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RE: 2008 - Ramblin' Who Knows Where with Shar-Mar - 7/3/2008 6:21:40 PM
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Well, actually, there was never any indecision.
The answer is, well, uhm, gee how should I say this . . . No thank you.
But . . . how is such illustrious packing going?
Not so well. I have 3 boxes in my office packed, and that isn't even starting on books, just DVD's, CD's, and decorations. I did make an interesting pattern on the wall with sticky tack though. 
At home, I've packed all the movies, 3 boxes of files, and 2 boxes of books. Not really that far along, and it overwhelms me. I need someone to just come in and say . . . We're packing this now. Now we're packing this. My perfectionistic procrastinating tendencies are getting the best of me at this packing job. I want every box to be perfectly packed, and the thought of getting to that point overwhelms me, so I do nothing. You sure you won't reconsider the helping packing thing???????? 
 You're a hoot, Denise!
Hmmm . . . well, how much are you paying for the job? 
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RE: 2008 - Ramblin' Who Knows Where with Shar-Mar - 7/3/2008 9:53:11 PM
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Well, actually, there was never any indecision.
The answer is, well, uhm, gee how should I say this . . . No thank you.
But . . . how is such illustrious packing going?
Not so well. I have 3 boxes in my office packed, and that isn't even starting on books, just DVD's, CD's, and decorations. I did make an interesting pattern on the wall with sticky tack though.
At home, I've packed all the movies, 3 boxes of files, and 2 boxes of books. Not really that far along, and it overwhelms me. I need someone to just come in and say . . . We're packing this now. Now we're packing this. My perfectionistic procrastinating tendencies are getting the best of me at this packing job. I want every box to be perfectly packed, and the thought of getting to that point overwhelms me, so I do nothing. You sure you won't reconsider the helping packing thing????????
You're a hoot, Denise!
Hmmm . . . well, how much are you paying for the job?
Well, I can pay you in white chocolate chip waffles.
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RE: 2008 - Ramblin' Who Knows Where with Shar-Mar - 7/3/2008 10:31:37 PM
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I LOVE pictures of Jesus laughing. There's one, from my memory, of a close-up of his face - hair all wind-blown and He's laughing - man, I love that!
Have you heard Mark Lowry's song about his favorite picture of Jesus laughing?
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RE: 2008 - Ramblin' Who Knows Where with Shar-Mar - 7/4/2008 8:43:19 AM
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RE: 2008 - Ramblin' Who Knows Where with Shar-Mar - 7/4/2008 8:56:38 AM
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He ain't scarred, he's just old enough now to realize that girls have cooties. 
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RE: 2008 - Ramblin' Who Knows Where with Shar-Mar - 7/4/2008 9:17:15 AM
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Well, actually, there was never any indecision.
The answer is, well, uhm, gee how should I say this . . . No thank you.
But . . . how is such illustrious packing going?
Not so well. I have 3 boxes in my office packed, and that isn't even starting on books, just DVD's, CD's, and decorations. I did make an interesting pattern on the wall with sticky tack though.
At home, I've packed all the movies, 3 boxes of files, and 2 boxes of books. Not really that far along, and it overwhelms me. I need someone to just come in and say . . . We're packing this now. Now we're packing this. My perfectionistic procrastinating tendencies are getting the best of me at this packing job. I want every box to be perfectly packed, and the thought of getting to that point overwhelms me, so I do nothing. You sure you won't reconsider the helping packing thing????????
Denise???!!! Aren't y'all moving THIS month?
I understand about doing nothing after being overwhelmed when contemplating how to do something perfectly.
Stop it.
CS's toys . . . His toy room was the last thing I packed when I moved out of the house. Not from any sort of procrastination or anything.
I started packing up his toy room 3 months before I moved out of the house. I'd gather all the toys from a shelf, wash them, dry them, tag them with an inventory number and then inventory them with the number and a description onto a computer file. I did that for about 4 hours each day (5-6 days each week). Plus, I was still spending a couple of hours each day still going through other parts of the house and packing or placing in various distribution "centers" I had set up throughout the house.
Remember I said I started on the toy room 3 months before I moved out of the house? 3 months later, a few days before the estate auction (and a few days before the time I needed to leave the house), I was probably only about halfway through with packing up the toy room (and I certainly wasn't anywhere near packed up with the house - except for the stuff that was going in the auction, all that had been moved out of the house earlier that week by the auction company).
So, I ditched the very neat and organized method I had been using and starting just filling up boxes with toys . . . not cleaning them, not tagging them, not inventorying them.
Which I really didn't want to do because I wanted to do all that stuff before they went into the boxes . . . Now I have half of the toys cleaned and neatly resting in boxes with nice little inventory tags bearing numbers and I have half the toys just kinda "there" in boxes, not cleaned and without any nice little inventory tag.
Why am I telling you all this? Who knows?
LOL
(Probably because for the next 3 months, my focus is going to be on getting these toys sold).
But hey, it's a packing story . . . and you're packing . . . so there's a correlation in there if ya look hard enough.
But seriously, I would very much encourage you to enlist the help of a (local) friend to assist you . . . (1) It will force you out of the inertia caused by being overwhelmed and (2) packing really does take much longer than people think it will.
I started packing up the house 2 weeks after CS died . . . a year later, I was still packing and I had run out of time (not to mention energy). I was so completely "over" it by then. I left a lot of stuff in the house, simply because I had no time left, no energy left and by then I just didn't care. (But being a minimalist, "stuff" really isn't my thing anyway, so it wasn't hard for me to leave things behind nor do I regret it . . . however, if I had realized just how long it was going to take me to pack, I probably would have assigned more things to the auction. Oh well C'est la Vie. )
So . . . Get to packing! 
{{{Denise}}}
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RE: 2008 - Ramblin' Who Knows Where with Shar-Mar - 7/4/2008 9:24:25 AM
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It happens. He'll get over it when he hits 13 or so.
So it's gray and nasty and supposed to stay that way all day. I don't think I'll be barbecuing anything today.
Time to get showered. Hasta luego Señorita. 
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RE: 2008 - Ramblin' Who Knows Where with Shar-Mar - 7/4/2008 10:01:15 AM
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Good morning Sharon-Marie and everyone!
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I am glad that you made it back safely Sharon-Marie, now someone who was also sleep deprived for this most recent GT, I can relate. I hope you rest well now!
That seems to be a common theme with you Mike.
Yeah, I am just a bastion for punishment! 
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Since the subject is soapboxes, here is a video that is a MUST see...
SOAP BOX
LOL Brenda, I loved it! 
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RE: 2008 - Ramblin' Who Knows Where with Shar-Mar - 7/4/2008 10:04:30 AM
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Hiya Sharon-Marie, I am just gonna rest today and have some fun enjoying forums. I caught a cold/virus and its kinda got me not feeling so great as a result.
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