just in cases......

chris i should be in duluth as i type this. but....we are the king and queen of late starts. well...i suppose if left to his own devices chris would always be on time. me on the other hand? i'm hard to get up in the mornings.....


anyhow. as i write this we still have yet to shower, wrap, pack, and get out the door. perhaps i should be working on one of those instead of blog blog blogging (as chris calls anything i do on the computer).


later gators.....

Movin'

if i forgot to mention it - chris and i are moving. tomorrow. not very far - just down the road in fact as he still has to be able to make those fire calls. it'll be nice though - a bigger place - two bedrooms, two bathrooms and of course my babies (albus and minerva) will be joining us (next weekend).

i would like to say we've been packing but i'd be lying. in fact - as i sit here blogging chris is packing packing packing. it's all his stuff and he knows where it is and where it goes so i think i'd be more of an annoyance to the whole process. so i'm (blogging) doing the laundry and crocheting - gotta finish those christmas presents!!

tomorrow he and a friend will move on the big stuff so technically this is our last night at this place. exciting but also sad. of course i'm the worlds largest sap - so of course i'll miss it. not that's stellar but just the memories - ya know? and i'm kinda bummed that i forgot the take pictures of the place before it was packed up and covered in boxes.....

we got our keys to the new place last night. first thing i noticed was new carpet (wahoo!) - i was very excited about that. lots of closet space. corner unit. good location. we were happy :) also - the office lady told us that we can pick two accent walls and they'll paint them! we're going to pick them tomorrow when we have the furniture there and such. they have a nice array of colors - blues, beiges, greens, and reds. i'm partial to the cranberry red myself - my friend Brant's mom always painted her living room that color and i loved it. it makes the room feel so warm and it'll go nicely with the couch. so there ya go....

alright - i'll post more tomorrow! :)

ar$%(Q&$V...wha?

this photo was taken the last time i had to pack

exactly.

it's one of those days when your brain abosolutely refuses to focus on any one thing for more than a fraction of a second. i still have a lot of packing and cleaning to do. but what am i doing? (well aside from the obvious fact that i'm at this moment blogging) i am sitting on my bed with a look of disgust and panic on my face staring at all the material shit that defines my life scattered haphazardly around me.

i want to get rid of it but i can't. i don't need all of it. until i opened the box and looked at it i probably hadn't seen it for years. i've obviously lived just fine without it but i can't seem to bring myself to toss/donate it.

it's one of those times where you stomach gets all twisted. you're brain refuese to function. you feel like a worthless, meaningless, non-motivated, hunk of junk.

i can't decide if i should scream, laugh, or cry. while i'm deciding i think i'll go take a shower. then i'll get my haircut. then i'll resume my post on the bed and stare.........

Where is she?

Seriously - where is Marry Poppins when you need her?

I could certainly use her help right now that's for sure. I took a before picture of my room this morning before I started packing. My intent was to be able to take the after picture tonight and post them to show my progress....yeah....I could see a difference but it wasn't big enough to be bragging about. :(

I don't know how I managed to accumulate so much crap over the years or why I have such a hard time parting with it all. Damned packratiness gene......

I've thrown away some things. I've put some things in my donate pile. But for the most part my keep pile is by far the largest. Sigh....

Hopefully I'll be able to brag about some progress tomorrow. Maybe Mary will show up - although after she sees my poor finger snapping ability she might leave.....

wish me luck! 3 days to go!