Getting rid of stuff

So, I am currently in the "get rid of crap" mode.  I just feel we have too much stuff.  So, right now it is ebay time.  Lots and lots of ebay.  Then after I get through copious amounts of stuff, I will do some craigslist.  This is my current goal:

1) 1st set of auctions (currently 40 auctions going)---mostly kids clothes and old wedding stuff---To be done/shipped by 2/28
2) 2nd set of auctions--- any relists,  crafts, and kids toys/books---to be done/shipped by 3/6
3) 3rd set of auctions--- relists and Chris/Heather clothes---to be done/shipped by 3/19 
4) 4th set of auctions---relists and misc---done/shipped by 3/27

Then it will be craigslist for non-shippable things.  I would like all of this done by 4/15

Then donation baby!  Get this C R A P out.

Anyone looking for anything specific?  Sadly, I may have it.
FYI:  I do have a used Kindle.  It has a slight hinge problem when put into hinged cases (my lovely daughter pulled it out of its case and the hinge got stuck in it.)  This does not at all effect its use, it works wonderfully and will come with a charger.... anyone need one?  20.00

Same old stuff, different day

I don't really have much to update you all on.  Same old, same old.  Get up, drive kids to school, run errands with cranky Julia, drive home, clean, and go back and get kids, hear them bicker the whole way home, come home and have them fight and Julia scream, and the dog bark.  Organize kid chores, homework, dinner, hear Julia whine some more, put PJ's on, put kids to bed, hear Julia scream and slam doors, finally hear silence--check on her to find she has stripped and since it is cold and she still wears a diaper to bed, redressing her, and putting on a diaper, and waking her up---to have her scream some more.  Then yell at Joshua for banging his feet against the wall, yell at Lauren for getting out of bed, try to hang with husband without being a total B**TH because I have been hearing kid noise all day and kind of want to be alone...... then to bed, to be woken up 1-3 times a night by the ever-screaming Julia... Then up at 6am to do it again. 

Ok, that exhausted me.

I need a nap :-)

On a good note, my husband is taking me on a surprise trip soon---all planned by himself.  And, we just booked an impromptu trip to Vegas too!  Busy travelers we will be!  Luckily I have awesome family who will babysit for us so we can do such things----------kind of hard to take care of "us" when we have such young/busy kids, ya know?  It is time we did.

Oh, and I don't want to rush Julia's growing up, but this 2.5-3.5 age is R E A L L Y wearing me down.    On a positive note, I just got her 3 year old pics done, and she is SOOO big.  She cracked me up with her posing and being so sweet about getting her pics taken.  Gives me hope, because she used to be so uncooperative.   (Sorry for pic quality, it is a pic of the pic.  I will replace when I scan them :-))

Graphic injury picture---beware!

So.... for Christmas my lovely husband bought me a mandolin to cut stuff with.........  It has a guide.  The guide was annoying, I didn't use it.  We really should use things provided for our safety! :-)

 Oh my poor thumb.  (Yeah, I know it isn't that bad, just whining.)  The worst thing is I am on call for work, it is my right hand. Good thing it isn't my "checking" fingers ;-)  but it will still hinder my ability to do things agilely.  

I finally succommed to peer pressure:

So, I finally caved.  I finally did it.  I have been secretly fantasizing about getting one.  But, how can a girl who is not into fashion and such really rationalize such a selfish/expensive purchase?  Well, a moment of weakness, and peer pressure (thanks to my Mom), I got one.  And now, I think I am going to be a Coach Snob.  I can see it already.  My kids even took Coach boxes into school in lieu of shoeboxes for valentines.  (Ok, this wasn't a purposeful thing, they needed shoe boxes, we were at the store, and they had similar boxes and saved me from having to find shoe boxes...... but still.)

Here is my new love! (and that is not my hand, lol)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Of course I had to get a wallet too!