Re-Cluttering

Sorry I haven't updated for about two weeks now--time flies!

After making so much progress in decluttering our house, we're now in a position where we need to replace stuff we had gotten rid of.

As I mentioned before, I am hosting Thanksgiving again this year, but I got rid of my pie plates, rolling pins, and most of my casserole dishes. Since we're here for a while, I figured I should buy reusable ones rather than relying on disposables. My mom is bringing out a pie plate and rolling pin, and I found a great deal on a set of Pyrex at Costco the other day.

Steve is in a bit of a panic over Christmas decorations. He's really into Christmas lights. Remember how I said I'm obsessive about Thanksgiving? That's how he is with decorating for Christmas. He's won awards for it and stuff. It's a big deal.

We did save some decorations, but we got rid of a lot. He has been bringing decorations over from the storage unit and he did discover that we had saved most of the lights. He was a bit hesitant to admit this to me since he was supposed to have sold them/given them away, but at least it's one less thing to worry about.

Earlier in this process I had been planning on getting the kids very small, lightweight gifts for Christmas. The other day I realized that I don't need to worry about that anymore, but we have gotten so deeply entrenched in this "less is more" mindset that I don't want to get big stuff, or a lot of stuff. The thought of it actually makes me kind of sick.

I'm hoping we can resist re-cluttering our lives too much during this limbo.

I will admit, though, that Steve did buy one new Christmas decoration, which I will photograph once it's up. It's very apt. Stay tuned.