More (and More and More) Craps...

As I've mentioned before, we downsized in this move from four bedrooms and 2 1/2 bathrooms in almost 2100 square feet with a three-car garage to three bedrooms, two baths, 1500 square feet with a 1 1/2 car garage. And our household grew from three people to five. I know it makes no sense but, after all, this is California. What's a single-income family to do? Just what we did.

And what we're still doing. The problem I have now is still all of the Craps. Tons and tons and tons and tons and tons and tons (big breath) and TONS of CRAPS. Thus far the solution to said problem has been Craigslist (for stuff like extra hubcaps for Hubby's car which we no longer have) and Freecycle (for leftover materials used for painting our old family room). Everyone's familiar with Craigslist and if you haven't already, definitely make a point to check out the coolness of Freecycle at http://www.freecycle.org/. It's been really great-- I've cleared a lot of space and even collected enough money to buy the Beans' new carseats and stroller.

But alas, events (read: Craps) continue to conspire against me. It seems that the Craps are reproducing faster than I can clean them out. Hubby's scuba gear, Biscuit's old school projects, boxes and boxes and boxes of my shoes and bags that won't fit in the closet but I can't part with yet, a few area rugs, extra baby equipment; all of this is jumbled together with the contents of 2/3 of our old garage which we NEVER cleaned out. Seriously. We moved Craps into the house and dumped them into the Lair of Craps and left them there for almost three years to multiply (I don't know what to do with this... Well, I guess I'll put it in the garage for now), accumulate dust and grime and generally become even less pleasant to deal with.

So I guess if I ever want to be able to park the Starship Margaret in the garage and get the Beans safely in and out of her without having to leave them in the driveway while I'm in the house (which TOTALLY freaks me out and I'm pretty sure I NEVER want to do it in front of a cop or CPS agent), to reclaim the garageI'm going to have to face the inevitable: a garage sale.

There are just waaaaayyyy too many Craps to piecemeal everything out on Craigslist and Freecycle. And the logistical nightmare of scheduling my life around people who never show up and on top of that, caring for the house and the kids has me tearing my hair out. So screw it! I WILL TRIUMPH OVER THE CRAPS. Even if it kills me. Or just totally grosses me out. Sigh.