Saturday, September 29, 2012

Packing Boxes

What would you pack if you were moving to China?

What would you donate and give away?
Shoes that don't fit, a back pack, extra sheets and towels, and "the roll of torment" (a physical therapy thing). 

 What would you leave in your parents' basement? :)
Photos, the Cheesehead hat, a T-shirt honoring Ed, a horse whip from Kazakhstan. 

We took a trip to my (Rachel's) parents' this week, so we borrowed an extra big vehicle and took a load down to their house. Our goal was to clear out everything we don't need for the next month, and establish a new "normal." Hopefully the new normal isn't just constant chaos, though.

Our living room in all it's chaotic glory!

I felt pretty sad looking at the empty shelves. 

In other news, what would you do with school photos of yourself from years of teaching?
We got pranked by Keith and Jen (whose home we live in)! 

80 photos on our walls, in our books, on our shampoo bottles... 
We've probably only found 50 or 60 of them so far. 

Photos of Keith are probably going in the "To China" box one way or another! :)