clean the garage

My garage still looks like a dump site : ) We did make some progress a while back but it still looks like a danger zone. There is just so much stuff : ) I don’t know how much we are going to be able to get rid of before the party.

I got rid of the big fish tank by listing it on Craigslist. There is now more space in the garage. If we had to put a car in the garage we now can. I have to have my husband call the local dump to find out there hours so we can get rid of some old paint cans and computer monitors.

I have to list the fish tanks to get it out of the garage.

My husband worked on this goal a little more on Saturday while I picked up leaves with the leaf blower. The garage looks so much better. We can almost fit a car in the garage now. After we organize a few more times we will be ready for the garage sale.

My husband and I actually worked on this task today!!! I emptied some boxes and a couple of bins. We threw out a bunch of things and even put a few things in the garage sale pile. We have to put the mulch in the yard and still organize whats left. I am very excited about being able to see the garage floor in a few spots. We decided that we are definitely not going to buy a car until the garage is cleaned out. We also have to have a garage sale before I call the garage cleaned.

I came home early from work because it was so nice, and we rearranged, pulled out winter clothes, etc.

I don’t want to say this is completely done…there are still some boxes full of random unknowns, and I’d like to organize the cabinet I have out there a little bette.

But I think I’m close to considering this done. Most everything out there belongs out there, has a certain spot, I know it’s out there, and it’s in labeled boxes.

my husband has started going through some of the things in the garage, and we listed three things on craigslist today.

A small shelf I was having trouble parting with ended up fitting perfectly in a new space I created, and I was able to bring all the strangler books inside too.

We have had a busted dehumidifier in our garage for longer than I’m willing to admit. I doubted my husband that we could find a good place to recycle it, but we did today, about 5 miles from our house, so it’s finally out of there! We made two huge trips to goodwill this week and I think it’s really apparent out there. We are the drop spot for our CSA this summer, so we have a definite deadline to get it in better shape (to not be embarrassed in front of our new veggie eating friends).

So my dad worked for a defense contractor when I was a kid, and I was able to get a howitzer shell, empty, without a cap. I thought it was cool…I always wanted to make it into a planter. I never really did…but I always wanted to. This thing has traveled with me to many houses, because it’s so cool! But what do you do with a howitzer shell? I was telling a story at work the other day about it and realized I could make it into a plant stand a lot easier than a planter. So I found an old piece of tile in the garage and made it into a plant stand today. It’s awesome! This weekend I organized a bit more out there and cleaned out a box (finding an undeveloped roll of film I had been looking for forever, too). STill some work to be done, books and CDs, etc., but I did make some progress.