I have shelf paper laid and things put away in all of my top kitchen cabinets, but the bottom is still empty. My husband plans to put new counter in this weekend so I didn’t want to fill them up just to empty them again.

The previous owner used contact paper – there might not have been shelf liner at that time. But did she have to wrap it over the front edge and 2 inches under the shelf?!? That adhesive is sticky! In the video I tell you what I tried to get it off.

I am exhausted. We are moving to a new house – slowly and quickly. Hang on – It will make sense in a minute.

We bought the house on a Thursday, and unloaded a trailer load of our stuff into the garage. I wanted out of the basement apartment so bad that I pushed to sleep in the new house by the next Tuesday. Why was that a push? Because the rooms needed painted, the hot water didn’t work, my husband worked his full time job every day, I homeschooled at least a couple hours each day, we only have one vehicle, etc. etc. etc. We finished painting the kid’s rooms [except for the closets so don't look in them ok?] and moved our beds in. Most everything else is still at the apartment.

The quickly is because I want to sleep here even though it’s not “all ready.” [Is a house ever all ready?] The slowly is because each trip back and forth I load more stuff into the back of the Suburban and bring it to the house. We were going to try to fix more before we brought everything, but I don’t care anymore. We’re just going to plop our stuff here and get on with life. It’s a disorganized move, but it’s a move! And that is a great thing. We will fix it up over time.

[I also find myself pondering the advantages of a minimalist lifestyle more and more.]