About half of what we own arrived yesterday. Our car is still somewhere en route - we have no idea where. The other half is in storage. Our apartment in Jordan is now an absolute mess of boxes and I think both of us can't believe we have this much stuff, especially since we prided ourselves on living in a small clutter-free house.
We were warned that people invariably over-pack going to their first post and while they end up down-sizing some things they also tend to pick up local art, furniture and rugs. Right after Dan got into the foreign service we were invited to drinks at the home of a retired foreign service officer. We had a great conversation and as we were leaving, our host insisted we come to his basement, which he described as a cautionary tale. It was full of arts and crafts from literally around the world - he assured us that we do not want to own this stuff and that we should be wary of shopping abroad.
And yet, Megan sent me a link of a really, really cute cake pan that is easy to covet.
2 comments:
Lol, that has to be the biggest cupcake I have seen. That is cool!
I suppose we would all be surprised at how much stuff we really have. LOL, so don't become packrats.
I'm glad you got your stuff, even if unpacking is not fun. I am not looking forward to emptying our storage units, even though Duffy was very good at helping us get rid of stuff. I'll bet your new house will look home sweet home in no time!
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