Moving makes me CRAZY!

The movers are coming tomorrow!! How in the world do we accumulate so much stuff? Especially since I go on bi-weekly purging sprees! Scott is constantly asking me "Hey, where was that one thing we used once last year but then the handle broke and we thought we'd fix it?" I always say, "I probably threw it away about six months ago." Then Scott just shakes his head and wonders how many other important things I've thrown away. He's learned not to leave receipts laying vulnerably out in the open.


Anyway, it's fun to find things again that were put away SO WELL but then forgot where. For example, I just found where I kept a stash of extra lip gloss. I've come to learn: it doesn't matter how well organized I am... if I don't make a list of where I keep things, I won't find it until the NEXT time we move Haha!!


So, I'm going to make a list when we move in this weekend. AND, I'm going to put the list in such a clever place that I'll never forget where it is. BUT inevitably, two months from now, I'll be wondering where I keep the rulers and say "OH! I'll check the list!" ......but I'll scratch my head and wonder where that genius spot for THE LIST was.


Maybe I should make two copies? or maybe I'll put a copy in each room of the house.


But that won't work because I'm a notorious re-organizer. I'll realize that all the scrap booking things should be in a different cabinet. This is a common conversation in our house:

Me: Scott, I've realized that the mop should go right beside the refrigerator. Please always put it back there, ok? I mean it! Every time you use it, just put it right back beside the refrigerator.
[the next week] Scott: Hey, babe. Where's the mop? You said it would always be beside the refrigerator, but it's not there.
Me: Oh, sorry. I don't like it there anymore, it's beside the toilet caddy.
Scott: hmmm. And where will you be keeping it NEXT week?

So, I'll have to re-do all the lists pretty often....every month when the re-organizing bug seizes me.


Well it's clear to me that making a list will not be helpful. I'm clearly in need of professional help.

There is a mature, organized woman inside me somewhere that is desperate to get out... but the messy, unorganized, can't-find-a-hair-bow-so-I'll-use-a-shoe-string part of me is just so much more dominant!