Playing Catch-Up

This week has been more busy than normal already, so that is why there hasn't been a new post in a while.  Here is a quick list of what was going on:

1. We have been packing and organizing the house like crazy trying to get it ready for the realtor to come and assess.

2. Which fills in this point - I am a Tetris Master - the storage unit is PACKED.

3.  I've been making elements or decorations for Aria's party every night for the past few weeks.

4. I was super sick today, hubster even stayed home from work to take care of Aria. Blergz.

5. Did I mention we have been cleaning like mad?

6.  Picking out paint for rooms in a house that hopefully won't be yours for much longer and trying to anticipate what other people want is really, really hard.  Right now our rooms are light blue, this weird green color, teal and the little one's room is light green with a light purple stripe.  Not exactly traditional colors - I blame my Mom - our house was referred to as the "rainbow house" growing up.

7.  I've been busy planning my next craft projects and gathering supplies!

8.  I've been packing for my birthday weekend!  I'm going scrapbooking with my friend at some huge scrapbooking thing.  I am beyond excited!  (getting your supplies together is tough work)

9.  I've been cleaning and packing! 

so there you have it, pictures of all the awesomeness above will be coming soon!  In the meantime, maybe I'll try to go to sleep before 4am...

Pack it up!

I think I may be the only person who loves packing.  Well, I should rephrase that to I love organizing everything into it's place and packing lends itself well to putting things in their place - all the while, being able to clean areas that were jam packed with stuff and haven't been cleaned in three years!  Plus you get to decide if you really want something.  Does this contribute to your life?  Will it?  Is it just going to sit in a box for 40 years until your grandkids find it and go "why did she keep that?"?

We had a very successful Moving Sale a few weeks back after packing up here and there.  We had so much we had to just go ahead and have it even though we have more for another sale already.  The only thing I hate about packing, is lugging boxes.  Actually, there is another thing this time.  Before, we would move from one apartment to another, but this time we will be moving from our first house to someplace yet to be determined, hopefully a townhouse.  It will be sad leaving here, but will be relieving to leave behind the responsibilities of home ownership.

That being said, here is a picture of what our living room looks like now.  These are just boxes from the downstairs room, and not everything from down there either.  I think we are going to need to get a big storage unit...