Sounds like everyone was in "spring cleaning" mode this weekend. We had our annual yard-work day. 5 cu. yd. of mulch to shovel and spread, weeding, trimming tree branches and bushes, etc. My back hurts.
My back hurts just from reading that
Every year after I finish the yard stuff I find myself wondering why we ever moved out of the townhouse years ago.
+1 
Considering moving back into one at this point.
Sunday we put together the new gas grill.
You can guess where I will be every summer afternoon.
The flaming alter to the gods of summer
Very nice.
Home from doctor. Got an antibiotic. Let the healing begin.
May it be so
But it is Angry Birds Star Wars.
True and the Star Wars bit of it has me somewhat interested, but
It still just Angry Birds and thats still just a video game.
From all the references in current pop culture I figure...
there are only about 23 people in the entirety of the U.S. that dont play that particular game.
Im one of em.
Only difference is I still have a 3rd and 5th grader so it will be 9 more years before I can think about downsizing.
That time will fly by quicker then you know.
We have several reasons for considering the downsize possibility now.
First, and obviously we wouldnt need the space so much.
Changing locations would no longer result in having to move the boy out of the
excellent schools weve been able to keep him in from day one.
The big consideration though would be to throw the profits from the sale of the big house
directly into the down payment of the smaller one.
Lastly (and while I dont like this, I have to consider it)...
if I were to move 8 pitiful miles north into that other Carolina,
then after a year it would literally cut my sons tuition expenses in half.
...
She and DD were off at a mother/daughter retreat. You have too much stuff when you can get rid of pounds of it and it isn't even noticed.
but it really is the best option here. 
Only difference is I still have a 3rd and 5th grader so it will be 9 more years before I can think about downsizing.
