Stuff (or Lack There of)

We had spent close to ten years at the house on Zenith. Over the years we acquired lots of stuff. Most of the stuff was useful and used, but we did have a lot of stuff that was seldomly used. Prior to coming over we made several trips to ARC and gave other stuff away. Still, Heather and Joel ended up storing more than they probably bargained for.

Forward to Ittitgen. So far we have brought or bought mostly necessitites, other than kid stuff, Kim and I have very little extra stuff. Kim and I have had some odd conversations since we have been here. She called me earlier in the week to make the final decision on buying a 60 chf vacuum cleaner. We have had many conversation about buying a Nespresso Coffee maker. These are things that back in Minneapolis we probably would never have mentioned to each other. If we "needed" something we bought it. Here we are more considerate due to the unknown duration of the stay. It is nice living a simplified life.

I miss my stuff. I didn't bring any tools other than two wrenches and hex wrenches to put the bikes together. I bought one phillips and one standard screwdriver and a cheap hammer. I have delayed projects (fixing Izzi's breaks or lowering the bunk bed) because I don't have the tools. I have found several cool rocks I would like to polish but obviously we didn't bring the rock polisher.

So in short, stuff is good and bad. I know we had too much stuff back in the states, I know we are running a little lean here. Hopefully we find the happy medium.