Packing!

It's only been a month and I hate packing already. I searched craigslist and found someone selling 100 boxes for $70. Which sounds really expensive, but it's so much cheaper than buying all brand new boxes and more convenient than trying to drive around town collecting boxes from the various stores.

Right now we have about 20 boxes packed. Mostly from the various decorative shelves around the house and the kid's stuffed animals. They are sitting in the living room next to the stack of flattened boxes ready to get filled. I have no idea what to pack and what to leave out for last minute. I'm afraid I'm not going to pack things right and they'll get broken during the move. I almost hope some of them DO get broken in transit and I can throw them away with a guiltless heart.

I've packed my sewing machine and I already need it. Funny how something can sit idle for months and as soon as you put it up, you need it. We've taken down most of the pictures on the walls and they look so empty. We have dusty shelves littered with paper and other items that aren't going to be packed but haven't yet been thrown away.

We've lived in this house for a little under 10 years, lived in this town for 17. We've filled every little corner and flat surface in this house with junk. There's going to be a lot of tough choices in our future of what to keep and what to toss.. Hopefully I won't make too many mistakes either way.

At least someone is enjoying the boxes. :)