So much stuff!

I started packing this week.

We have so much stuff that has just been piling up around our house for the last three years or so, that its hard to remember what a tidy house looks like. Yeah, its clean, but its cluttered. I have shuffled things in and out of the crawlspace, reorganized, purged... the junk just keeps appearing!

Anyway, I put the piles of things into boxes, brought it to the new house and now I can see my living room again! I'm trying to do the same in all the rooms. In our bedroom, I started by boxing up the clothes that have been flowing out of the bottom of my closet. I have a bad habit of stacking clothes that don't fit or are off season on the floor, and then they topple over, making a big mess for me to wade through in the mornings. It's nice to be able to draw the curtain closed on my closet.

I noticed that many of the things piled on the floor were items that were given to me that I just didn't care for. I've been blessed to receive clothes from a friend, but not everything is my taste or fits as well as I would like it too, and since I'm moving, I've given myself permission to purge the items I don't want. No sense in holding on to things we won't use! That's not always easy for me, to say no to someone when they offer me something like clothes. I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings, so I take them even when I don't need them.

So I have one bag going of things to pass on (and many more to be added as I continue to pack) and have just started to pack up clothes that don't fit right now or are maternity clothes that I don't want to wear right now. That's right, maternity clothes that I don't want to wear. Not that they wouldn't fit. It's true, the more children you have, the more your maternity clothes are your regular clothes. That's okay. They're longer, and they cover my imperfections better!

We are getting closer to moving, but we still have a lot to get done at the new house. The deadline is approaching fast. I'm really excited to be moving! I guess I should get back to packing....