Giveaways

The thing you discover about moving is you have SO. MUCH. STUFF!  Everyone once in a while I feel like throwing everything away and starting over.  But, then I find a mug that I got in Iraq that reminds me of something.  Then I spend an hour on Facebook reading profiles of people that the mug reminded me of.  It's a slippery slope.

But, moving a lot does give you a chance to get rid of some things, and at our farewell party, I tried something new.  Everything I wanted to give away, I told people to browse through and take.  Some things (fondue pot) we registered for at our wedding and never used.  Some things (Roomba vacuum) are awesome and I used it, but I'm ready to send to a new home.

Some things I had already given to folks via my personal blog but for stuff left over, I set up everything and gave folks post-it notes to take stuff if they wanted.

And....nobody really took anything.  Although a few kids at our parties enjoyed playing with the rollerblades.  A great idea that wasn't TOO successful, but the up side is that now everything is all together in one place for me to box up and take to Salvation Army!

Best Guestbook Ever!

Saturday is out big farewell party for all of our friends in and around Boston.  I wanted to share my idea of a perfect guestbook, which, in fact, we also did at our wedding.  Sure, you can lay out a book and everyone can write their names, but all you have is a list of names!  To make it more special, for our wedding, we had each guest use a fancy pen (which also served as a wedding favor - bonus!) and write us a note of love on the back of their place card.  Then, on our first anniversary, we opened all of the cards and enjoyed reading all of the notes.  They ranged from the sweet to the serious to the odd ramblings from folks who really took advantage of our open bar.  A much better tradition than freezer-burned cake!

Here's our version for our farewell party.  I am really really sad to be leaving, so hopefully people will write us some great notes that I can read when I get homesick for Boston.  Which will likely happen before I'm even out of the city limits!