It makes me ponder: How much stuff can one family accumulate? !!! I thought we were fairly good at getting rid of stuff we don't need, and also avoiding unnecessary acquisitions. I must have been fooling myself.
Yes, books are yarn are stockpiled here, but the rest....it's just stuff.
The amazing thing is the feeling I have now it's mostly gone. I am freed, somehow. That stuff that we loved welcoming in our our home carried a burden with it. The need to store, to maintain and to use, display or love all those things was a burden. It was part of what made us feel insulated within suburbia. It was part of the desire to break out.
The next two years of training will be in a home much smaller. It'll be good for us.
Strangely, I have noticed a new desire, however....the desire to fill up the cupboards with new and better stuff. I've got my eye on a GPS for travel and feeling our way around a new state. I've got my eye on a new Kuerig coffee maker (did I spell that right?). And I know my kids need new clothes ( #3 doesn't have any long pants/jeans). It isn't that I object to getting the things we need....it's just the WAAANTING of them I wish I could avoid. I was hoping I was changing. Guess I'll have to be content with my mind changing and having my heart try to struggle to follow my mind.
Anyway....did I show my house socks yet? I made them while watching the TV show, HOUSE. Yes, the blue looks like his eyes, doesn't it?
Oh, and I finished my first event in the Ravelympics. I finished the Scarf Stroke and the WIP Wrestling events when the Easy Flame Lace Scarf cast off a couple of days ago. Ravelry acknowledged the win with an award...see up top. Phelps and Luikin must be jealous. ;-)
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I don't know about Phelps and Luikin, but I'm jealous! Do you get the award for only finishing one of WIPs you set out to wrestle? I just may tackle my scarf if so.
And yes, purged cabinets definitely beg for new stuff. Did I tell you that my GPS got stolen out of my car? Driving with me might've just gotten a whole lot safer.
I am just noticing that your socks don't match. Don't get me wrong... they're wonderful... but they, uh, don't, you know, line up. It's okay though... yeah, I gotta go now. ;)
Man, I am jealous. I gotta get one of those.
I hope that there is an IKEA near where you are moving to fill those bare cabinets up.
Love the socks. Especially since they are named after House. There is something steamy about him.
Nice socks!
I'm going through my bookshelves right now. Some will go to my writing circle, the rest to a library book sale or a used bookstore. I'm trying really hard not to buy another bookcase. But of course, I will buy more books!
O.K., how have you had time to post blog entries?! Well, I know exactly what you mean about purging. I always feel like it's like loosing weight!!! Enjoy, the lighter burden. :-) We're sure missing you and praying for you regularly!!
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