Downsizing Again?!

We're moving again--our second in nine months.  Even though we know that things are never for certain, we are hopeful that this will be our last for a very long time.  The house we're moving into is surprisingly a bit larger than the house we're currently in.  It has a very nice open floor plan which will allow for great cozy and fun fellowships with good friends.  We can't wait!

As part of our moving routine, we are once again, cleaning up, getting rid of, and movin' on out!  You'd figure that over the numerous moves and clean ups we've done over the last 18 years (seven of them) that we'd have run out of things to clean up.  Not so.  18 years is a whole lot of years to (unnecessarily and regretfully) accumulate all kinds of stuff.  Factor in there, that I'm sentimental about some of our things.

Lucky for us, our new semi-permanent home is a little challenged in some areas of storage.  Instead of keeping things boxed up (like we would normally do) and finding creative ways to store it for "later", we have decided to DOWNSIZE completely!  Who ever needs 4 sets, I repeat, 4 sets of dishes?  Even though we love to entertain, 4 sets is a little much!  Let's not forget a cabinet full of serving pieces that yes, at one point or another has tasted yummy food on it's surfaces--but a whole cabinet full?  Hhhhmmmm...

Gone will be the over-abundance!  Gone will be things that we have kept over the years because we "may" use it someday...  Gone will be the personal attachments to things.

Here to stay are "just enough" things that we have loved over the years and reflect our eclectic lifestyle.  Here to stay is one set of dishes, just enough serving pieces and wine glasses to entertain good friends with.  The key is to keep things on the down low, a simpler life with a whole lotta purpose...

As we continue to go through our things, hopefully for the last time in a very long time, we will continue to put focus and find purpose on what's good and sufficient for our family.