Sunday, 28 June 2009

• Purge day

  Thanks to some new pills that Matt had me try; I am a bit over energized. I am still trying to decide it that is a good thing or a bad thing. (In just that sentence alone, I typoed five times.) My mind is reeling and I just don't think my body was meant to take these silly diet pills. Yes, I have a ton of energy and my appetite is suppressed, but I don't like this jittery feeling.

  However, since I am taking them for the time being; I am taking advantage of the energy and getting the house organized for Alyssa's upcoming visit. Caleb and Emily have so many toys that I swear they do not even know half of them are here. This morning I went on a purge and emptied out the toy box and toy closet. Yes, we have two storage spaces for toys and that doesn't take into consideration the toys that are out in the living room. I ended up with one huge bag to take to Goodwill that was just toys. I still have two bags full of clothes that I need to drop off. Hopefully, I will get that done today.

  I also took the time to organize the hall closet. Having done that, I must say; we have way too many forms of suitcases. Whitney has her own three piece set; Matt has a rolling suitcase, we have at least ten types of duffle bags, and a few diaper bags as well. The funny thing is; we never go anywhere so why in the world do we have so much luggage? I inherited two from my last two visits with my mom. The first trip she had purchased this four foot rabbit for Em and I had to have some way to get it home so I took one of her duffle bags. I had purchased one while I was there for the thing, but it was too small. On my last visit; I had to purchase a toddler seat for Caleb so that I didn't have to fly with two carseats. My plan was to leave it there for my mom to donate to a local facility, but Caleb freaked out and wanted to bring it home. I figured it wouldn't hurt, it would be nice to have one for Matt's car. Packing that required me to borrow yet another bag from my mom for the return trip. That makes three I didn't have a need for except for flights home.

  I haven't even taken into consideration the other three kids luggage. Josh has two or three of those extra large duffle bags that the army uses. His step father is in the military and since Josh loves all things army; he gave him a few of those. You could seriously pack three bodies in those things. Each of them also have rolling suitcases, so that means for this family of nine; we have approximately twenty five pieces of luggage. Again, for a family that NEVER leaves the house, this seems a bit much. The smart thing would be for us to rid ourselves of at least a few of these bags, but that is a no no in Matt world. You never know when you are going to have to pack an entire house into luggage and we must be ready.

  So, the bags are headed out to the workshop. Matt will be thrilled; he has yet to organize the shop and I just keep sending stuff out there. It makes the most sense. The workshop is a huge two story structure with tons of storage space. Why should I fill my few closets up with this stuff? Perhaps this will give him the incentive to get it organized.

  Okay, that was my short break of the day. My mind is still a million miles a minute and I  have to organize Liz's room for Alyssa. Even if she only stays for the month, we need to have closet space and dresser space for her things. If she decides to stay for good; we need to totally reorganize the whole room so that two girls can fit without too much invasion of the others space. Have a great Sunday!

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