Packing

Need a break in between tedious packing chores so a blog entry helps relieve tension.
Packing up the Melbourne home is nearing panic stages, with so much to do and so little time left. Just a bookshelf took me 6 hours to sort and pack today, and I have 5 other major areas to attend to: fishing gear, camping gear, workshop tools, garden, and kids toys/clothes/books.
Garden is staright forward. That wont take a lot of time, but the kids stuff are laborious and time consuming, with so much sentiment attached to each chore. The wish to categorise and group all the items make each item special.

The dilemma of how to wean off our pot plants is resolved happily today. I had planned to deposit the pot plants with Kylie or a few friends nearby but I suspect the pot plants will end up dying of dehydration anyway. As a test, I moved two ugly pot plants out to the nature strips in front of our front door, hoping some kind person will give the two ugly plants (small, unhealthy palm tress) a new home. To my utter surprise, someone bang on our front door within 3o mins asking if he could take the plants away, and if we have more. 'Have more???? Halleluya!' He just moved to the neighbourhood and needed a lot of new plants for his garden. I just put another two plants on the nature strips again. Hope someone else will soon take them. (Those two plants are now gone too!)

Now back to sorting and packing away Kristine's school stuff.