purge this!

So I feel like Im in that nesting phase you go through when you're pregnant.

Only...Im not pregnant and well Im not making my apartment feel "homey". Its really quite the opposite, I am making it look and feel quite barren by purging most of my belongings.

Im in the process of downsizing my life. Really in more than just one way. Its amazing how much crap can accumulate over the years.

As an example: I worked in a chain bookstore for a little over two years. During that time I built myself quite the collection of books, movies and cds. Since then I have moved a handful of times, toting along 7 boxes of books alone. Two giant bins...yes, bins....of DVDs (hell, I still have VHS tapes!) And 2 or 3 boxes of cds. What can I say? My discount was pretty awesome. But at one time books were my life. Of course, my son was younger, I was younger, wild even. I lived in those books. I would read...no no, I would devour them. Word after word. Buying new books on a weekly basis became a sick obsession.

So I came home today and took every single book out of the 7 boxes.....


And now I am just staring at them.  I'm totally overwhelmed...what a bad idea!!

I gotta get rid of these! (and these are just the paperbacks!)

Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5

settling in.

still getting settled into the new place.

but already, things have improved drastically.

i never realized how much my surroundings affect my mood until we moved.  being in our old apartment was depressing, it felt cramped and cold and small.  i felt confined and miserable.

now i'm in an apartment that feels light and airy, its bright and my mood has never been better.  i can even tell that our health has improved.  iain and i had severe breathing problems in the old place.  in fact, i think iain had a cold the entire time we were there.  and now? not so much as a sniffle or a sneeze.


things at work are good, my plate seems to be getting fuller but its nice.  the extra work definitely helps the day go by faster and hopefully my hard work pays off in the end.  or is at least not going unnoticed. 

a proper update will come in a few days. 

moving...on!

no saturday morning inspiration posts this week again, sorry kids!

as i mentioned in my previous post, our apartment flooded.  finally on wednesday management agreed to give me a new unit when i had finally had enough.  we still could not stay in our place and they weren't going to be able to fix the wall for another week.  thursday afternoon, we signed the lease to our new place and yesterday we started the moving process.

let me tell you, moving at the last minute when you've been in an apartment for nearly two years is not fun or easy!  while i sit here and look around, it still looks like nothing has been accomplished and it is getting on my nerves.

anyway, this is me, signing off probably until later tonight.

if you'd like to lend a hand and move a few boxes (they're not going far), i would sure appreciate it!  call/text me or message me on facebook.