So far today I have gone through and emptied around 8 boxes... and the night is still young (for a weekend, especially)... I have a huge pile of give-away and need to find the perfect home for some other stuff. Every time I get tired of unpacking, I pull weeds or plant something.
As I have been unpacking this afternoon, I have also been cutting some neat squares of cardboard to make some simple flower presses. The girls have really gotten into pressing flowers this spring and I am growing weary of watching the pages in our dictionary get all warped.
I have altered my plans for a very busy day tomorrow by recruiting someone else to take photos at a church function so that I can keep working here. We have some things coming up in the next couple of weeks which will divert my attention from the unpacking, so I am digging in and working hard this weekend.
I am excited by the thought of not letting anything back in that we don't really need. After all the boxes are empty I probably need to go through my craft supplies and be brutal... but since they are neatly arranged within appropriately labeled bins right now, they are low on the priority list.
Has anyone else caught the spring purging/reorganizing bug?
Oh! And I took a car full of stuff to donate to the Women's shelter today as well! Yippee! I am loving getting rid of stuff!
Last spring we packed up everything that we were going to take to Mexico, and then just traveled around for six weeks with two carry-on suitcases (one for Joshua and I and one for the kids) when we did that, I realized that we need fewer clothes than we actually own. Since arriving in Mexico, I have only unpacked a carry-on quantity of clothes for all of us (the rest are stored away) . . . it's been good!
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