Moving Back

We were so excited to come home...I mean, soooo excited. After a fabulous vacation to Disneyworld, which was definitely Magical, sooo hard and sooo fun at the same time. We were exhausted and glad to have a couple of days before Ed had to go to work. But this week has been so so hard for me at home. It was fun coming home to snow, and the kids sledding for the first 2 days. But after that we were ready for the Georgia winter we'd grown accustomed to. Even today it warmed up a bit and Jonathan says "I don't need to wear my coat because it's like Ga now." It had warmed up to the forties probably, but noticably warmer then the past few days. But that's not what's got me. Moving in is so so hard. We didn't really get settled from when we moved in the first time before we had to move out and now back in. I thought I'd gotten rid of a lot of stuff to move here, now I have more stuff. Stuff is weighing me down. Toys and crap EVERYWHERE! I kept thinking to myself, I just need a bedroom sanctuary! Some place I can go to just think. I have a hard time thinking around all this clutter, it makes me edgy. My bedroom was the first room and is miraculously, simple, clean surfaces and bed made comfortable. Tonight I worked some on Rebecca's room. I have 3 rooms upstairs. The kids have been sharing, and Bella in the nursery, and Ed and I had a bed up there, but now, I decided to move us into the master on the main level and I love it. So Rebecca's room is almost clutter free too. However, in the process, I've decided to take everything out of the room and only put back the things that are in the plan for that room, you know like something they'd show on HGTV. Everything not being used in that room I'm moving out, hence a lot of crap that I have no idea where will go. It's sad really, because I'm going to just have to get rid of things I like, but have no space for...love sac anyone?

My biggest block and obstacle, though, is that now that I'm homeschooling, I have not decided where to put all these books. I have a dining room we don't eat in, but use for arts/crafts/work table/library/piano. It's not huge, but we do all these things in there. I have a finished basement I could use too, but there are TRAINS everywhere...no wait, they said they picked them up (I haven't been down there since earlier this afternoon). But somewhere I need to line up book cases(buy some too) for all these books I have now as I'm acquiring a handy dandy library for school. And my storage room is filled to capacity with so many things from life jackets and boating equipment, camping, holiday stuff and food storage. I don't have a place to put our luggage. I'm screaming inside my head!! I just keep telling myself one step at a time. I got my bedroom done and Becca's is coming along. I'm just thinking of everything at once (colors, curtains, design and decorating, furniture placement, closets, plants, you know). Have to do it one step at a time I guess. I just want everything done NOW! Wishing I was "Bewitched" or Genie.

In the meantime, school must go on. We've had a pretty lax week of it. At least they've done some math, language and history. I just didn't realize it would take me at least a week to get my head on straight. Hopefully, soon, we will be back in some kind of routine. I finally got information for joining the homeschool group here. Tonight Rebecca had a church activity, afterwards, Savannah started talking about Kardio Kidz, which they did in Georgia at the YMCA, and dance and Tae kwon Do, all things they did there. It's mid-Feb and we are starting our 3rd routine/schedule for the school year. Of course, it'd be easier if it'd been the same all year, but the change is what makes it exciting, right? Well, at least we were all together while dad was activated. That was an incredible blessing. Now, back to the paint color....