Self-Medicated

Ya know, I have moved many times in my life. So many that I have probably forget a few times. So I have added them up…. As a kid with my family we moved 9 times. In my teens I moved around too many to count, there were group homes and foster homes and other places. With Kieth it was 10 times in 4 years. With Bob it was 7 times in 11 years. After bob I moved back home with mom and dad and lived there and in South Carolina off and on for 2 years. Then into my apartment in abby and now here in our condo. So you can say I moved a lot. I guess I was never happy in my life so I thought that moving would help. It never did. My crap followed me. Boxes of things that I thought I couldn’t live without. I don’t need stuff to remind me of my life.

I have been putting off going thru some boxes for many years now. I told myself that I didn’t want to look at all those memories until I was strong enough to deal with them. Well the time is here. I have be looking at all the memories of my life for the last couple days. WoW is all I can say. I didn’t realize what all I was dragging around. I have purged it all. I have kept 2 medium boxes of childhood stuff and with it a few items from the boys as babies. My past has gone from 6 boxes to 2! I feel so good to get rid of so much. Stuff that was just…crap. There are still some things that I’m not really sure what to do with but I plan on leaving them on my kitchen table til I decide where they will end up. Might just go into the garbage!

I do have to go thru all my photo albums and organize them but thats a job for next month!
Gregg needs to purge his 4 boxes still and then they can be put away too. And blankets! We have so many blankets! I am getting rid of at least 8 of them. Plus old bed sheets. I need to remember to throw out old stuff when I get new things…lol.

Anyways, why was I talking about this? ………OH YEAH!….LOL “crap” Tons and tons of crap. Its a great thing to do at least once a year, get rid of things that you haven’t used in over a year and you know you wont use it next year. I think the next area will be the kitchen, way too much stuff in there. I really hate clutter. It has always bothered me but I could never get rid of it. Now if things get cluttered I start to feel the need to throw things out. So this is where I am now. In the middle of clutter and boxes, sorting thru everything. Its been an interesting week so far!

Sorry I haven’t blogged for a few days but I have been doing stuff. First off, my leg is a bit better but still getting some shooting pains. Gregg had more work done on his teeth yesterday. He has about another 3 weeks until he gets his new teeth put in. I’m waiting for a call from our oral surgeon today to see if he can get me in to get an MRI of my jaw. Since I have T.M.J He can’t start doing any dental work till he knows what is going in the jaw joints.

I guess it was a busy weekend everywhere. My great-niece Anna turned 1 and my sister’s father in-law passed away. I guess it was a tough time for them all. Having to say goodbye and also celebrate. Strange how life and death things are always so close together.

As for today, I am slowly going thru boxes in my storage area. I figure we might as well get rid of junk we will never use. Why keep things when you cant take any of it with you when you die. I will keep the important stuff that is needed. It feels good to purge every so often. I realize that I cant handle clutter. As soon as the place starts to get a little cluttered I get moody. So I need to clear it out. We have way to much stuff for our condo. I don’t know where to put things half the time.

I’m also getting excited about this coming saturday. We have tickets for the Bare Naked Ladies concert. This will be our third one! I really enjoy watching them on stage. They are so much fun. I have never been to a concert where the whole crowd has a good time and nobody gets out of hand. So we are taking Glen with us, we bought him a ticket for christmas. We are going into Vancouver early so we can do dinner first. Right now the Vancouver area is doing “dine out“. A bunch of restaurants have a special 3 course menu under 35.00 each. Some of them are great deals. We have our picks down to 3 and just need to make a decision and book it.

Well I guess I’m done having my morning coffee and I hear boxes calling me. Until next time my peoples!

I came across this at another blog that I read and thought it was interesting. Since I spent many years in Vancouver I find that I miss living there at times. Our big city has grown up since I was a kid. I have wonderful memories of how Vancouver used to be. Now its changed to where its a bit scary to walk certain areas as a woman by myself. Lucky me, I always have Gregg with me.

Anyways, here is a link to an artist that has taken photos of Vancouver over the years. Fred Herzog has a collection from the past 50 years that he is sharing with the public. He is showing his art work at the Vancouver Art Gallery. After that his art will be displayed at Equinox Gallery.
So if you want to see Vancouver from a different time then go and check him out.

Vancouver Motorcycle Show - Events

Yup its already started. Would love to go but I don’t think my back and leg are going to carry me too far this weekend.
It’s at the Tradex until Sunday.