This is Fruitycake The Raccoon. If there is one thing I am not experienced at, it’s cleaning. I know how to get things dirty. But cleaning? Leave me out.

Brickle says persons spend more than half of their lives cleaning. They clean every day. They say they clean up after us. But I know the truth.

I’m wondering if you didn’t have as much stuff, would you be able to clean less? Seems like we are making strides to do just that.

Right now in our family, it’s all paws on deck! Boy Person is trying to get rid of things in a storage unit by donating them and selling what he can. He has a really hard job. Because those things have been in there for many, many years.

Plus, unless the persons want to carry all that stuff a half mile up to our little house in Italy, they better think twice about what they want to keep.

Have you ever had so much to do that you just want to give up? Have you ever questioned if you’ll ever get it done? We sure are.

We need all paws on deck and we have to focus. But some days we are just tired and that’s ok too. Life can make you very tired.

Because if this was easy I guess it wouldn’t feel as good when we get there. Memories are made from the climb. Memories are made from the swim.

The truth is, our family needs each other to make this move happen. It is taking all of us encouraging one another when we each have our hard days. One of us can pick up the slack for another. All paws on deck doesn’t mean you can’t help each other. In fact, that IS what it means.

–Fruitycake The Raccoon

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