Never again

I am going to try my hardest to never again wait so long without doing laundry. It makes it feel like it will never end! As soon as one load is done in the washer, pop it over to the dryer, start another in the washer, look down and the basket still has clothes in it! I never even considered that I personally had a lot of clothes, or that Davey did, or Christopher really for that matter, but we all do! The piles become very large when you are folding them. Christopher gets his own basket of clothes for goodness sakes that I get to put away in his room. Davey and I each have our own dresser, and Davey even has his closet for the over flow of clothes that don't fit in the dresser. I have a huge 50 gallon tote filled with maternity clothes and SWEATERS! Man do I have a lot of sweaters, and they take up a lot of room! There isn't many places in the apartment for us to store stuff. I think its time that I go through my clothes and decide what is going to go to Goodwill, or if it is in just bad shape it can go straight to the trash. That should free up a lot of space. Unfortunately it makes it hard to get rid of clothes when you don't know where you are going to go in the future. We don't know where we are moving after we move back to Minnesota and Davey gets his first call. If it is someplace cold, I'm going to need all of those bulky sweaters, if it is someplace warm, I can toss most of them, and keep just a few for the chilly days where I'm at, and the visiting back East.
I can't wait to know where we are finally going to be. Davey is really hoping to come back here, to the synod that he is currently working in. He's hoping to get in good with the bishop so that he requests that Davey comes back out here. Then it will just be a matter of finding an open church (not hard to find, thank goodness!) interviewing there, and seeing where it is that God wants us to be.
I'm hoping it will be near Atascadero, where we are currently living. Davey and I both love this area. It's got the nice "small town" feel, and it also has a nice "city" feel. It is working on expanding, they are planning to put in a movie theatre, which will be nice. I love going to the movies, and possibly a Wal-Mart.
There are a lot of people that are against Wal-Mart going up, especially in places that aren't a big city just because it drives small businesses out of business because they can not compete with the prices. I personally shop at Wal-Mart, but can understand the economic problems that it poses on small communities. If you don't work at Wal-Mart it becomes hard to find a job. Not to mention that they don't offer all full time employees benefits. Wal-Mart is great for families on a tight budget. With the living costs constantly on the upward spiral, and no sign of minimum wage being raised (which adds a nice boost again in living costs) it's hard not to shop for the cheaper merchandise. However Wal-Mart supports a lot of waste. It is filling up our landfills even more, just like Ikea is. They make cheap furniture that doesn't last, and what happens to it? Well it's not suitable to use for any other purpose so it goes to the dump. No big deal though because you didn't pay that much for it in the first place. So I guess it's best to try and buy something 2nd hand, preventing it from filling up a landfill, or when purchasing, make sure that you pay for what you get. Go ahead and spend more on the nicer things, because they are going to last you a lot longer. A couch that you buy at walmart for $99.00, you are lucky to make it through the year with, however one that you spend upward of $600 - $1,000 for is going to last you 20 years. So in the long run it is saving you money. :)
I'm amazed at how this entry started with laundry.