Wednesday, April 13, 2011

What a "minimalist" looks like with a husband, 4 kids and daycare

HAHAAHAHAHAH! Are you laughing?
I'm sure D would LAUGH if he saw my version of "not needing stuff". I stand by it though. People are buying new toys all the time and we just don't. Not new furniture, not new anything, cept my breakfast nook- which, if you've been here, you KNOW we needed. That big ass table was nuts. Ideally- and it could still happen, we'll get rid of the breakfast nook, and just sit on the floor and eat together like they do in some cultures.
As the kids grow, there is more stuff we will get rid of. There isn't much in their rooms. CJ and Josh "scored" the desk because that motherf*cker is too heavy to bring upstairs to get rid of. It's going down with this house, that's for damned sure. I want to puke remembering what a nightmare that thing's been to haul around.
I have a microwave, which I feel guilty using each and every time because face it- it CAN'T be good to use. But it's easy and convenient, so what do we stupid Americans care???? I no longer drink coffee, I am considering giving the coffee maker away.
I have kitchen utensils, but I'm going to go through them right this second and throw away what I don't use, because that drawer makes me NUTS. In fact, maybe today is kitchen throw away day when the babies are napping.
Caiden and Adalane are playing together so nicely. Caiden straight up refused the bottle- not sure if he's not hungry or if he was a boob man on the whole vacation. He sure likes to be held. He's going to have to get re-used to being HERE, where we play together but I don't carry him around with me all day long.
I'm reattempting my crusty bread, also. That's the huge bonus to babies the same age- same sleep schedule. This time i put 3 cloves of garlic into the bread dough, that's rising now. :) YUM. Tell me how awesome that will be if it turns out! And if it doesn't, I'm making another kick ass vegetarian pizza. Last night the kids didn't even cry about what I made them eat. Maybe it was because Julia's super cute teacher and hubby were here. I made them eat some. They swore (i made them) that it was good. hahahah
Oh yeah- so back to my version of being a minimalist. We don't have anything in storage other than seasonal decorations that we got from Cullen's mom. If we don't use it (as in I see it and haven't used it in 6 months or more) out it goes. It's awesome.
We would NOT have a hard time packing our asses into our RV. I love knowing that. My kids don't even require that much. All those toys? They don't play with them.
I packed up all the winter stuff- that counts as "storage" too, huh? Well, that's just how it is. I have 4 kids and we live in Hell, we need winter gear. So I stand by it, whether or not it would fit someone else's idea of what it is. We keep it low key here. I'm prepared to homeschool and move into my RV at any given moment. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! :)
Let's go already. :)

I need a time line revision, don't i? What fun thing will we do first/next? Buy a place in FL, buy the RV and take a year off or dive into realty? HMMMMM. What a fun decision to have to make.

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