I seriously hate moving though.... boxing up everything I own, lugging it from here to there only to unpack it again. I do look forward to seeing more of my stuff again, as its been packed in boxes since I left Washington, yet to see the light of day. I have gone through a couple of boxes over the last year (always a dreary chore that I keep managing to put off) and I am usually surprised at some of the items tucked away. I'll stumble across a neat vase and think "oh my gosh, I LOVE THIS!"... inevitably the thought comes back to me that, "hey, I really do love my taste in stuff". It is always nice to know that some purchase from yesteryear can still thrill me today.
I really do have a lot of boxes stacked up in the basement.... and, when I get around to packing my bedroom there will be even more (did I mention how much I really hate moving?) Of course, there are some perks. Fingers crossed that there will be enough room to finally have all of my books out.... which may stop me from buying the same books over and again (you think I jest? I looked around yesterday and realized I had 2 copies of "Shell Seekers" and 3 copies of "September" by Rosamunde Pilcher... I'd almost bought a copy of her novel "Coming Home" but I didn't...which is good, since it turns out I already own that one as well!) I have so many books I can't even keep decent track of their titles anymore! I kid you not when I say I have a full bookshelf in my room, an overflowing one that goes from floor-to-ceiling in the living room, and at least 5 large boxes of books in the basement.... and don't even get me started on my crafting magazines.....
So what's to be done? Well, at some point (thank you Richard for graciously offering to help once you get here in August... ) I need to start going through the boxes and be a bit ruthless with sieving the dross from the gold (the poor guy has no idea what a chore he has volunteered himself for!) It will be nice to move with less junk... and its a job I sort-of tackled in Washington, but really has been put off for too long now. I know there is plenty of miscellaneous junk down there that can be donated to Deseret Industries for some other gal to pick up and love.
I'd like to start the new life and home off with a lot less clutter than I normally have around me. Don't worry, my eclectic mix of cute, quaint, old and battered will still be around... but maybe just a little less of it. I want to fully realize the William Morris quote “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful” My problem is just weeding the "beautiful" items down to a more tolerable level!
