well the great purge/house diet has come to a screeching halt.... yesterday I did get through H's room which was a miracle because with all the usual stuff I couldn't get to it until around 3 pm. That is post nap for P & S and T is home from summer school. H was having a good day and seemed really helpful so for a moment of temporary insanity I decided to go ahead and have H help me clean out his room. The pack rat gene runs deep in the older boys but H seemed in a good place. I was clearly insane to think this could go well. I talked great stories made it a game. 20 minutes into the clean H was telling me how he couldn't part with anything and like a scene from a cartoon I would put something in the garage sale box and he would take it out on the other side. Meanwhile P & S were crawling on me sitting on me getting into everything else of H's on the floor and generally having 18 month old mischievous fun. 1 hour later we hadn't even made it to the bottom of the toy box let alone to the rest of the room. It was the stuff that a 3 stooges episode was made of. really I was clearly insane when I thought 4 kids a bedroom and a box would work. But, now I can smile and laugh and think of what fun it is .
This reminds me of the first move H could remember. the move from NM to VA he was only 7 months so when we moved from Virgina to Syracuse H was 2 and he remembered the movers. He followed them around the house like a shadow it was all fine until he made it to his room the mover was putting books into boxes and H thought this was ok so he helped well then the mover tried to seal the box and for the first time in H's life he actually bit someone. Yes, H bit the mover for packing his things. the funny thing is for the rest of the day the mover gave H plenty of space and H stared them all down with his best intimidating 2 year old look.
So in light of the great biting incident of 05 I should have known better.
Thank goodness my mom took H for an adventure running errands in town and P & S and I managed to tackle H's room. P & S sat on me moved things around etc. while I tried valiantly to pack up garage sale and thrift store stuff. 3 boxes later and 2 garbage bags full and 4 hours total we finished H's room. you can actually walk in there and not feel the walls closing in now so this is good !
Today no rooms were packed or purged sadly. Sam had a "meltdown" he is challenged with his quitting smoking. Some news about his new job came in and it wasn't exactly what Sam had hoped for..... needless to say it was crazy. On the plus side I made it to the post office, went to the thrift store dropped off a car load of stuff, went to recycle batteries, paid the cable bill, and went to Pilate's so the day was productive even if not in the way I had planned
Which is today's theme about being optimistic and remembering that things happen for a reason, and even if things don't happen the way you think they should have. Things are still being done.
" If you want something bad enough, never give up ( and take a boost when offered." -Last Lecture
"It can be helpful to others to tell them how you did it." - Last Lecture
The last quote is to remind us that if we look there are signs in many places. I had been trying to find out information on passports for the twins ( the rest of us have ours) and How the whole paperwork process goes for this overseas stuff ( surprise there is a ton of paperwork before you go) While I was at the thrift store missing the cut off to consign things I ran into one of the Mom's from H's pre-school class. They have orders to Germany too short orders like we do. They are going to the north. Anyways she had a ton of helpful information for me that saved me a lot of time hunting for I really appreciated it. She was relieved to know I was going so she would know someone in the country at least, which made me feel very good.
On a silly side note H says Germany the cutest way he says "GermDee" instead of Germany it is soooo cute !
I have to run I have to go chase the raccoons from our garbage cans again with the broom, yes I have officially become crazy. We have a caddy shack situation with raccoons here AAAAA !!!!
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