Re: packing up your MIL's things. I know exactly what you're going through. That task fell to me when I brought my Mom to live with me. I had to go to Tenn. and dispose of all her "stuff". It was awful as I was not only disposing of her stuff, but things that were a part of my life as well. I had to do it all in one day and she was packrat. She also had all of her mother's stuff. Antiques and family photos for generations. It was so hard to know what to do with it all. You have my empathy.
Thanks Nan. At least I don't have to pack everything up in one day. Good grief, I don't think that would be possible!
Everything is going into storage, so I don't have to try to decide what to do with it, other than box everything up. I will let someone else decide what to do with it all when the time comes.......but it isn't going to be me doing the deciding. JK has three brothers, so, between the four of them and their wives (excluding me, LOL), they can divvy it all up.
She has SO MUCH STUFF! A lot of it is from the Philippines, Japan and Hawaii, collected when she and JK's dad were stationed overseas. Lots of china and "monkey pod".....tons of it! LOL.
I put in six hours over there today and am about done in. Time for dinner, which JK is fetching as we speak. Then I think I will collapse in front of the TV.