As you can probably guess we are pretty snowed under at the moment. We are in week four of preparations for moving interstate and things are nicely on track. I think I may have packed around 60 boxes so far but I lost count somewhere deep into last week.
We have three large piles in our house right now but I wanted to share two of them with you as they represent where we’ve been and where we’re going. This is the first one:
Yes, we have a verge collection coming up and we’ve made as good use of it as we sorted through our house. We had to give away our animals and so their cages all came down. These were the duck and chook enclosures that we had spent a full day putting together last year. We don’t mind, we have to do what’s needed.
This large pile represents so many things but mostly it represents where we’ve been for the last 15 years. Some of what’s out there came with us from our previous house!
This is the second pile:
Yes, this is our growing stack of packed boxes. This of course represents where we’re going, all that we deem worthy to come with us! Turns out thats a lot but I don’t think its any more than an average family of four.
Moving is such an interesting thing. It gives you time to really look at what you have, what you’ve kept and why you’ve done so. You have to physically handle every single thing you own or at least eyeball it as you put it in the box. You have to let go (as was the case with our VW Bug and our ducks) but you also get to dream of where you’re going (as is the case with my considering how to set up the girl’s new room and my new art space). Its quite a cleansing experience in many ways.
Pile three is simply the pile for our garage sale coming up (March 10th for anyone in Perth, message me for details).
So, its anyone’s guess how many boxes I’ll end up with (after all, our removalists are yet to pack all our breakables and electronics/appliances) but I’m fairly sure that the pile out the front is finished. Its nice to be finished with the junk. : )
