This one's gonna be long...

I’m starting to feel a little settled in, but still incredibly disorganized. I can’t believe it’s been 3 weeks already, but I still can‘t find stuff. Just this morning I finally located our Peanut Butter. We have a lot less space here, and I want to be able to use all that space for things we use all the time…that means more purging. Right now the basement is full of unpacked boxes, and about half our garage space still has stuff in it. Part of the basement will be designated for storage of items we use but don’t need out, like holiday decorations. My goal is to have a functioning space for an office area, a stained-glass area, and a place I can easily access and use my craft and quilting stuff. I also don’t want boxes of stuff we don’t really need just sitting around. My goal is to unpack at least one box a day. Not a lofty goal by any means, but a reasonable one considering the three kids.

The boys are still having a bit of a hard time adjusting. We’re still dealing with a lot of fights and tantrums. I don’t know how much to attribute to normal childhood behavior, and how much to chalk up to the inconsistency we’re still living in. Hopefully things will settle down soon.
Mia is doing great. She’s a really easy baby, just like Dom was. She smiles all the time now, and we’ve gotten some giggles out of her on occasion. Of course, when I try to take a picture of her smiling she stops, so I haven’t gotten one yet.

On to hunting news: Joe got two deer within five minutes of each other. He shot a good sized doe, and while heading over to see if it dropped, he saw another doe and a buck. Since it is "earn a buck" up here, he had to confirm he got the doe before he could take a shot at the buck...so he figured he wasn't going to get the buck after it walked off. But, when he got close enough to see that he had gotten the doe, the buck reappeared, and he got it too. Another lovely eight pointer that will be hanging in my house somewhere, I'm sure. I'm so excited to have venison coming!!