I haven’t blogged in awhile because I haven’t really been doing anything particularly interesting. I felt like my life was totally out of control and crazy for the 30 days leading up to us moving and then for the 30 days or so after we moved in to our new home…then came the holidays and a lot of craziness there.
People keep asking about the whole moving process – do we feel moved in, how’s it coming along, etc. The answer is that James and I feel really happy and very comfortable in our new home even though we know that we haven’t made much progress on unpacking the things that didn’t initially get unpacked. We’ve decided not to worry about it and that we’ll probably wait until Spring to the rest of the unpacking…that way we can sell some stuff in a yard sale. I know this seems really out of character for someone who is completely obsessive, like me, but the truth is – I’m just being obsessed about other things at the moment instead of the whole unpacking thing. Yes, occasionally I go berzerk about the boxes in the garage or under the stairs or in JPs “man room” – but, then I take a breath and realize that I am really happy and that it doesn’t matter right now.
So, what I’m I obsessing about in the mean time? I’ve actually been having really good Book Karma. I read Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout for our book club selection, then read The Help by Kathryn Stockett (which incidentally will be the next book club pick) and now I am reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Although, this last selection is taking me longer to read because of the way it reads – I’m loving every minute of it. And just so you know – it’s actually in paperback, not on my Kindle. I still have a few books to read off my bookcase.
So, if you are looking for an obsession – I say start with one of these three books! You cannot go wrong!!
More later!!
