that have been packed for almost 4 years. We cleared a whole room last weekend that is eventually going to be my studio/craft room, but we needed a second guest room as we had multiple family members coming to stay (nothing like a deadline to help get your butt into gear). We didn’t get through all the boxes at the time, but finished them off this past weekend, except for one that belongs to one of our boys. As well as moving boxes, the room had become a dumping ground for whenever another room upstairs was decluttered (usually my boys) and they sent their unwanted clothes and junk into limbo in MY craft room. I reminded them every day for a week that d-day was looming for getting the room cleaned out and they seemed on board. However on the morning we were to start they both found excuses to procrastinate and dawdle so we got a bit cranky and they ended up doing a great job (as I say this, you probably think they are children... oh no, they are 19 and 21 with responsible jobs and study who have been well versed in household tasks/chores which they are still expected to assist with whilst living under our roof). 6 giant bags of clothing plus 4 boxes of stuff/books donated, a mountain of cardboard recycled, a couple of big bags of trash and multiple items listed for sale = one very tidy and comfortable extra guest room and a huge step closer to having our home clutter free. Hopefully one day soon we will get to the “box room” which is pretty full of STUFF. That room was originally a formal dining room, but will become a formal living room when we eventually clear it out. Having rooms we only use for storage makes us realise that our house is way too big for us - I think we partially bought it to fit our stuff, rather than getting rid of stuff and buying a house that fit our family. We are committed now to completing our renovations while the boys are here saving money and look forward to downsizing big time in a few years.
I'd love to see a challenge video on how many boxes you can go through at one time.
yay more unpacking boxes! I have to ask though, if you haven't needed those things in 9 years, do you need them now? Or if its just because they are sentimental items, maybe switch them out for things you're currently using. Such as the L glasses, maybe only keep them if you switch them for some other glasses you're currently using, rather than adding more glasses to your inventory. As an example. You've come so far in getting down to what you need and love.
Another lesson in working together 🙂😊
You and Andy are a great team. It's nice seeing the kids getting involved too
What? Still no label maker? Also, I loved seeing how giddy your daughter got over the books!
It might just be because I'm watching this video at 3:40 in the morning but when Andy called you America, anytime I read a comment that called you America, and for a little while when replaying that moment in my head I laughed so hard I cried
Thank you “America” and Andy! 😄
I love when y’all unpack boxes... you should be so proud of what you’re doing with your life & the lives of your children... can’t wait for the next unpacking video, lol!!! 💕
I loved seeing your kids get sooooo excited over the books😊
If you tape labels remember to put a box number on the box with a permanent marker(all 4 sides of box) and save a printed complete list in your keep box. Taped on or labeled on lists tend to fall off or get damaged.
I, for one, am glad you are still on your journey!
Your sharing continues to motivate me and your positive and realistic approach makes me not feel unusually slow to start and progress.
Thank you so much. 👏👏👏
Rocksmith works on PC. You can download it off steam, you just need the cord to connect the guitar to the computer. You can also download extra songs.
You're making so much progress! Remember how many boxes you had in there before?!
I’m crazy for your daughter’s striped dress. Just love the colors and cheerfulness of it.
I used a notebook and wrote down everything I had in each box and numbered the boxes. So at the new house I knew which was in each box. Granted you didn’t pack everything but now that you are repacking you could do that. Thanks for sharing and good luck unpacking.
Nice work, you guys are almost done with the boxes! 👏 and your daughter is so cute! She must have felt like Christmas came early, opening that tote and finding all those Pinkalicious books! Such joy! 😊
What a lovely full circle moment when you picked up kondo maries book! 😁😁😁
You are so 'chill' with your husband. 👍😊
I have a hard time decluttering kids' books too. I rotate them every 2 months to keep the number manageable...but that means there are 5 boxes in the basement at all times :(
How many glasses does one need?
I just love your family. Andy and you are a great team!
You guys are almost there. ❤️
Great job. We’re moving to a new build, small home in a few weeks . . . These videos give me inspiration. Thank you
Well, I loved to see all those weeee things going into the weeee box for the weeee game!!! Greetings from the weeee people of the weeee country of Scotland.........where all good things come in weeee, weeee, weeee packages!!! Mxxx PS how many boxes are left out of the 193?
What a lovely family you are. Btw I loved the Green glasses.
Working together work’s well
I keep all the kids book as well. I love books and some you can’t buy new nowadays... For myself I only keep the books I know I will reread, but my shelves are full now so I think I need to declutter 😬🤫
Hi Erica! I have a hard time getting rid of kids books too (and my kids are young adults now)! Also, I have the same wine glasses that Andy has- from so long ago lol. And I don’t drink wine!
I am moving in 2 weeks and you have been an inspiration to me. I am coming around to minimalish now and starting to get rid of things. I find I have a lot of sentimental and paper- ugh so hard. I’m also trying to budget to get out of debt so I can see how budgeting and decluttering go hand in hand. I am hoping to get better in time with my stuff. Thank you for all the information very helpful.
My husband and my brother both love Rocksmith.
You’re inspiring me to sort through our storage room and locker again. I think I need to do some reorganizing and I can think of a couple items we can declutter.
I cant wait for my husband to finish work and my kids to finish school. Major decluttering coming on December 😄
Hello, love your vidéos. I moved last june and still have a cellar full of boxes to unpack / declutter. But I had to react on this video because I have (in my living-room) a box with the Wii (we love the Wii too) and my PS2 that I keep for just 1 game, « Beyond good and evil »... I love you guys !
I remember that glass pattern. We had plates they matched!
Origami shelves with casters may help.😊
Nice share, I enjoyed it. I am in the process of unpacking as well and it's overwhelming to me, seeing you all makes me feel a tiny bit better. lol
I find it hard to get rid of kids books too and my kids r 24, 21 and 14. I've always had bookcases full of books and read to my kids daily when they were little. I heard if u did this your kids would grow up to have a love for reading books. Now my oldest only reads D and D books and my 2 others r dyslexic and don't like reading. Oh well :(
You’re doing so well going through things. Love your videos ♥️
Love these unpacking videos so much!!! Always look forward to them!
I have the small glasses just like your L ones except mine are B for my nickname-found in a thrift store. Glad to see ya´ll are getting more done before Christmas brings in more stuff.
I wonder if books are like clothes in that we use 20 percent of our clothing(our favorites). We book binged at the library and then occasionally bought what would become a favorite.
While moving many times while active duty and needing to store with quick access I used this method. I numbered the bins after writing a detailed list of contents on a file card, the file cards were kept in a file box, made it so easy to locate items.
Oooohhhhh.... wish i still had my chord and a unit to play my rocksmith e guitar. If its still here all these years later then play the ninja attack game for me lol
Love you guys.
Love your fafamily ❤️
'because America loves the Wii' 😁😁😁😁
Just started watching and had to pause to say love your hair!! The curls are looking so defined! Do you follow the curly girl method? Beautiful!
Love watching the two of you declutter 😊
Hi love your videos you are such a lovely genuine family lol from sub living in Israel 🇮🇱💝🌺
Did you get a new camera or microphone? Everything looks and BBC sounds clearer! Thanks for that if you upgraded! 👏🏼
You guys are adorable! I say with a smile--you sure have alot of stuff. You are helping me be brutal with my downsizing!!
Great work! I know it’s hard to see things you didn’t unpack before but you are making tremendous progress and this part will be over soon then just maintenance decluttering. Sounds like once that basement gets cleared out it might be a great man cave!
You guys make a great team❤️
Good declutter
Favourite type of video right here 💖💖💖
it looks wonderful! good job guys
Ps .... been thinking about using EverNote app to create a database of my stuff in storage. Basically just assigning a tote number and then list the contents. Use tags in that record so I can do a quick search like “ceramic pumpkins” and the search would return the bin number. Interesting idea. (See my earlier post from this am. ). Ever note lets you put in pictures, too.
This video made me so happy, Andy is hilarious. Wii!!!
These are my favorite videos!
I noticed on the floor somethings that you unpacked in previous videos that were waiting to go up stairs, still. Have you developed a system to put things back in their homes, while you declutter? I struggled with that, creating piles and not following through. good luck.
Erica thanks for sharing.
Great video
Thank you for letting us in for the unboxings. How much for the 360 controllers? They don't make them anymore.they run $28 each used not sure what type they are though ..like if they are modern warfare edition or whatever
With his "Dude Cave" does Erica get her "Lady space"? 🍃🍁🍂🌵💗🍃🍁🍂🌵💗
Yes homeschool moms and books we just can't part ways
We just can’t!!
Yay!!!!!
Interested in the 360 controllers. Do you ship from a sell site?
I told my teenage son the other night that we needed to get our wii out and have tournament. And because I think I'm clever, I told him we could call it a
wii-nournament. Get it?! wii plus tournament. Yes, moms make bad puns too. Sorry. Lol
You got a haircut right?! Looks great!