The place where we will be living will be significantly smaller than the house we live in now.  We don’t really need all the possessions that we have.  It’s just very time consuming and painful (sometimes) to sort through everything and to make decisions to part with items. 

The hardest items for me to part with are my teaching items.  I have taught for about 8-9 years (I’ve lost count, lol).  As you can imagine, I’ve collected quite a bit of curriculum, craft supplies, musical instruments, math manipulatives, children’s books, and other things along the way.  If I go back to teaching, I’m not sure which grade I’ll be teaching.  Some of the items I have are expensive and hard to come by.  I’m determined though to see this through and to make some sacrifices.

The picture above shows the boxes for my moving sale.  Trust me, this is only a small portion of what will be in the sale.  Sad, I know.  I already have about 10 boxes of things ready.  We will be selling furniture, children’s clothes, children’s books, toys, books, knicknacks, and so much more! 

This picture is of the other side of my basement. 

I can’t believe I’m being this vulnerable and showing you my mess!  Notice this picture is not displayed on the front page of Thrifty Mommy.    This mess is a result of being a mom that is stretched thin.  I have a 2 and 4 year old.  Getting down to my basement and working is not easy!!!!  I can’t begin to tell you the number of times I have started sorting through our things to have a kid at the top of the stairs screaming or crying and shaking the gate.  Now we have no gate, so they just come down there with me.  I’ll put stuff in the yard sale pile and they’ll start pulling it back out.  “Why are you getting rid of this?  What’s this for?”  Ahhhhh!  If only I could afford a sitter.  :sigh: 

This messy project is for this coming week.  Wish me luck! What are you tackling?

images by Karen 

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