Knee Deep in Boxes

Our household shipment arrived late last week and I have been very busy trying to find a place for everything. It has been challenging. We have only one real bank of closets to speak of and those are in our room (and completely filled). We do have quite a bit of space in our kitchen cabinets but I did discover one problem. Our plates are too fat for the cupboards! All of my plates are 11 inches and the cabinets are 10 inches deep! The lower cabinets work but it required some adjustments. Flexibility is the key. Now what to do with all the cardboard and paper from the boxes? We are lucky. The City of Westminster (another level of bureaucracy within London) where we reside has strategically placed recycling bins where you can dump your large amounts of paper, cardboard, glass etc. without limit or cost to you. The bins are about one block away. Chizz and I have been happily carrying cardboard through the neighborhood and dumping like mad. The kids find it mildly embarrassing. Every time we go out we make them take an armful to take with us to the recycling bin. Every time they smart off, we tell them to take some cardboard to the recycling bin. Feeling Blue? Recycling cardboard makes you feel so good. Bad day at school? Cardboard dumping is just the thing to jolly you out of your bad mood. Good grade on a test! Let’s celebrate by taking cardboard to the bin! It seems like we have been carting cardboard for weeks yet there still seems to be so much left. Hopefully there is an end in site. I am off – guess where?