For the last couple of weeks I have been trying to pack up as much as possible before the move. This house is quite large and there will be a lot of cleaning to do. We aren't filthy people but there are little areas that you just don't get to when you lead a busy life.

The extraordinary thing about packing early is that in an effort to leave the objects we use the most you realize how much you really don't need.

For instance:

Why do I have two staple removers? Why do I even have one? Why can't I use my fingernail? In fact, I do use my fingernail! I didn't even know I owned a staple remover...

In the past couple of weeks while the five different teapots have been packed and the ka-zillion boxes of tea were wrapped up I didn't once get the urge to make that orange mango tea exclusively from Murchies...

Believe it or not, one can survive without a collection of silk scarves and vintage lingerie at one's fingertips...

I'll bet D is grinning right now.
He would love for me to get rid of all this stuff.
He thinks I accumulate! Living with my father or my sister would drive him insane.