Friday, July 1, 2011
Barely in control: It's been a while
Barely in control: It's been a while: "I've been kind of busy, which is no excuse not to blog. I mean, if I'm that busy that means I should have a lot to say. Unfortunately, it's ..."
We're Moving!!
I've been kind of busy, which is no excuse not to blog. I mean, if I'm that busy that means I should have a lot to say. Unfortunately, it's been the boring, everyday, slog-through-the-mundane busy that I've been. I figure, everyone else is that kind of busy, why would they want to read about it from me?
But it's been long enough, so I may as well update the blog. We're moving into an apartment on the third. Yes, an apartment. And it's a two-bedroom apartment, too. That means all three kids will be sharing a bedroom. It's hard to imagine us scaling that far back. We're simplifying in a big way, I guess. Really learning what we need and don't need, and how much we can truly live without. I mean, how many toys do kids really need? We have a ton here at the trailer, and when we went to the storage unit to grab some stuff, there was at least as much as much as we have here, if not more. And we don't even notice that we don't have all those toys.
It's amazing how much you can accumulate if you aren't careful. I'm not a packrat, as my husband will sadly attest. He knows I'm more likely to toss stuff too soon than hold on to it too long. I would rather need it and not have it than have it hoping one day it will come in handy. Clutter makes me crazy, and we all know where that leads. So I go through every so often and thin out our things and share with the world, either through hand-me-downs or charitable donations. Despite my best efforts, however, it seems that we still have things secretly multiplying when I'm not looking.
So now we have stuff in a storage unit that we have to fit into an apartment, and it won't all fit. And we have to decide if we are going to keep the storage unit and expect to move into a house within the year and have room, or figure what we have it what we need and whatever doesn't fit, goes. I'm tempted to open the storage unit to friends and say "come look and take what you want" and see what's left. Maybe that's a good way to figure out what we really need to keep: the stuff others can't use.
My cousin just got married and they combined two households. I can't imagine all the stuff they had to go through. I bet they had a huge yard sale just to get a handle on it, it makes my head spin to even think about it all!
To stop the spinning, though, we'll think about the move itself. We'll be moving in the middle of a heat wave of over 100 degree days this week, won't that be fun! I'm going to have to think of something good to have to convince helpers that it's worth it to show up in the heat and help us. At least it won't be over 100 on Sunday, just hitting 100. July 4 and 5 and supposed to be the hottest days, so at least we won't be asking for help on one of those days. Can you imagine? I totally forgot about these heat waves in California. It did this for maybe a week in Oregon, nothing like this though, and I really don't like these super hot days. When it's cold you can always add clothes, but there's only so much you can take off in the heat (at least decently!).
Otherwise, California is working out to be a pretty good move for us overall. Erik's schedule is a lot better, he's home way more often, since he doesn't have to travel out of town. And there's more to do, especially once we move and have a pool right outside our front door. Julianne and I even went to tea with Sanna (aka Erik's mom, Sharon) last week. That was really nice, we have yummy little tea sandwiches and tea and little tea cakes. If I ever figure out how to get pictures into my blogs I would put some pictures from the tea, Julianne wore a lovely dress and everything. It was very elegant.
So that's the busy that I've been. Now it's all boxes and packing and keeping kids occupied so they don't unpack or get too bored while I'm busy. I'll try to update this a little more often than this, although it's not an exciting life I lead ;).
But it's been long enough, so I may as well update the blog. We're moving into an apartment on the third. Yes, an apartment. And it's a two-bedroom apartment, too. That means all three kids will be sharing a bedroom. It's hard to imagine us scaling that far back. We're simplifying in a big way, I guess. Really learning what we need and don't need, and how much we can truly live without. I mean, how many toys do kids really need? We have a ton here at the trailer, and when we went to the storage unit to grab some stuff, there was at least as much as much as we have here, if not more. And we don't even notice that we don't have all those toys.
It's amazing how much you can accumulate if you aren't careful. I'm not a packrat, as my husband will sadly attest. He knows I'm more likely to toss stuff too soon than hold on to it too long. I would rather need it and not have it than have it hoping one day it will come in handy. Clutter makes me crazy, and we all know where that leads. So I go through every so often and thin out our things and share with the world, either through hand-me-downs or charitable donations. Despite my best efforts, however, it seems that we still have things secretly multiplying when I'm not looking.
So now we have stuff in a storage unit that we have to fit into an apartment, and it won't all fit. And we have to decide if we are going to keep the storage unit and expect to move into a house within the year and have room, or figure what we have it what we need and whatever doesn't fit, goes. I'm tempted to open the storage unit to friends and say "come look and take what you want" and see what's left. Maybe that's a good way to figure out what we really need to keep: the stuff others can't use.
My cousin just got married and they combined two households. I can't imagine all the stuff they had to go through. I bet they had a huge yard sale just to get a handle on it, it makes my head spin to even think about it all!
To stop the spinning, though, we'll think about the move itself. We'll be moving in the middle of a heat wave of over 100 degree days this week, won't that be fun! I'm going to have to think of something good to have to convince helpers that it's worth it to show up in the heat and help us. At least it won't be over 100 on Sunday, just hitting 100. July 4 and 5 and supposed to be the hottest days, so at least we won't be asking for help on one of those days. Can you imagine? I totally forgot about these heat waves in California. It did this for maybe a week in Oregon, nothing like this though, and I really don't like these super hot days. When it's cold you can always add clothes, but there's only so much you can take off in the heat (at least decently!).
Otherwise, California is working out to be a pretty good move for us overall. Erik's schedule is a lot better, he's home way more often, since he doesn't have to travel out of town. And there's more to do, especially once we move and have a pool right outside our front door. Julianne and I even went to tea with Sanna (aka Erik's mom, Sharon) last week. That was really nice, we have yummy little tea sandwiches and tea and little tea cakes. If I ever figure out how to get pictures into my blogs I would put some pictures from the tea, Julianne wore a lovely dress and everything. It was very elegant.
So that's the busy that I've been. Now it's all boxes and packing and keeping kids occupied so they don't unpack or get too bored while I'm busy. I'll try to update this a little more often than this, although it's not an exciting life I lead ;).
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