Tuesday, May 4, 2010

The Beginning

The Kerkmann's are about to embark on a new adventure and we are all a little anxious about the impending move. We have been in our current home for 6 years and have accumulated a lot of stuff over the years. Our house is not very big to begin with, and unfortunately, our budget will probably require us to downsize when we move to Portland.

This brings me to the purpose of this blog. In order to relieve some of my anxiety, I have decided to start preparing for the move well ahead of time by purging 2 bags of "stuff" every day until the move. As a reminder to myself to never accumulate so many insignificant possessions again, I will document my daily purges as well as my daily purchases. Hopefully this will keep me from indulging in frivolous accumulation. I hope to net a huge loss through all of this and in turn, help make our transition a fun and exciting one.



Day 1 Purge:
  • Brown paper bag full of books I read and hated or know I will never read! (I love having lots of books in the house, but I don't need to display ones I couldn't force myself to finish or flat out will never read.)
  • Spotz (a horrible purchase made two Christmas' ago for Madison. We still haven't found any good use for them unless you purchase a bunch of other kits to go along with them. Don't tell her I got rid of it.)
  • One kitchen chicken (Sorry Jacqui! I politely displayed it for years above the cupboards in my kitchen because it was from a special aunt.)
  • Various picture frames (I purchased some cheap frames at Ross a couple of years ago to have around in case I wanted to send relatives framed photos of the girls. I really don't like the frames and would never want to subject anyone to displaying the frames in their own homes.)
  • Re-usable plastic and tin Christmas serving trays. (I have very few Christmas things to begin with, but I just hate storing things to be used once a year, that is, if I even remember to use it. I also got rid of paper snowman plates still in the plastic wrapper. I refuse to box up paper plates for our move. I don't even use paper plates...let alone ones with a snowman on them.)
AHHHHHH...I feel so much better already!



Day 1 Purchases:
  • Nothing!

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