declutter our house

So I just got on and did it!!!! – emptied all the shelves and binned the rubbish. Easy start, but hey, first step DONE. Whilst doing it, a charity bag came through the letter box (another sign from somewhere!!!), so took the opportunity to get rid of some other random things, and filled it to the brim – due to be collected tomorrow. COOL. Very therapeutic.

Need to set myself the next room. OK…a challenge…OUR BEDROOM. Two main bad bits – 1. Under the bed and 2. the wardrobe. HMMMMM. Come on girl – you can do it!!!! (Is talking to myself the first signs of going senile?!).

FED UP OF CLUTTER!!!!!!!!

• I spend too much on rubbish
• Having things does not make me happy
• I have spent too many hours of my life tidying up clutter

So, the plan is to take this one step at a time….I’m going to do one room at a time, and have given myself one room per month, which means that by this time next year, our house should be a much nicer place to be.

I’m going to start easily to get the momentum going.

Choice for December 2008 is the BATHROOM.

OK too many toiletries and that’s about it. So the plan is to get them sorted, and to have spare space in the cupboard. Anything living in there that doesn’t belong will go elsewhere!!!

COOL. Decision made. Go girl!

i did it!I can not believe that i am actually done with the house.It feels great, now i just have to make sure that we keep it neat and that for every item that comes into the house one will go out.

and then i will be done…i can finish this before the month is up…

I am getting close to the finish line. And I like how it makes me feel, i have just 2 more rooms to do.I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off me, i know where everything is, the clutter is gone. actually enjoy cleaning the house now.

finished the bedroom yesterday, was harder then i thought. I have sooo much cloth, pretty cloth, but it is all too small. The hardest part was letting that cloth go,it makes me feel like i am letting go of hope, the hope of being slender again. So i compromised and held on to 10 of the prettiest pieces, and if i have not lost the weight by october those pieces will go to my friend sherrie, who has been shedding pounds like crazy.From the bedroom i removed 1 bag of trash, 4 bags of cloth for the flea market and 2 bags for goodwill.plus half a bag for some of my friends.

today i tackled the storage under the stairs, we call it the abyss in our home.this is the area where all my craft and art stuff is stored.i was most afraid of this room, but now it is done and i am just so happy. I pulled out 3 bags of trash, 3 boxes full of stuff for goodwill, 1 box for the flea market, 1 bag of fabric for a quilter friend.1 box of paints for the summer camp.1 box of cross stitch kits for another friend.am so thrilled that it is done.

i started with my mission 2 weeks ago and i am so pleased with my progress. did the hallway, the kitchen and the bathrooms, total i pulled out 20 bags of trash alone.plus 12 boxes for goodwill and 10 boxes for the flea market.plus i gave 4 boxes of stuff to my friends.from the book shelves i pulled 3 boxes of books, and one box of magazines.my hubby and kids are not very thrilled about this whole thing, so i am just asking them to do one thing at a time.my daughter was not to excited either but i told her she would get all the money from the flea market sales for her car, after i told her that she started to haul stuff out of her room like there was no tomorrow.she has so far 6 bags of trash, 3 bags of cloth, and 3 bags of assorted stuff.the attic was also fun to clean out, from there i got 3 boxes of bisque that i am donating to the summer camp.i know it sounds strange, but this is making me breath easier, the house seems lighter and airy.i really enjoy this.