8 days until the big day. I'm over it. I want more time so I can chill out for a bit. Are you running out of time? I just have far too much to do.
*sigh* as part of too much to do I have two boxes of stuff. One for the garbage one to give away that I am challenging myself to fill. This place is far too cluttered for my liking. I am so over moving junk just to tidy up. This house is not big enough for a homeschool family of 6 to be hoarders of stuff (no shed or safe outdoor storage). So I'm decluttering as I tidy up. How much stuff does one family need?
I am also over wasted money. Money spent on items that break too soon. Like our 4 slice toaster. 1 month one side breaks, 11 months later the other side breaks. We had a 2 slice toaster that I had at my parents. It was theirs but it was too small with 3 kids & a Hubby. Or like our vacuum cleaner that didn't last 4 months. I'm not that rough on a vacuum cleaner even with lots of little kids. Or how about mobile phones. I had a mobile phone for 7 years!!! It was awesome! It did everything I wanted it to, it did everything I needed it to and it lasted me a really long time. I got a second hand one that didn't last a week, then a new one that sucked too. Then another for "Christmas" that by the next Christmas wasn't in an adequate working state. Hubby bought me this HTC thing and its broken & sucks too. It's 2-3 months old. With a $200 price tag that's ridiculous. I hate wasting so much money on these things that don't last long enough to justify such expense.
Lastnight I bought plastic garbage bags with a recyclabe paper label. Sorry but that's pointless!!
Here we are at Christmas time with a higher amount of sales being put through at the shops and most of it will end up broken in the bin. What a waste.
Just the other day I was reading an environmentalists blog about cutting plastic use down. Over the past few days I'm thinking nothing is going to make a real difference until the companies start changing the way they make and package toys and other stuff. I hate stuff.
Everything comes in plastic. Drinks, toys, food, and not all is recyclable.
*sigh*
As Joseph travelled to Bethlehem with his pregnant wife and donkey they would not have taken nappies or vote or formula or fancy toys. Just themself, their donkey & some food for the journey.
Nowadays we need so much just to survive. Just to get by.
I think this is one thing I don't like about this time of year. Unneccessary stuff. 125grms of lindt chocolate packaged fancy for $12 its so overrated. A multitude of strange useless uneducational toys at the toy shops.
So. I'm over it. The hype, the commersialism, the stuff. The stuff I have already. Over it.
I need to go down town today & I'm not quite looking forward to it.
*sigh* as part of too much to do I have two boxes of stuff. One for the garbage one to give away that I am challenging myself to fill. This place is far too cluttered for my liking. I am so over moving junk just to tidy up. This house is not big enough for a homeschool family of 6 to be hoarders of stuff (no shed or safe outdoor storage). So I'm decluttering as I tidy up. How much stuff does one family need?
I am also over wasted money. Money spent on items that break too soon. Like our 4 slice toaster. 1 month one side breaks, 11 months later the other side breaks. We had a 2 slice toaster that I had at my parents. It was theirs but it was too small with 3 kids & a Hubby. Or like our vacuum cleaner that didn't last 4 months. I'm not that rough on a vacuum cleaner even with lots of little kids. Or how about mobile phones. I had a mobile phone for 7 years!!! It was awesome! It did everything I wanted it to, it did everything I needed it to and it lasted me a really long time. I got a second hand one that didn't last a week, then a new one that sucked too. Then another for "Christmas" that by the next Christmas wasn't in an adequate working state. Hubby bought me this HTC thing and its broken & sucks too. It's 2-3 months old. With a $200 price tag that's ridiculous. I hate wasting so much money on these things that don't last long enough to justify such expense.
Lastnight I bought plastic garbage bags with a recyclabe paper label. Sorry but that's pointless!!
Here we are at Christmas time with a higher amount of sales being put through at the shops and most of it will end up broken in the bin. What a waste.
Just the other day I was reading an environmentalists blog about cutting plastic use down. Over the past few days I'm thinking nothing is going to make a real difference until the companies start changing the way they make and package toys and other stuff. I hate stuff.
Everything comes in plastic. Drinks, toys, food, and not all is recyclable.
*sigh*
As Joseph travelled to Bethlehem with his pregnant wife and donkey they would not have taken nappies or vote or formula or fancy toys. Just themself, their donkey & some food for the journey.
Nowadays we need so much just to survive. Just to get by.
I think this is one thing I don't like about this time of year. Unneccessary stuff. 125grms of lindt chocolate packaged fancy for $12 its so overrated. A multitude of strange useless uneducational toys at the toy shops.
So. I'm over it. The hype, the commersialism, the stuff. The stuff I have already. Over it.
I need to go down town today & I'm not quite looking forward to it.
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