The deal was we don't get to decorate for Christmas until the house is cleaned. It is now Dec. 15 and no progress has been made. Well, the dishes got done and the hallway was vacuumed, but to me that is not progress. It is not just D either, I am a HORRIBLE housekeeper, a trait multiplied many times over with a boy in the house now. Here is my drastic plan to hopefully be able to get a tree. We are going to take a few bags or boxes and fill them with all the crap cluttering up the whole house. Any cherished toy/paper/article of clothing must be put away immediately to escape the bag. We will write a "To Be Destroyed" date on the container, maybe a year and a half from now, and anything that hasn't been removed will get chucked. Papers will be shredded somehow. This gives me the shivering shakes to think about throwing out a bunch of "good" stuff for many reasons. I am learning that I am a saver. Not a hoarder by a long shot, but I can understand the compulsion.
It is also a bit offensive to my casual environmentalist side to add lots of things to landfills unnecessarily. I have to face the fact that we will probably not be having the fantasy garage sale, though. So that's the plan for today.
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Ok, first of all, the little pigsty is DARLING. Oh, pictures, why are you so cute?
We have a "box" for crap but it is called a 17x17 foot sunroom. We throw all of our crap in there and are trying hard to be guilt-free about it. It isnt even crap at all, it is cups and sweaters and I get terrible guilt about being some nasty over spending American freak who needs a storage space. Sick sick sick.
BUT
sometimes, it is more important to have a tidy and clean-ish living space for the peace of the family members. So we throw "crap" in there so we can vacuum and move on. You dont have to throw anything out, it is ok to tidy!
and ps we never did the garage sale either. Maybe this summer.
HUGS
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