How did I get so much STUFF? My house looks like World War III. It doesn't help that I am packing for Gulf War, but it was bad before anyway because of DI, Girl Scouts, Scrapbooking, etc. As someone recently said as she walked in the door, "you have a lot going on!"
But how did I get so much stuff? I used to be able to put everything I owned in my Buick Electra. Granted, it was a 1967 Buick Electra and it was HUGE. It held 8 college students. This was my first car, and my grandparents gave it to me my senior year in college. I moved from law school to Atlanta in that car and I put everything I needed for the whole summer in it.
But seriously, I am packing and repacking plastic bins for Gulf Wars and I am amazed. One bin for shoes. One plastic shoe box (small) for belts. One slilghtly larger plastic shoe box for hats. One bin for blankets and insulating stuff for the matresses. One bin for table coverings, cooler coverings, chair coverings, towels and pillows. One bin for kids clothes (period garb or medieval costumes). One bin for adult clothes (also period). One bin for general camping stuff like bug spray and flashlights. One bin for cooking equipment and dishes. Feast gear. Archery stuff. Drum. A & S projects. Sewing. Yikes!! I don't think it will all fit. This does not even include the tent, air mattress, rugs, tarps, four cots, tent poles (some of this stuff is going on the top of the van), cooler, food, bottled water etc. etc. I am seriously amazed. I don't know how we are going to get it all there, or home. Is it too late to buy a trailer?
Christianna aka Pleasant Valley Mom thinking, What Have I gotten Myself Into?
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