27 DAYS?? Really??

The last time I actually sat down to post a blog entry I had 40 days until we are hoping to move. Now, I have 27 days.... that may seem like plenty,but after spending a half a day packing my closet I began to worry. How did I even fit so much stuff in there? And why do I buy so much junk? I mean, yes I do coupon, so I buy LARGE quantities of certain items, but not junk. I only get a lot of an item if it is free or cheap and if I know it will be used. But behind all my stockpile items were piles of...well just stuff. Some stuff I wanted, some I didn't, and some I just didn't know what to do with {like the baby stuff, no way to know right now if we'll be having more} I managed to dig through my closet and play with my little guy all at once, he was very happy to see my "treasures" and he even "helped" put things in boxes. Seven boxes later it was lunch time. We made some grilled cheese and took a break. I then tackled the medicine shelf....have you looked through all your medications in awhile? Well, for me there was a lot, I mean a lot of expired medicine to toss. And some may have not been expired but was tossed none the less {like yucky looking Pepto} I guess I just toss things in there and forget about them, and I guess I do that a lot. Now that it was nap time I got to my dreaded Monday task....cleaning the floors. I then cleaned the kitchen and put a chicken in the oven. As I looked at the clean counters I came to the conclusion that I deserved some ice cream. After my ice cream I knew there was much more to do. Next was to go through the cabinets under the sink in the bathroom. I am hoping when I have two bathrooms everything will be neater, but no promises. I managed to trash a lot of "stuff" and the rest is neatly organized into open top boxes, in case we need anything down there in the next 27 days. I am sure my hubby will notice the clean counters and he'll smell the chicken, but I doubt he'll notice how much has been organized and packed, too bad. He'll be happy once he decides its time to pack and notices how much is already done. As far as the house goes I think, think, we will get the house in Westminster that I have wanted the whole time. The land lord is very SLOW moving, but I think we will  be able to sign a lease in the next two weeks.....we'll see. I am not too worried though, since every day there seems to be a new listing on craigslist that is "available now" so if the house I want falls through {hopefully not} we will have "a" house to move into. As I looked at all the boxes I realized that I was a little, just a little, sad to be leaving. Why? Well, my husband purposed to me here, I came home from my wedding here, I brought my baby home from the hospital here, my little guy had his first Birthday here. So, a lot of memories were made here, but leaving doesn't erase the memories, it only opens the door to new ones.

Kelly Callahan