In March my husband got his military orders for his next assignment in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. We knew they were coming, but it was so nice once the orders arrived and our move became official. My daughter and I spent some time Wisconsin with my family helping my mom make maple syrup and visiting with my brother and his family. We were supposed to be gone for five nights but ended up staying for seven because a blizzard dumped two feet of snow on us!
Here's what we were up to this month to get ready!
1. With orders in hand we were able to reserve a U-Haul, purchase some plane tickets for move-related travel, and start planning out lodging for June and July when we will be back and forth between locations.
2. I tried to clean out my craft closet and an overflowing bin of keepsakes. I failed. I got all nostalgic, wanting to keep everything, and barely had a plastic shopping bag of things to throw and give away when was I done. I am going to have to try again another day when I am in a different mood. I know it is OK to keep things, but I also know that I rarely if ever regret getting rid of things that I am just keeping piled up in the basement.
3. My daughter and I grew our plant collection! I think I am most excited about having my own space to garden. I might be going a bit overboard when I consider that my house in the UP is still covered with feet of snow.
4. The majority of my time is still focused on homeschool, supporting my husband in his job here, dog walks, softball practices, and getting ready for Easter. April will bring more of the same, but I also have plans to start boxing things up! And trying again with sorting through the craft closet...
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| Cooking down syrup! |
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| My daughter loves helping care for my parents' animals. |
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| That's a lot of snow! |
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| Dog walks! |
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| Homeschool science. These beans have been in my pantry for years! |
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| Overflowing plants! |
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| My neighbor in the UP sent us this photo of the road in front of our house on March 19th. Our driveway is supposed to be through that wall of snow! |
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| My daughter and I have slowly been adding to our Easter decorations over the years! |
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