Cyclic Angst for Change

Having lived in my home for the past ten years, I typically am overcome with a wave of needing, wanting, spastically having to move at least once a year. It appears t be cyclical. I love my house (mostly), my neighbors, the school, but I can't get away from the pull of my home town calling me to come home. The call was whispering even when I moved into my condo with my Husband in the mid 90's. Husband's affirmation last year, that yes, we should've originally moved their when we moved from the condo was a teeth gnasher that I have yet to come to terms with.

With Husband recuperating from surgery, and half a million things off of his plate, we fell into the discussion of 'the move'. I, apparently, have many, many things to do before we consider moving. My list includes cleaning out all the crap out of the garage. There's plenty of it. All baby stuff, old toys, children's clothes, just a ton of things. I had a sale last spring and made $200. Not bad, but oh so much more now. Go through the utility room and purge much like the garage. Oh, and also go through the cabinets and purge. Also on the list is painting the living room/dining room, upstairs hall and hall up the stairs. Oh, and the trim and doors too. Oy!

Husband wants to carpet the living room/dining room, stairs and upstairs hall. Good bye tax refund. Also on his list is re-doing both upstairs bathrooms. Ugh. But of course he has to recuperate first. I think I can do it though. Floors, vanities, sinks and paint. Can't be that hard can it?! Did you miss the "S" on my shirt?

With finally dropping the hope for returning to school for now, I feel like a child who's sadness with one thing has had her attention turned to something bright, shiny and pretty in the form a new home. Even if we never move, at least we get the benefit of enjoying newer stuff.

Honey Do List

Husband and I are quite opposite and that is even down to our very own house 'to do' lists. Mine includes things such as cook, clean, bath the kids, wash dog, get dog's nails done (neither of us can clip them again.....the dog no longer trusts us!), etc. Husband's list includes cleaning the garage, the basement utility room, outrageous yard chores (typically things that we didn't need to get done......) etc. But I guess that's why we're married, right?

Every once in a while I apparently feel the need to destroy something or an appliance. Now, of course this is NOT ON PURPOSE. Off the top of my head, I have broken the garage door, the washing machine, the screen door to the sliding glass door and today, I melted tin foil to the bottom of the oven during a 'clean' cycle. Luckily this screw up only costs $43.00 and some odd change. Normally, I call myself out on these 'mishaps', brain melts, some would say general stupidity, and today was no different, Apparently I caught husband in the middle of an art class or something (he was fixing some pipe) and I briefly told him what I'd done. He had no chance to yell as he was in a class with teachers and students! Hee Hee! So, by the next time he had called, I found the solution, and luckily we can replace the bottom of the oven. I'm guessing it happens a lot.......I'm still an idiot!

So now I'm realizing that I'm actually COSTING us being at home!!!!!!!