Public Service Announcement

 

Our move out of the parsonage, after living there for 14 years, was a move like no other. 

Bruce and I have moved nine times in our marriage, and each move has generally followed the same pattern:  you’re pretty well organized when you start packing and by the end you have way too many boxes marked “Miscellaneous”.  The deal is that you know you’ll be able to figure it out at the new place. 

Not so if you’re moving out of the country.  We needed to look at every item and piece of paper and decide what to do with it once and for all:  give away, put into storage, take along.  I was faced with a lot of decisions, a lot of emotions, and a lot of unfinished projects!  So…

I’m using my recent experience to make a public service announcement:  Finish your sewing projects now!  Label your photographs now!  Take the old oil that’s in your garage to the hazardous waste place now!  Cut your losses, skip having a garage sale, and drive to the Salvation Army donation center now!  Go to Flylady.net and get rid of your clutter now!

And, when I return from Jamaica, remind me about this post.  I’m a minimalist from here on out!