Living 2B Healthy

     How many boxes does it take to pack a family of 5? That is the question!!      It seems the more I pack, the more of a mess I make in my house. I often try and tell my self that's I'm an organized person and maybe when I am when I put my mind to it. So, when it comes to packing I am trying to do it in the most efficiant way possible. This means not only meticulously sorting threw ever little thing but also packing things that go together in the same box. However, I find things that don't belong to really anything I leave them out and about,... hence making more of a mess! My husband on the other hand likes to throw 'random stuff' in a box as fast as possible... It'd be nice if I could do the same, but since I know that's creating more work for me on the back end I'm resisting the urge to join in with him.     We already have 2 storage units in a neighboring town that are basically full of boxes and stuff we won't need until after we m...

     A few weeks ago we looked at a property in New Virginia (60 minutes from our current home) it was 10 acres with a pond and a very beautiful property, but for many reasons including the very small school district and a house we didn't love or really even like we decided it wasn't the right property for us. Then less than a week later our realtor called and told us the property that we wanted to look at in the beginning of May in Winterset was available. We were excited and nervous all at the same time but we scheduled a showing the following morning.      The night before going to the property  [NAME OMITTED] and I talked about all the pros and cons for about the 500th time and the next day (Friday May 24th) we went and looked inside the house (we had walked around the 5.5 acres on the property early May). It was move in ready and even though this house is a tremendous downsize for us. We were very happy with the house, so we made an of...