Sale this, keep that, store that... :)

Yes, these are the words that are to be heard in the Onofre house these days. There were days that when I checked the mail and received magazines I just couldn't wait for the evening to have a bubble bath with a glass of wine and read at leisure.. AHHH!!! Oh Hell NO! Now it's a stress to think that I have to read them and fast cause I gotta get rid of them.. But I'm having an awful time throwing away any media... :) I want to save it, cause in another year I just want to read the article that tells me how to make a catepillars out of an egg carton, or I'll need to reread the article how "How Men really Like it in Bed"! Or the recipe for Roasted Tomato Soup... how do I decide what magazines to take or not.... oh the stress!!!

Moving is actually good therapy, because it makes me realize that while I feel emotionally attached to this house, (First owned home, mom was alive while I lived here, Chris' dad spent lots of time here, family has gathered here, Michaela started High school here, 1st homecoming dance, Beautiful deck and patio all hand built by Chris, Miranda went all the way from 1st to 5th in the same school here, friends who are very dear live here, WE planted trees here)
it's all mortar and brick. That's it!! Bricks on a plot of dirt and grass.... it's what is in our hearts that makes it a home. It's been a wonderful home and I'll forever be grateful for the feeling of owning our own home and for my children to know what it was like to live in a 'real house'! Not something I ever had while growing up,,, I lived in apartments and a few trailors.
Then Chris and I married, we lived in apartments and a few trailors, then military base housing.. so this was truly a LOVED moment of living in this house. The building made of mortar and bricks! :)

But today, it's all about whittling our belongings down to 3ooo pounds of things that will make our life in Bangkok feel like home! First things first.. My Stamp Room!! Yeah Baby,, don't even think for a minute that I'm leaving behind one lil precious stamp or ink pad. And every stamper NEEDS lots of paper.. and then moments when I need to do a 3D project.. so every jar, wooden clipboard, letter, or anything that had an idea behind it is hopping that plane too!! Oh okay, I'll leave behind the glass jars.. cause those are recyclable and surely I can collect glass jars there too, right?! I better call the Embassy to verify! :)

We are getting close. We have rehomed the 3 big dogs; Sara, our 12 year old Black Labrador went to live with Cousin Juan and Machell and their 3 children, Lizzy, our 4 year old terrier (yeah right !!) was adopted by a Navy recruiter and his family and Bailey, our 3 year old lab/calahoula was adopted by one of my daycare familes. So that leaves Allie Mae and Sophie LaRue the maltipoos, and they are going with us!! Rehoming our other family members was beyond hard. But we were fortunate that they all have homes that are going to love and adore them, and we couldn't ask for anything more! :) Prayers were answered!!

Packers and Movers have been scheduled so yeah, it's a reality.. in 2 months time, we will be in Bangkok.... eating fish heads!!