What was I thinking?

So, for the last week I have been tearing out each room and moving furniture, clothes, stuff and more stuff. Munga & Mannie have shared a room for the last few years and they are really getting on my nerves. I tore up my office and put it in the laundry room, moved Mannie back into her little room (my office) and put my scrapbook, sewing and Primary papers in Munga's big room. We are also collecting things for Zions Market. More on that in a minute.

There are piles of books, pictures, school papers and nail polishes in the floors, on the dressers, and down the hall. Jeff and I moved quite a bit before we moved here (9 years ago) and since we are nomads, we don't truly feel comfortable unless we move furniture up and down the stairs at least twice a year.

This summer Buddy's room was gutted so I could paint. My best friend Sherrie came to help and we finished in 2 days. It looks great but I think Buddy forgot that he already moved around this year. He wanted to switch little rooms with Mannie and I had to remind him that we just got his lighthouses put back up. And his room is two shades of blue. Mannie likes pink.

The birds couldn't be left out either. They went back into the front room to be "watchbirds" and squawk their little heads off whenever someone pulls up to the house.

One day we will be back in order just in time to get out the Christmas decorations...

Zions Market is what our 5 family calls "Free-I" as opposed to "D-I". (Deseret Industries, i.e. a second hand store) Every year our stake hosts this great event at the stake center. We take our nicely used clothes, books, etc over on a Friday night and sort them into their designated classrooms at the church. Then on Saturday morning we can go back and check out what everyone else brought. It's the greatest yard sale in the world!

Last year before we went, I said, "I am looking for a lamp, some zuchinni (no lie), and sprinkler heads." Guess what I found at Zions Market? Yup. The lamp is in the front room, zuchinni got made into bread and the sprinkler heads have been run over by the lawn mower at least 3 times this summer. (they are doing a great job keeping the grass wet and growing, I can't help it if I can't see them in the long grass!)

More moving and vacuuming tomorrow. Need to find the heating pad for my back and some Ibuprofen...