It’s house inspection day!! 
I’m nervous. Mal can’t take off work, so I’m going solo this morning. Hopefully, everything makes sense and I know the right questions to ask. Our realtor will be there too, so I’m sure she’ll help get me through it. She knows everything!
Breakfast
For breakfast this morning, I made a “tasting plate” with a bunch of different foods, including red grapes and coconut cashews.
A fresh sliced peach.
And a toasted Zucchini Muffin with Teddie Peanut Butter spread on top.
I love meals like this– just little bites of everything. It keeps it interesting! 
I also drank an iced coffee with soy milk with breakfast.
Last night, I spent the majority of the evening going through the stuff from my mom’s house, which included a zillion photo albums. (The ones in the picture below are just those from my mom’s house. I already had about 10 of my favorites at my apartment!)
I’ve always loved taking photos, so I was that gal snapping pictures at every special (and not-so-special) occasion. I have a ton of photos from high school and college. I never took photos of my food, but I think I have blogger in my blood!
All of my photo albums take up a ton of space (and stress-out my husband), but I just can’t part with them. I’ll likely start scanning my favorite photos to save space, but this will take some time. I guess I’ll just have to make room for them until then.
Book Update
Exciting stuff on the book front! 
I finished and submitted my second round of edits to my editor yesterday morning. The second round was so much easier than the first. They only took me about a week to complete.
Now that the edits are done, my book goes into manuscript production. I’m not really sure what this means, but it sounds exciting! I also got to see the first draft of my book cover!!! It’s awesome– very Carrots ‘N’ Cake! 
The book is scheduled to debut next April or May!
Question of the Day
What material thing(s) in your life can’t you part with?
P.S. I’m giving away Peanut Butter Puffins on Trading Up Downtown!
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Ha ha… I just talked about this! I seriously have archives- dating back from 8th grade. It’s a little out of control, but it’s “my thing” and I will never give up my photo albums!
no, don’t get rid of your photo albums!
i just read this yesterday, that made me want to run out and print hundreds of pictures so i could make my own albums. http://www.chookooloonks.com/blog/2010/9/6/on-family-photography-and-time-capsules.html
perhaps you should just consolidate them into simple, cohesive albums? if they were all the same shape and size it would be less obtrusive. just an idea.
Definitely pictures, never want to lose those…or my computer
Fingers crossed for you with the inspection today, Tina.
Congrats on the book! You’re almost there!!
hope the house inspection goes well! And that’s so great about your second set of edits being complete! Can’t wait to see the book when it comes out next spring:)
I’m the same way with photo albums! I scrap booked for a while, but then I started making digital albums online. They are so easy to make, and then you order them and have a nice hard bound book of your photos that doesn’t take up much space.
Good luck with the inspection, hope all goes well!
Love that breakfast. Coconut cashews sound amazing, where did you find those????
I am the same way about photos! I have a big box in my closet of stuff just waiting to be scrapbooked! LOVE pictures!
I have a teddy bear named BearBear that I’ve had since I was 3…I don’t think I could part with him…he’s 23 years old!
Yay! Can’t wait for the CnC books. Material things I can’t live without include my cat and my photos.
That’s awesome about your book!! It’s really coming together! And going through old photo albums is the best.
I did the same thing last time I was home.
I can’t part with photos, my wedding ring, or the jewelry my grandma left me after she passed away.
I have SO MANY pictures that I took growing up! And I even took pictures of my food sometimes! I kind of did it just to be strange, though sometimes I really was serious about capturing that moment.
I had that same “Smile” photo album!
Good luck with the house, and congrats on the book progress!
Good luck today!!
I can’t part with my laptop. I get very panicked when I have to leave it at home.
Congrats on the book! I can’t wait to read it.
Photo albums and scrap books – I just can’t part with these. Please note: I have the same SMILE photo album as you, filled with old photographs of my parents from before I was born.
I can completely relate wit the pictures thing. I still live at home with my parents and my mom is on a cleaning kick where a few times a week she goes into the attic and takes down the boxes from either my old bedroom or college. She has me sit and go through them and inevitably I hit the pictures. I recently uncovered over 20 packages of pictures that I had developed from when I was in 8th and 9th grade and did not throw out a single photo!! It’s insane but I totally cannot let go. And of course, the highschool memorabilia, still hanging on to that!
Good luck on your house inspection! Nerve-wracking but also exciting!
I agree, it’s so hard to get rid of pictures! My parents also held onto some of my favorite childhood toys and I can’t imagine throwing them out.
I have a hard time getting rid of books, even though I never re-read them. They’re basically living room decorations, or substitutes for the real ones I don’t care to buy.
You did well to walk away from the first house just because of the water corrosion. The other things are negotiable, should they be revealed in the inspection today. An electrician can install a few grounded outlets (enough to cover electronics and major appliances) relatively cheaply, and the buyer might even be open to replacing the roof on the house if needed. Good luck!
love that you have stacks of photo albums too! i used to always hate it when my mom took photos — but now i LOVE all the memories!
Exciting news about the book. What is it going to be about? Did I miss that or haven’t you said yet?
That’s so exciting about your book! Congrats!
I can’t part with certain things from my childhood, like my favourite dolls and blanket. They’re all tucked away in my closet and I never even look at them, but I still can’t get rid of them!
i also can’t part with phot albums!!! good luck with the inspection!
Yay! Exciting! I’m still doing the back and forth edits with my agent, so I can only imagine what a relief you must feel.
I have a hard time parting with books. More than anything else, they feel like they say something about me and I feel so insanely attached to them. My husband hates it because we’ve moved a million times and books are HEAVY!
i can’t wait to see your cover! super excited about your book, tina! congrats!
When I moved in with my boyfriend last year I had to go through my book collection and get rid of a lot of books. It was hard. I love books, I love reading, I’ve collected books my whole life. But we just didn’t have the space and honestly, about half the books were ones I could (somewhat) easily part with.
It’s so hard to part with things. I’m doing a 100 Thing Challenge, in which I keep only 100 personal items. TOUGH…especially since I keep a library in my room.
That breakfast looks delicious. Tasting plates always look so appealing!
I have entirely too many photo albums too. I was the one who was always taking pictures of everything. They take up a bunch of space, but there’s just no way I can get rid of them! I spent entirely too much time scrapbooking them all, what a waste of money if I got rid of them!
I cannot part with my pictures – or my notes from the sixth grade!!!!
I can’t part with my cabbage patch doll that I’ve had since I was a baby. I’m 25 and she’s still on my bed!!!
I love tasting plates
Good luck with the house inspection!!
I’m the same way with my old photos. I can’t part with them, I never look at them, and they just take up space under my bed..
Gah! Are you really going to leave us hanging like this about the house!? ; )
I am so excited for you on the house, on the book, it is all wonderful! I can’t part with my growing memory box type of stuff either!
That is so exciting about your book! Congrats
I love mix match plates with random stuff it makes eating so much more fuN!
Congrats on the book! Can’t wait to see it!
I can’t live without this little pillow that I still have from my childhood days (it was actually in my crib before I was born). It sits on my nightstand and just seeing it sitting there brings me comfort. So random.
I love tasting plates!!
My favorite material things that I’d shed a tear for if they were gone: iPad, computer, stove, fridge, and iPod.
Jenn
I am so excited for your book to come out!
Congrats on the book!! I can’t wait for it to come out!
My favorite material things are my iPhone and my computer. What can I say, I am addicted to technology!
I can’t wait to see your book!!!!
I don’t think I could give up my DVR!
I *love* snack plates! Most of my meals are snack plates, actually
Material things I can’t live without? A warm doona… I can’t get to sleep if I’m cold!
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