The View from the Couch

Is of a lot of stuff, to be honest.  We have 17 days until we can move stuff to the new house and 20 days until the movers are coming.  We have a lot of stuff.  We have a lot more stuff than we did when we moved in here three months ago... thank you Ikea.  When we packed the last house, it was just the two of us and we basically used the same four glasses and the same four plates to eat all of our meals.  We just spent a lot more time than normal washing dishes.  We also didn't have a lot of our stuff out on display, since the house had to be staged to sell.  Adding a two and three year old into the mix is definitely going to make the last few days of packing much more involved.  We could always plop them down in front of the television for entertainment for the last few days, but A) that only holds their attention for so long and B) that's not really the way we want them to be entertained.  This morning, I gave them the choice of television or just playing.  They chose playing... so television... not really a big thing for them.

We don't have a lot planned for today... mostly lounging and watching some football... and packing.  I cannot express to you how much I dislike packing.  We have so much extra stuff now, there's no way we'll have enough boxes.  I can already see a trip to Home Depot in my future for today.  On the other hand... I dislike this house even more.  It seemed like such a good place when we found it.  Not amazing by any means, but sufficient and it was available when we needed it.  I think they made a movie about this house about twenty five years ago... it's "The Money Pit".  In the three months that we have lived here, we've had a broken dishwasher, washer, dryer, garbage disposal and now a sink.  The sink, we have determined, will remain that way and be the owner's problem when he moves back in.  It's not worth the effort to call someone and the impending ten day wait for someone to actually come fix it.

All in all, I guess we should do some packing... but that doesn't mean that I have to want to pack.