My wife and I moved to our home here in Northwest Arkansas almost a decade ago. The rest of my family is back in Louisiana. When we left, we got this feeling that our families were kind of upset with us for breaking away from the norm and moving so far away. Almost as if we were traitors. Ha ha I could only imagine the reaction we would have gotten if we had decided to move to another country. Did you get any reaction like that from your family members?
Just taking your clothes with you sounds like my kind of moving.
The few times I've moved, I've always shed more than I've moved with me. My wife holds onto everything though. We still have a few of her unpacked boxes in the garage that have been packed for going on 8 years now. Lol From where you live now, how long does it take you to get to your new place? Are you just loading everything up and driving there?
I've always wanted to buy a fixer upper and work on it as a hobby. Having it as our full time home would be pretty stressful. I hope you get off and running with it quickly, and that you don't hit any serious snags along the way. I'll be curious to see how things progress. Best of luck to you.