Quite Simply Simple

With the long hours that Tony is putting in harvesting, one would think that I had all this free time on my hands to scrapbook, clean, organize, craft with the kids, etc.  Umm...no none of that friends.  You would think my house would be organized, the floors so clean that you could eat off of them...you know a home right out of the Pottery Barn catalog.  Well, I am not cleaning and wish I was organizing more.

We have lived here since May and I have finally had ENOUGH and am going through the rest of the boxes that have not been unpacked.  I have set a goal to go through and find "homes" for stuff in 2 boxes a week. Not unreasonable but up to this point, I just haven't been able to make myself do it.  The transition was a little more overwhelming than I had planned but I am over it and ready to get settled and move toward a more simple life. 

Yes, my hope is to move my family to a simpler life.  

My definition of simpler is to get rid of and weed out that which we don't need.  

If it doesn't serve a purpose, then it is gone.

Easier said than done I am finding.  We moved to Vincennes for a simpler more stripped down version of our city life.  Surrounded by family and living our lives for today, not what can happen in the future or what has already taken place in the past...embracing the here and now is where my heart is trying to go.  I am learning to love that I don't have 4 things on my calender each day to do or go to (I am a girl who thrives on multitasking. The more on my calender the better) I have time, yes time, to watch my children play. To watch the boys throw leaves at each other, to play in the mud and then eat it. To watch Emily ready to her brothers and then ask them what the story was about (she hasn't quite grasped the idea that they are just not at her level of reading yet).  To watch as all three kids break out into tickle fights for no reason and then crawl around on all 4s playing puppy dog.  We don't have anywhere to be or nothing pressing to do.  Yes, Emily is doing swim team, piano and Daisy's but it doesn't occupy every waking minute of our lives.

The joy on Harrison's face

Sweetness in Mac's eyes

My fierce daughter

The big question I find myself asking is how long can I keep up this simple life?  Time will tell but my kids and husband are loving that we don't have places to go or things to do.  We play games, read books and watch Amazing Race.  What I am learning is that we are less stressed and more happy.  I used to be so overwhelmed by everything to a point that it was crippling me. I think that we may be on to something... Does it mean that I won't want more?  Nope, I am having to talk myself down from buying everything in the Athleta and Title 9 catalogs as we speak.  I am human, not perfect, but I will try to hold on to that question of "do we need that?  Will it make our lives better?"