monday 20.9.2010
I just asked J.T. if we could live in the camper when we get home. He made some noises which I'm going to take as agreement and the only thing I'm yet to work out is schooling. School of the air is always an option. See, it's not that I particularly like the camper, or that it's full of all the conveniences of home but we can drive it around. It's not like that at all! It's small, cramped, dirty and when we're all in it at once, very, very small. But I need to get away from my stuff.
I have spoken about this to my most excellent friend K.B. before. I have too much stuff. I am a hoarder. Of everything, not just really cool stuff that my kids will be able to take on Antiques Roadshow in the future and make millions (not including my collection of retro McDonald's Happy Meal toys in mint condition, which will make my fortune if I can ever find a buyer.) Added to that I don't clean or tidy as a rule. I like things to be clean and tidy, I really do, but I can't personally do it. For a while, a few years ago, I did this online de-cluttering/organising/cleaning thing online (I didn't clean online the program was online)called FLYlady and my house was not only usable, but pleasant. Then I fell pregnant with baby number two and it became too hard with a small child and morning sickness. I can't get back to it though. Now I have four kids and my house is just full. That's not a exaggeration either, we have literally kicked a path from our front door to the main living areas of the house and in other places we just walk on stuff to get around. It's quite disgusting and something I'm quite ashamed about. I don't have people over and the idea of people dropping in is a constant source of panic. People (the thousands who read this blog daily) will scream at their computer screens "CLEAN IT, YOU FOOL, YOU LAZY, GOOD-FOR-NOTHING SLOB!" and I would generally agree, but I just CAN'T do it. I can't. I want to, for me for my kids, for J.T., for all the people who love me who would like to come over for a cuppa....
Anyway, if I lived in the camper and never went back to my "stuff" it would all be ok. I'd only need a few things from there. My photos of course, all the kids' artworks, some toys (which we didn't bring because we knew the kids would be enthralled by nature and history *snort*), books, more cooking equipment, my pantry, lounge, heater, fan (the weather has been fickle), another pair of shorts, my radio, washing machine, fridge, freezer, oven, my elephant collection (currently conveniently stored in boxes), letters from when J.T and I were dating in high school, kids' christening gowns and gifts, everything that was ever hand-made for my children, mementos of interesting times. Some may say "everything but the kitchen sink," but I'm really missing my double sink. Maybe i should start looking at one of those two-storey 10 metre caravans with plenty of storage space.
Hahahahaha! Or you could just leave it all where it was and resume......as you were people! AND just for the record....I'm sure many people with 4 kids are saying, "I hear you girlfriend!" & secondly, you are AWESOME, so who has time to be that totally AWESOME and clean???? ;)
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