tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post1339970816339080938..comments2012-01-23T15:33:00.025-05:00natalie holbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698804808966036834noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-80856645218869800712012-01-23T15:33:00.025-05:002012-01-23T15:33:00.025-05:00If you come back to Idaho...let me know. :)A Merry Mishaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08212796262869782658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-17329291231305220472012-01-11T22:56:34.335-05:002012-01-11T22:56:34.335-05:00When I moved from Florida I had to leave so much stuff and when we went back a year later I brought some back and the memories were almost tangible when I was pawing through those boxes. Like you said, I could envision the old life I had left behind. And I missed it.Rhondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16825186760881892669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-16116573502885880662012-01-11T19:18:52.741-05:002012-01-11T19:18:52.741-05:00This post really resonated with me because we&#39;re about to pack up everything we own and move in with my in-laws, and I&#39;m not planning on keeping much stuff out, due to the fact that we have two babies on the way and we&#39;re already going to overload them with OUR STUFF. Plus, the part about your dogs... we have two dogs, and after I realized earlier today my patience has been SO short with one of them (and just how sad he looked)... I am just falling apart. I hope you have peace about your dogs, that you did the right thing for them--but it&#39;s still hard. Change is always just kind of hard and uncomfortable, especially remembering the best parts of different chapters of life.Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12844615203357687068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-55900317798229661032012-01-11T15:02:52.112-05:002012-01-11T15:02:52.112-05:00Oh man..two years ago my husband and I packed our three bedroom house and moved into a studio apartment in Phoenix leaving most of it in storage. From there we put more in storage and moved to Jackson Hole for a Summer. After the four month stint there, we left more stuff behind and then packed our remaining belongings in our car and moved to Portland. We basically we&#39;re left with an air mattress and clothes. I was so excited to see my stuff again when we through it over Christmas. It was &quot;me&quot; and man I missed it. Long story short? It toally get ya sista!communikate.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17058256192583515265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-79871731447119339282012-01-11T00:55:03.065-05:002012-01-11T00:55:03.065-05:00I&#39;ve been sifting through old things lately too, to clear room in my apartment... and I love the comparison to horcruxes. :)Jinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00860149596481484040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-1122146297363606022012-01-10T23:39:08.548-05:002012-01-10T23:39:08.548-05:00that is a somewhat chilling dream. I don&#39;t really know what to think about it... do you?Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10148297814666688033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-42578434118269586952012-01-10T23:24:40.281-05:002012-01-10T23:24:40.281-05:00When I read your posts that are so honest, so personal, and so easy to relate to, you remind me so much of some beloved character from a book. I do not even know you, and yet, somehow we are kindred spirits. I am so glad that I found your blog and wasted a bunch of my life reading your archives. <br /><br />I am glad to &quot;know&quot; you.<br /><br />Don&#39;t even get me started again on you&#39;ve got mail quotes. I refrained from 2 during this comment. (one about books being like life and one about all this nothing being something)Tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04908774636754434334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-71085396498472247592012-01-10T23:00:36.211-05:002012-01-10T23:00:36.211-05:00horcruxes? Yes! That is so NOT nerdy, I love it!<br />And your dream got me all teary-eyed. Pets really do become a part of your fam, ya know?Meredith Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14852394584518385444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-66961651306690675402012-01-10T22:51:52.663-05:002012-01-10T22:51:52.663-05:00*nod* have been there. actually, still in that spot every time i go thru the boxes that i haven&#39;t completely unpacked in the 5 years i&#39;ve lived here... heh. <br /><br />and oh my heck, those pictures! i thought the first two were huck. *laugh* <br /><br />that was a lovely dream. *HUGS* i know how much you miss your furbabies. dreams are nice when our loved ones visit us - whether we&#39;re missing them because of distance or loss.carmar76http://www.blogger.com/profile/08748959131382797114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-81428324035575199012012-01-10T21:28:04.424-05:002012-01-10T21:28:04.424-05:00It is so odd how you expect things to be different when you unpack them, only to find they are exactly how you left them. I love the smell of a just opened box from moving. I recently moved and unearthed boxes I didn&#39;t know I had. They were delicious.Disaster Strikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13419859323106728154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-88757103177757049942012-01-10T19:14:36.268-05:002012-01-10T19:14:36.268-05:00oh my, that huck is undoubtedly your child!! i feel your pain on the storage thing girl, every summer i pack it all away...the smidgen of goodness that come out of storage is that you feel like you have a new wardrobe when you bring it all out!! now get that kitchen aid mailed!!!Kimber and Caseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10377909191672898897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-50991454395212017952012-01-10T17:41:02.117-05:002012-01-10T17:41:02.117-05:00If I&#39;m being honest, I miss your Peter Pan and Barney posts and pictures. And duh! you miss them even more. I suspect a few years down the road you&#39;ll feel even more at peace with your decision. <br /><br />And ugh, looking through all your stuff in boxes? I would have been in tears, too! :)Bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06358059952071543881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-85277544347054299642012-01-10T16:57:35.126-05:002012-01-10T16:57:35.126-05:00oh golly! i have to admit i truly miss your posts about barney and petey. your posts about huck make me smile every day, but i do miss your puppy dogs, even though i never knew them in person. and your storage? it makes me think of my confusing life right now -- living in multiple places while my husband works there and i work here and we have a home, but we also have another home, and i spend the night with my parents sometimes too. i long to find myself again and to organize my things, if even i can find them all again.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523500655144296158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-41759285369694794822012-01-10T15:18:40.414-05:002012-01-10T15:18:40.414-05:00I really love the way you write :)Laurenkrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12358671351648355712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-12114033644432154222012-01-10T15:14:51.374-05:002012-01-10T15:14:51.374-05:00You are truly gifted with words. I just love reading your blog, and today&#39;s post made me meloncholy. Moving, giving things up.... it&#39;s hard. <br /><br />And seriously?!? Twinners. You and Huck.Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09317960184904571305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-79960328445840260972012-01-10T14:15:49.155-05:002012-01-10T14:15:49.155-05:00whoa, you really are huck&#39;s mother!Jenni Austria Germanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04300480531614136453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-1111121265612532792012-01-10T14:07:43.910-05:002012-01-10T14:07:43.910-05:00I&#39;ve been out of touch for a while...Did you give away both dogs? I thought it was just Petey...2busyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05904475961832992495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-58738730935707827432012-01-10T13:24:08.213-05:002012-01-10T13:24:08.213-05:00This was so beautifully written! I think it really resonated with me because I moved to CA with two suitcases and every time I go back to my parents&#39; house, there it all is, the things I left behind. However, I don&#39;t think I&#39;d ever be able to articulate that feeling half as well as you just did! Keep writing forever? Please and thank you! :)Melinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00718907622009278739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-78912320518613439792012-01-10T13:23:19.406-05:002012-01-10T13:23:19.406-05:00Oh my, I cried the whole way through this post. I cried over the boxes of &#39;you&#39; (I&#39;ve been there too...), and I cried over your furbabies dream. <br /><br />As the lover of one very spazzy, goofy, neurotic, trouble maker dog, it breaks my heart to know you&#39;re missing your puppies. I still miss my first (grown up) dog that I adopted at 22 and who died a few years ago, and I just long to sniff his head and pull him up into my arms and burrow my face into his neck. I&#39;ll never stop missing him.<br /><br />Yet another beautifully written post, Natalie... you are just so good with words.Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01042596909250059998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-74624794552164613692012-01-10T13:06:15.184-05:002012-01-10T13:06:15.184-05:00beautifully writtenanalisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12704171938333293655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-86405370845325667212012-01-10T12:18:12.206-05:002012-01-10T12:18:12.206-05:00Oh, the puppy dream broke my heart, but it sounds like you&#39;re at peace with it, finally. And all of my stuff is in boxes at my father-in-law&#39;s, and we thought it would only be there for a few months and here we are 7 months later and still without a permanent home, and I have the strangest collection of items and clothing because we hadn&#39;t planned on it. Then I wonder, our last place was rather large, and at the moment I&#39;ve forgotten half the stuff we own, would I be ok if we just started over? Maybe? Especially if we have to live in a tiny little place? Hm. <br />How much does it cost to ship a KitchenAid? My goodness.Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645163533619450071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-39758057782388185622012-01-10T11:52:54.738-05:002012-01-10T11:52:54.738-05:00yes, bitter sweet indeed. and YES huck IS your child. he looks just like you! I&#39;m amazed and slightly jealous since my kid looks mostly like my husband.<br />haha... horcruxes...<br />LindsayLindsay Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08568481503140716146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-7761450547154971392012-01-10T11:00:03.611-05:002012-01-10T11:00:03.611-05:00such a bittersweet post - thanks for sharing all of these memories. thinking of b and pp made me teary!Weeziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05592289710362732467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-72391411979683324282012-01-10T10:36:59.294-05:002012-01-10T10:36:59.294-05:00wow, the pictures of baby you in the top right corner of that scrapbook page look EXACTLY like huck. and is your mom wearing wedges? stylin&#39;!<br /><br />also, when I was living in switzerland I could only bring 2-suitcases back and forth with me, and could only afford to have 3 boxes in storage (kitchen stuff, school books) whenever I came home to the states (summers). It&#39;s so funny how little we can live with, and yet, when we see all our stuff again, how much we missed it.<br /><br />p.s. I cried reading about your dream with the dogs.A Sunday Kind Of Lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09944002367518296569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2487616434221255778.post-34874475333285029792012-01-10T10:19:26.344-05:002012-01-10T10:19:26.344-05:00Oh man, I know exactly how you feel. My family&#39;s house and so much of my childhood was boxed up in storage for years while we renovated our house and got rid of mold. There were so many memories in every box. <br />We lost a lot of unnecessary clutter along the way, but now I&#39;ve added to the pile by bringing home my grad school apartment in boxes. One of these days I&#39;ll get a permanent home.Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06628206579067878095noreply@blogger.com