Living in a Gypsy Adult Dormitory

No, I didn’t enroll in gypsy college!  But I am taking some courses!

It’s interesting splitting up the year between two different provinces.  85% of our belongings are in Vancouver since we are subleasing our house furnished.  Cuz I mean, who wants to haul the entire contents of their house?  Hermit crabs are so lucky.  When they decide they want a new house they just pick up + move into a new empty shell, bing bang bong – DONE!

Since we didn’t bring any furniture, our little Black Diamond condo in Alberta is ALWAYS in some state of disorganization!

I CAN’T LIVE LIKE THIS!!!!

And what the heck is with the piles of stuff in the corner???!!!!  I can’t tell you.  It’s classified information that I will divulge on a later date….

And Megumi’s bed?  It’s a camping chair people!  A CAMPING CHAIR!

The little bits of furniture that we do have comes from Jeff’s hoarding shipping container.

That picture is from when we first started renting the shipping container over a year + a half ago.  Fresh as a daisy.  40 feet of hoarding.

Just so you guys don’t think that we’re cluttery hobos, our Vancouver home tries to maintain itself as a relatively streamlined abode + everything has it’s place.

We don’t have a sofa, so when Jeff gets off of work, has had his shower + gets ready for chill time he lies on the floor of the living room.

And since Megumi doesn’t have a sofa, she lies on Jeff!  What in the sam hill is Jeff wearing, you ask?  It’s called a jinbei – a Japanese two piece outfit worn in the summer.  My moms got it for Jeff in Japan + he luuuuuuurves it.

We are lucky that our friends Karen + Kyle let us borrow a king size mattress – or it would be Thermarests for us!  It lays on the floor of our stark bedroom.  My magic wolf blanket is a present from our buddies Steve + Liz.  I use it because the comforter we brought is only a queen size + Jeff ends up hogging the whole thing.  Thank you for sheltering me, wolf family!

Doesn’t that sad picture just scream college dorm room?  And we don’t have enough closet space or shelving, so my clothes are folded + sitting at the foot of the bed.  I’m so over it you don’t even know.  I’m really cheap, but I can’t deal with it anymore!!!  I’ve got to go to Target to remedy this situation!

Bare walls, knick knacks everywhere.  I like to keep organized + it’s so hard to do because I don’t want to re-buy things that I already have in Vancouver.

Here’s Megumi sneaking into the bedroom.  She’s not allowed in the bedroom due to Jeff’s feline allergies.

So sassy!

Pardon for the intrusion your majesty!  She puts up with the clutter, new situations + moving around really well for a wee cat!  Anyway, there’s a little glimpse into our Alberta condo.  Yikes….if anyone has any suggestions I am all ears!!!