crazy

Lately, there has been a lot of happiness in our family....I don't know what it is, probably the fresh spring air and blanket of green that is starting to cover our world. Spring seems to translate to happiness....and happiness to craziness. Not that Delip and Thelma haven't been running around our house crazy all winter long... but it seems to have spread to my mom, dad and my brother, Adam. Here's just a hint at how they have been acting....Thank goodness for spring.

declutter.

Last night we dropped Thelma off at my mom and dad's so we could have 2 uninterrupted hours of de-cluttering our house. We had to remove a truckload full of items that have been deemed "objects that might make our house unsellable". I can't believe we have this much stuff. STUFF. That we don't even use on a daily basis. Of course half of the truck was full of books that we dont' have shelf space for. Still, even half a truck of stuff is too much. My hope is that we can go back through it once this move is complete and maybe by then we will be able to narrow it down to a quarter truck of stuff that we simply must keep. My mom and dad have graciously offered up their THIRD garage as a storage unit, so at 10 o'clock last night, I drove the U-haul that chugs back to Hudson. Right now, it is parked outside on the street. And Thelma is running around without a shirt because she spilled water all over it at breakfast time. And I am sitting here having a cup of coffee. I don't sit and have coffee very often anymore. Usually I am running around the house, forgetting where I last set it down. On the days I actually think I need the caffeine I stand in front of my little espresso machine and do shots. I guess this is the life of a mother on the brink of picking up her whole life and moving to the country. (and working four days a week.) But this morning, I am taking a break. And as soon as Thelma's shirt dries, we are going to the park.