Reading:
I suppose Mansfield Park and On Call, the same as I was before I was packing and started Twilight

Completed:
Eclipse (read back to back over seven days)
New Moon
Twilight

Bought:
Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer
New Moon - Stephenie Meyer
Twilight - Stephenie Meyer
Such a Pretty Fat - Jen Lancaster
(definitely something else here)

Seen:
Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Shaun of the Dead

Quick photo-sample of the move...

The boxes pre-packing, freshly taped, no cat yet frolicking in them.

I have a lot of books.
Here they are arranged by size and shape for easier packing.

Dad trying to squash down the mattress pad in the hopes of fitting it into a box.

Charlie and dad taking a break in the empty apartment after all their hard work.

Evidence

Found when I walked into the hall this morning...

My cat had discovered the hidden location of his much-loved Greenies from the move. These two bags were inside a sealed ziplock, inside a tote bag with the rest of his stuff. He found the ziplock and proceeded to chew a large hole straight across the top. He then pulled the unopened Greenies bag out and chewed two large holes in it. This bag was much emptier than it should have been when I found it.

Oh, he was in big trouble. We had a talk.

Fashion goldmine

I am one step closer to my dream of finding my mom's fabric and yarn stash. Ok, so I don't actually know if she had a stash. I assume she stashed, because that's what all us crafty folks do, however, it is likely that my aunt took it upon herself to remove from our house.

I spotted these two boxes in the stacks of our basement, guessing correctly at the genre of their contents.

I wore all of the pictured outfits. L-R: I made that printed denim skirt and pouch combo (the pattern is titled "Kids Can Sew". My mom made that pink and white polka-dot number (mine was all pink with tiny white Swiss dots) in the middle for a wedding we went to when I was maybe four or five... the dress is still hanging around here someplace. The bottom pattern was the pretty much the design for the dress she made when I was nine and a "junior bridesmaid" at my cousin Ellen's wedding. The flower girl had this dress with a frilly apron thing over it.

I think these dresses are kinda way awesome.

These crack me up... "How to Measure, Alter, and Fit" actually looks very useful. It was priced at 20 cents; lord knows how old it may be. The lingerie book has an entertaining suggestion of embellishing your creations with "a monogram or astrological sign". Ah, the 70s.