We are hiring the local auction company that handled my mother in law's house sale to come in and clean out our house. Auction what they can and toss the rest.

Not everything of course.

Just the hoarding mess. lol Seriously. We do not have **** stacked to the ceiling with pathways between towers of crap or anything. Just 34 years of accumulation. Add to that my tendency to get into quite a few endeavors... lol

That's a great idea, mark.

We've been going through stuff in the basement and have sold some of it on craigslist and donated other bits to a charity resale shop. Had some good sales the last few weeks, big items like some lamps. Met a couple of nice Lithuanians, including one who gave us some fresh eggs from her chickens in exchange for something we were giving away for free. That was kind of cool.

Also going through some old boxes of papers from relatives who have been gone for long enough that I can get rid of their remaining paperwork.

It's a bit slow going, though. Wish I had the courage to just rip the band aid off like you're doing!