Stuff
Our lives the past week or so is about stuff. Stuff we have to sell. Stuff we have to ship to Korea. Stuff we have to store here in the States. Stuff we have to sort....pack.....give to Goodwill. Stuff to put in the trash. Stuff to send home with my Dad. Stuff, stuff, stuff. Organize it, clean it, repair it, trash it, pack it, move it.....or put it in the front yard and sell it.
Seriously? Did you know you can put stuff in your front yard and people will come in droves to buy it? Yep, they really do. They will ask if they can come look through your junk pile and take things away. They are looking forward to pawing through piles of your old stuff. One of our older two (who shall remain nameless) was mortified that Dad would put old junk in the front yard. But, we sold everything we wanted to in one day, making enough money to buy a new camcorder.
We have had to let go of lots of our stuff. We sold our RV several months ago. In the past week we have sold: the Yukon, the Nissan Altima, couch, loveseat, desk, dresser, skateboard ramp, kiddie pool, baby stuff, a bookshelf, high chair......most of that went in one day. It has been somewhat hard getting rid of this stuff. Saying goodbye to our RV was so sad....and our Altima. Alti has been a part of our family for 10 years. We drove her off the showroom floor. Kade had a hard time saying goodbye to our couch and loveseat. As the family left with our furniture, Kade cried "couch....my couch." He whined "couch bye-bye." I reassured him that the couch went to a good family. They had adopted a little girl who was darling, darling, darling. I told Kade that the sweet little baby was going to have our couch now. The next morning the first words out of his mouth was, "Baby...couch."
We are in the process of tearing the house apart, organizing it for the different shipments leaving our home. Storage, stuff to go to Korea by boat (taking 80 or so days), stuff to go to Korea by plane (taking 35-40 days) and the stuff we will take with us in our suitcases. Wanna look into our messy life right now?
This is our front parlor room.....holding stuff going into storage. There are a few minions hiding amongst the piles.
Went to Breadbeckers to buy a year or so worth of wheat and grains. They don't do a lot of bread baking in Korea, so I am not expecting to see wheat fields blowing in the breeze when we get there.
Keeping all the rooms straight is quite a job. Piles move and get rearranged. Toys appear out of nowhere. It will be a miracle if everything gets to the right spot. Deciding what needs to go to where has been a huge job. How in the world do I know if I am going to need ____________ (fill in the blank) in the next two years?
This one was painful. Taking apart my beloved, beautiful scrapbooking area. Seeing it all in boxes rather than jars and baskets. *sigh, wipe away tear*
Command central. My bedroom. Suitcases waiting to be packed. (And how am I supposed to know what clothes I am going to want/need for the next month or two until everything gets to Korea??) Planners, calendars, lists and paperwork are hiding beside my closet. Winter jackets for the sub-freezing temps of Wyoming. My Project 365 binder and cards so I don't fall behind.
It is amazing how much work and toil stuff is. Makes me long for the days of throwing a few pots in a covered wagon and heading west. I don't know where all this stuff came from. I think it reproduced while I wasn't looking.
What are you doing with your stuff today?
Jessica
Steam....just shooting from the ground! Amazing!
Buffalo, buffalo.....
Poor baby. He was just plum-tuckered out. :)
Old Faithful...
The Daisy Geyser.....(that's for you Daisy :) )
"Thar she blows!!!" (Daisy Geyser)
The view from our picnic table. A bit unnerving to be this close to the buffalo, but a creek separated us....no worries. :)
Dad with his makeshift spatula. Awesome! Love it!
