I have been in trouble with my family ever since coming to Uruguay.  I brought too much stuff.  True, we use pretty much all of it, and it sure is handy to have the right tools but. . .

A common problem for North Americans moving to South America is their failure to realize the average size of a South American house.  It does not have a basement and very seldom an attic.  Besides, a normal North American stove will not fit in the slot allotted in most kitchen’s here.  A normal refrigerator will often not fit under the cupboards.  A queen size bed may fit in your “master bedroom”, but remember you still need some room to build your closets and to be able to walk around that gigantic bed.

Although I mentally knew about this problem before we came, I did not fully realize it until we had made our third move in Uruguay.  Each move we made I kept expecting our stuff to fit better in the next home.  However, each time we have moved over the course of the last 18 months we have had to stack boxes in prominent places.  The heavy book boxes have been an especial bain.  All the little nick knacks that had a home in the States are now clutter that occasionally found a bare foot in the middle of the night.

Finally, after much thought and three moves we decided to remedy this problem.  Pitch, toss, and condense even more.  This still wasn’t enough so we decided to put up a movable storage shed / playhouse.  Felicia has been having a blast in our new little house, and we are really content to not trip over sharp objects in the middle of the night.

Ah, the bliss of a content and happy family!

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