Belongings

As I transition to mommyhood (19 weeks preggers tomorrow) and get ready for my move to Hotlanta, I realize that I have alot of "stuff." You know like old posters from when I was a teenager, books I haven't touched in years, non kid appropriate stuff. I remember growing up thinking that my parents had nothing from their youth save some old college papers stored in a box in the basement and a small collection of records (which I later took to add to my own collection) and I always wanted them to show me more of who they were/are. So now as I start packing/cleaning, I have to face that same question- what do I want to give to my children as my "legacy", my existence pre-child? Would they want my Beatles posters? Are they interested in the books I read? The things I do?

When I babysit, I always look through people's bookshelves for interesting books to wile away the hours with.. But some houses have TONS of books and thats great but not when you have a 1-3-5-7-9 year old running around. Those books are great for when you child starts getting great literature or historical masterpieces or whatever but later on in life. So I am just semi-torn, what to keep- what to donate?

I am not going to fully get rid of everything that is important or has had an importance to me but I want to balance it so both mine and my child's needs both space and intellectually are met for the next decade or so. And since I hope to have 3 children, space, energy and reading commitment might not happen until later :) I have decided I am going to write down (here on blogspot) what I think my parenting techniques are and then in a year from now (g-d willing) I am going to review them to see if I lived up to 'em!! Quite a challenge eh??

Sooo be on the look out :) t- 9 days till we find out gender!!!