Re-posted on September 27, 2021 with updates.
Re-posted on April 29, 2021 with updates
Re-posted on April 6, 2021 with updates.
Re-posted on February 16, 2021 with updates.
Re-posted on October 27, 2020 with updates.
Re-posted on July 27, 2020 with updates.
Re-posted on January 24, 2020 with updates.
First posted in December of 2019.
This is a list of things that we need to do to prepare to live the retirement RV dream.
Things Still to Do
- Buy RV accessories (In progress)
- Take class on pulling an RV
- Downsize
- Sell/donate/give away furniture (In progress)
- Media cabinet
- Coffee table
- Sofa table
- Bed in second bedroom (In progress)
- Office supplies (In progress)
- Get rid of TV
- Get rid of vacuum cleaner
- Get rid of tools that are no longer useful (In progress)
- Figure out what to do will towels (We’ve got to get over the habit of keeping everything!)
- Donate sheets, since they don’t fit our new bed
- Give away large house plant
- Sell/donate/give away furniture (In progress)
- Figure out tools to take and tools to store (done)
- Dispose of tools (In progress)
- Sell house
- Talk to realtor (done)
- Sign with realtor (done)
- Paint guest bedroom (done)
- Clean carpets (done)
- Put house on the market (done)
- Close on house (in progress)
- Get a mail forwarding service
- Get forms from the USPS
- Get mail forwarded
- Get mail electronically, when possible
- Move furniture and art we are keeping into storage
- My artwork
- Dinning room furniture
- Living room furniture
- Shut off utilities
- Garbage
- Electric & Gas
- Internet
Completed Items
- Find a truck (done)
- Research trucks (done)
- Determine which truck to buy (done)
- Buy truck (done)
- Get used to driving truck (done)
- Find the RV (done)
- Research RVs (done)
- Determine which RV to buy (done – narrowed down to these 4 models – Grand Design Momentum 397TH or 376TH and the Riverstone 39FKTH or Riverstone 42FSKG)
- Buy RV (done)
- Bring RV home (done)
- Find a place to store the RV until we start living in it fulltime (done)
- Go camping in RV once we’ve bought it! (done)
- Start moving into RV (done)
- Talk to HR about retirement (done)
- Get set up to keep insurance (done)
- Downsize
- Make a list of everything for Take, Store, and Dispose – (done)
- Downsize physical book library (done)
- Downsize wardrobe (done)
- Sell Wine fridge (done)
- Sell Boxster (done)
- Sell Jetta (done)
- Donate blankets (done)
- Get rid of seldom used small kitchen appliances (done)
- Sell Kegerator and brewing supplies (done)
- Sell Honda motorcycle (done)
- Webber Grill (done)
- Get rid of various items from cabinets that we are not going to keep (done)
- Sell/donate/give away furniture
- Futons (done)
- Bookcases (done)
- Kitchen table (done)
- Coffee table (done)
- Mid-century chair (done)
- Patio dinning table, chairs, side tables, and umbrella with stand (done)
- Bed in master bedroom (done)
- Dressers (done)
- Foot stool (done)
- Clean out filing cabinets
- Shred old documents (done)
- Put other documents in safe box (done)
- Determine what we need to take (done)
- Long term storage (done)
- Determine pricing on long term storage (done)
- Figure out long term storage solutions (done)
- Consider a separate storage locker for things we may want while RVing (done)
- Consider Pods or a storage solutions like Pods (done – not doing)
- Figure out size of storage needed. (done)
- Store
- Filing cabinets (done)
- Crystal and china (done)
- Oil lamp collection (done)
- Handmade quilts (done)
- Metal art (done)
