Just Bento

Good luck with your move! About a year and a half ago, I got married. My husband and I both decided to sell our own small houses and buy a house together. His house sold first and my tiny one-bedroom house literally wouldn't fit the two of us, the three dogs, and all our stuff. We moved into the new house and had to carry two mortgages for 7 months until my old house sold (and I had to take a loss on it on top of that). I'm so glad that's all over! All the moving stuff is super stressful no matter how you do it, but the chaos will soon be over. Hang in there!

You're so generous in all that you share here, and on JB and JH, and I am always feeling grateful for that, so thank you for this opportunity to support you with patience & cheeriness. So, here: lots of gentle "you're doing great & your hair looks AWESOME" vibes :-)

Good luck with moving... I havn't had any experience buying houses yet (i'm still in college, lol) but I know moving is stressful enough! I've done enough moving between in and out of dorms and apartment complexes...So I'm not moving out of my current apt for a while, but i certainly can sympathize for the packing part! I get so stressed because I try to be organize and then realize i don't have enough boxes and containers to be that organized and then it's just stuffing as much stuff in the car and going back and forth. Ugh. X_x....

Oh Maki I feel your pain, ha ha ha! You are so generous with your time during what is a very stressful time for anyone. Thanks a bunch!!!! When my husband and I bought our first house we had to live with my parents for several months before the building was finished. Talk about stressful! Our son was 2 at the time and it felt like we were all on top of each other constantly; in addition to the stress of building and figuring out the finances, ugh!

I couldn't even begin to run a blog (and challenge, and forum) on such a scale as this, so no complaints from me!

Wow! Moving and helping us through the bento challenge. Bless your heart and thank you! Hope your move goes smoothly!

I hear ya! But I suppose it's one of those things... if life were perfect, routine, and happy all the time, well... it'd be disgustingly boring.

It's all the challenges in life that make us strong, that keep us growing as a human. Without it, we'd all be drones buying laundry detergant at wal-mart, making kraft dinner with weiners for dinner, and watching hours upon hours of sitcoms and reality tv.

BLECH!!!!! Not the life for me...^_^ Better to just embrace life just the way it is.

Oh, I have been in that situation... well, not that I had to make the decisions since I was younger at the time. But don't worry. :D even if the second half is harder to pack, just put on some music you love and it'll make it go so much faster. I remember one time when we moved, we stopped altogether midday and my mum, dad, sisters and I sat down and basically picnicked in the middle of the mess of boxes.. that was fun.

Life happens! And never in a way that's convenient!

Hopefully doing bento and keeping a routine will help keep you sane. I hate moving. I told my husband I'm never moving again without professional full-service movers, and then I'd like to go to the Bahamas for a week and come back to a different house. Which of course I'd never do because I like to micromanage, but I like the idea in theory.