Friendship Friday: Change

"I took the one less traveled by,  And that has made all the difference."  ~Robert Frost
This post is a part of 
Yay, I made it to my second post on this blog. A blog that is barely up and running and yeah, I'll get to it all eventually. Since Create with Joy is kind enough to give us more than a few days to get our links entered in her Friendship Friday linky, I thought I would take a stab at this week's topic since her topic is CHANGE and ..
OUR SUMMER has been full OF CHANGE
SCHOOLING: Well, this time last year, I had all of my daughter's curriculum chosen and we were about 60 days into the homeschooling year. We were looking into taking a lovely off-season vacation when all of the other kids were back in school. 
Not this year. This year, she is enrolled in a fabulous charter school. If I could have designed a school just for her, this would have been it. How did I find this school? I searched and searched. Despite the hour away distance (see moving below), she applied. Sometimes you need to look really hard and think outside of the box to find a solution. 
So far so good. I am greatly enjoying the change of being able to support her education rather than being completely responsible for it. This is easy for me to do because of the school she is attending. I already feel like a team player in her education not like an outsider. It is a great solution for our family.
MOVING: We sold our home! We are thrilled to no longer be home owners. We moved from a community where we needed to drive a minimum of 10 minutes to get anywhere to being able to be at almost any store/destination type within 5 minutes. My husband now run-commutes to work at least three days a week. Seriously! He does! How cool is that? 
HOME: When I say to others that we needed to downsize our belongings...umm...yeah,  that is almost an understatement. DD (Darling Daughter) had the most work to do as she had belongings in her bedroom, the spare bedroom (which we used as a library), the living room and the full finished basement. 
In order for the move to work, she needed to downsize her toys/books/stuffed animals and more into her new bedroom and a teeny bit of space in the living room of the new place. She succeeded. I witnessed my little girl growing up in the process. Quite a few of these bittersweet moments hit me this summer. It has been a fantastic experience for us all. 
Renting might not be for everyone but it certainly works for us. Who knows what life will bring in the next 6-10 years and we feel freer to move along with life as renters. More options will readily available. 
For us the time savings, the freedom, the walk-ability and more of this new location has been...what do they say? 
That is it...priceless. 
How different this month would be if we had not embraced the many changes of our summer. I hope and pray that you find change to be a blessing in your life.  Thanks for reading and have a fantastic week!
~Christine :)

Stuffed Animal Storage for Small Spaces

Thank you for stopping by. I have so many random post ideas in my head but the time for my own blog is really down low on the priority list. That being said, I decided to start a blog for when I do have the time.

My project right now is Kid Lit Printables and I'm having fun with that one.

Posts here will more than likely be intermittent at best but that works for now.

For my first post, I thought I would share one of the projects we used recently during our downsizing...

Darling Daughter is a HUGE fan of stuffed animals.

Unfortunately, storing all of the "stuffies" in the new home seemed like it wouldn't happen.

I was lucky enough to come upon a blog post that shared the idea of putting stuffed animals in a bean bag chair cover.

Unfortunately, that was pre-move and I can't find the specific post that led me to the idea. Ack! My apologies on that and if you are the blog I commented on, just let me know.

ANYWAY, to do this, all you need is a bean bag chair cover and some time to shove the stuffies inside.

Woo hoo!

Thanks for visiting! I hope you are having a super terrific day!