Hello. Hello. So back to trying for Baby #2. I decided to take
the “let’s-not-freak-out-this-time-around-and-just-go-with-it” approach.
Totally better. Ahhh. Jealous of you people who are wired this way from the get
go.
Instead, I decided to put my ‘psycho self’ into house projects like 'Purging 101'. Right
now the entire man cave basement is packed with of garbage bags full of stuff
we no longer need or use. It’s pretty crazy. All I could think about is
shipping it over to Peru to the families I visited over there who have NOTHING
but one mattress for 5 kids. Ugh. (They are totally happy though.) And here I
am with 10 yellow shirts. Hello. Not anymore. I am down to TWO white shirts. NO
yellow. And well, who cares. Honestly, “stuff” does NOT make one happier in the
end. I think it suffocates, actually.
Side
note: Think of how much money we could have saved if we didn’t buy this stuff...
The
more Karl and I look at houses, the more I realize I LOVE the houses with zero
to NO clutter. And I’m going to get our house there. It’s just tough because we
have NO storage. But it’s OK. I’m figuring out a system. Every time, I ask
myself…. “Hello, object. Do I want to move you when it comes to moving time? Are
you worth it to me? Have I’ve gotten much use out of you?”
Most
of the time the answer is “NO”.
I
have container basket things shipping to us this week! And Jackson has made
homes out of all the Rubbermaids. Super fun. It is VERY challenging trying to
keep him busy and in ONE room so I can supervise all the while cleaning and
purging. It’s almost impossible. BUT, I’m trying to tell myself “baby steps”.
Sooner than later I’ll get to a point where I’ll take a deep breath and know I
did the best I could and be very happy with the results. We’re making some
people over at Lupus very happy…and the VETS. We’re having TWO trucks come by…
We don’t want to scare the neighbors with our hoard.
Oh,
and I’m bringing stuff IN. My awesome friend Jenna hooked us UP with baby
clothes!!! She has three kids – two girls and one boy. She found a bunch of
girls' clothes tucked in the back of her storage only her
first born wore because she didn’t realize she had tucked it away. I don’t
think we’ll find out what we’re having again, so I’ll just have to hang on to
these! Thanks Jenna! What a gem!!!
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| Look at all these AWESOME baby clothes!!!!!! JENNA RULES!!! |
I
separated them all out and washed all the neutral clothes and put them together
for baby #2 and am setting all the pink stuff aside just in case. Remember… I’m
in “chill” mode. Whatever happens….happens!
I’m
having a lot of fun looking at houses. I think Karl might be too. It is
exhausting and we’d never be able to do as well if Karl’s parents didn’t watch
Jackson. We found two more that we LOVE. The first one really stole our hearts.
The minute we walked in I thought it felt homey. We just wish there were a few
minor upgrades, but maybe we can do those things down the road. Would not need
to do immediately. We just need to sit down and think about finances. That’s
not always fun, but it’s healthy. I feel like I’m cleaning out my entire body
lately just by getting organized. So strange. I feel lighter. Have I mentioned
that before?
So
that’s where we are at. We’ll see what a week will bring. Maybe our lives will
change forever once again. Again, not thinking about it. Not one bit. Did I
mention I had a dream we had twins? Ok…enough for now. Shush.
