getting to know me

I just wanted to start out by letting you know a little bit about who I am.

I'm married to one of the most amazing guys in the world, we are very compatible and I love him for that! I am a teacher in Houston, TX and love every minute of it! And we also have a dog named Prissy, who is 14 1/2 years old. She is my best friend, and I have had her since I was in the fifth grade.

OK now let me tell you what I want this blog to be about. My husband and I are starting over this summer. Right now we live in a 2/2 apartment that's just under 1000 sq. ft. We have so much stuff, we could fill a 3 to 4 bedroom house with no problem. We have so much BULLSH*T in our lives,  that we just have to get rid of it! We are looking for no BS kind of life. Our solution? We are moving to a 1/1 apartment that is a little over 600 sq. ft. and we are getting rid of EVERYTHING! I swear I am almost bordering on "Hoarder" and that scares the crap out of me! So I'm stopping it now before it becomes too much of a problem that we can't handle anymore, and we end up on TV...

Right now, we are going through the stuff "Things we want to keep" and "Things we want to get rid of" and I'm stickering everything! You know with little garage sell stickers. I'm going to try and get some money off of all this crap - One woman's trash may be another woman's treasure! And to be fair, this stuff isn't exactly crappy, it just isn't needed by us. Most of the stuff got replaced when we got married and people bought us stuff. (Awesome!) Or it was just "college stuff" to fill an apartment. We have big kid furniture now! :)

But another way we are starting it over is with our weight. We are both overweight and unhealthy. We have succumbed to the temptations of the fast food places too many times. Yes its cheap and fast. And cheap being mostly the key word there. But in the new apartment, we are going to eat better! When we move I will let you know what we end up eating. We still have a month. I know you're saying why not start now? No time like the present! Well ... if were only that easy. We are packing away a lot of stuff. Because we are both going to be out of town several days/weeks out of the summer visiting various friends (it's our version of a vacation.) And in between visits - we will be moving. Which is why we are packing now.

Well that is a little bit about our situation and I'm going to try and blog everything I do mostly to make sure I keep on track but maybe it could help someone else, too. Who knows if anyone will even read this! BUT if you are, wish us luck as we start this journey of doing things right! :)

Life's too short to have too much stuff,

Sandy