People say to me, "Oh, but you are a pro at this by now." Um, yeah, nope. Unless pro means laid back and able to go with the flow. My biggest goal in moving is to make it an enjoyable versus stressful situation, especially for the kids. We do it often enough that it's part of life and who wants this big of a part of our life to be cause for mom to freak out and go ballistic every couple of years for a few months at a time ... nobody raised their hand. So, it takes me quite a while to get settled in and find homes for everything. This move is proving a particular challenge to my organizational skills but it is coming along, if you call unpacking a box only to stash it's contents on the closest available horizontal surface and still missing many critical pieces of daily life coming along. We have some awesome towers going on. I'd take pictures but you know the whole battery thing.
Anybody want to come help me go through the attic? Somehow the neatly organized areas of the school room back in LA all got labeled in such ways that I have no idea what is in them. So much for having a plan to make it easier when we got here. I was so excited to see a box labeled 'computer parts and sewing machine parts'. I was sure I'd find the camera battery charger. Guess what I found? Sam's hat box (Chief's initiation), bunches of plaques and awards, a toilet brush from the kids bathroom, and best of all, nicely wrapped garbage. Yes, that's right, little pieces of paper, cough drop wrappers, and the like, all from behind and around the desk area. So glad that made it safe and sound. I am sure the computer wouldn't have worked very well without those 'parts'. To their credit, the clock which hung on the wall above the desk where the computer was and across from where the sewing machine sat, was in the box. What happened to 'pro gear' anyway?
The best was 'washroom cleaning supplies'. There sure were. Thrown in sideways and upside down, nothing was wrapped, and two were completely spilled into the box. No big deal right? Not so much. Apparently you line the bottom of the cleaning supply box with DVDs ($30 a pop Living Scripture DVDs) and then cram art supplies (3 spiral books of color wonder paper, one nicely sliced open pack of color wonder explosion paper, finger paints, lots of painting and drawing paper, and craft books) along the edges before you chuck the various cleaners in. I am happy to report that all of the cleaning supplies are safe and sound, except the two that happily leaked all over of course. Everything else? Let's just say that the packing method was excellent for making sure the cleaning supplies didn't leak through the box and mess up the truck.
And now for a little brain teaser: What was actually in the box?
crats, blinder, cantiser, craths, breakfastables
Every box is an adventure that is for sure. On to the days adventures ...
1 comment:
This is another great chapter for that best seller that you are writing. I think it is time to publish a few bits and pieces for lots of reasons. Could be a best seller....
Love, Grandma
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