Couchmechanic,
Control freak? ..........How did you know?
I notice that even with all I am throwing out, I am keeping far more, including little sticks of wood because they have "straight grain" and I could make something out of them. Even pieces of wood from a taken apart futon frame and scrap wooden skis from a ski exercise machine. Still, I did throw away dumpsters worth of ruined clothes, cardboard boxes, some wood that was rotted or too weathered to use and even warped and water damaged pegboard. But even those wood items took some moments of thinking and at first I set them aside to see if I could "Save" a part of them. And I had the expected blowup with my wife because she expected us to leave in the morning and there is still some things to do. She knows now that this is a little bigger than just getting ready to go on a trip. Neighbors have been ready to call the city. I need to make some very noticeable progress on the outside before we go for a week. So if I work real hard for a day or two, we can still go with less fear. Oh, did I tell you guys one of my dogs bit my thumb through to the bone yesterday? Makes this all that much more fun!!! Now for some photos..
Note: A little more progress. I moved the foldable HF trailer behind the fence so it isn't visible from the street except the tongue sticking up. Moved the lathe motor, bed and table down to the side gate in prep to moving them inside the gate. Hitched up the snowmobile trailer to my van so I could clean under where it was parked.
Wish I had some good before photos. Imagine a mass of green spilling over walk and curb and covered with leaves and other tree doody.
First photo is the side street. Starting on the right you see the front of my van, the dining room window with a trailer tarped in front of it, next is the fencing with the side gate between it and the first shed. In front of that is a bird bath and post light and two boulders marking the side entry across the berm with flagstones. Behind the left boulder is a bench in the berm for passersby to sit and rest. In front of the gate is a C;man saw under a silver tarp. Working to the left from the shed is more fencing and another shed. Then fencing to the corner of the lot. Down there is where the van roof rack was leaned against the fence as well as the foldable utility trailer. They are both inside the fence now. Also down there was the lathe bed and motor tarped on a table. They are now at the gate ready to go inside the yard and then to the garage or shop. Last thing on the left is just the tip of the snowmobile trailer and in front of that is the Nissan PU that is for sale. Besides moving stuff inside the fence, the main changes here are the simplifying of the plantings in the beds by weed whip work and raking and edging and cleaning the walk. Next photo shows similar cleanup of berm and sidewalk to the right of the previous photo from the van to the corner.
Next photo is the side sidewalk cleaned up. Following that is a shot of the front walk with the dumpster and fridge that still need taking care of.
The rest are of prettified areas.
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I may have to go back and buy some industrial throw rugs for the garage 
