I'll Procrastinate Tomorrow!

[40sthenew20]

Hello,

I am still enjoying my vacation, but, it hasn't turned out to be that relaxing after-all. Don't get me wrong, being away from the school is nice....no kids, no schedule, no stress! But, I have entered my very own stressful situation.........

This is what I had planned to do on vacation: Clean out my closet, place stuff in attic, clean out basement, clear out all garage and donate everything I have accumulated..........then, enjoy the rest of my time!

This is what I have really been doing on vacation: Cleaned out closet. This took a few days, and alot of muscle. I planned on moving all the dressy outfits to the attic, since I don't dress up like that anymore. But, I needed to go out, and buy something to hold the outfits in........stop........run to target..........come back, have son put it together in attic, and continue! When I was ready to bring the clothing up, I couldn't believe the attic. It had become a dropping spot for everything my kids and husband didn't need, want or know where it went..........

So, this took me until Yesterday, which was wednesday, when I planned on sorting through our winter items, and getting them out of the basement, and into the attic. Wait.......I needed storage containers to place them in the attic......so stop........out to target with kids to buy containers and another hanging clothing rack............came back, sorted the clothing in containers, pulled out all the winter coats, decided to go through lr closet, and sorted out and got rid of alot of clothing..........had my son put together new rack and hung coats.

Today, I woke up early....I had organized the attic a few months back, but since seeing the condition of it now, I had to reorganize it somewhat, move the racks my son so "lovingly" placed up there, and move the winter piles up..........Mission complete!

Now, I am taking a breather, before I go down in my basement.....now, my basement isn't finished, but it is a nice space........since we have an attic, I want to get alot of the stuff up there, so I can do scrapbooking and my sons can play video games and hang out down there.........that will take alot of doing, but I am geared now, to do it! My basement is another dumping ground of my family.......of course, for anything that they don't want to think about, where it goes! I have a two level basement, so the laundry room and mudroom are on the first level, and also dumping grounds, but I am ignoring these rooms right now.....and just trying to get to the bottom of the house.

 

Now, you might think, wow, my house is going to be so uncluttered, but, the honesty of it, is "not"......I have a garage full of items that we have been having yardsales from, for the past two years.......I don't want anymore yardsales, and just want to get rid of this all, but, I am having a hard time, having some organization come to get it.....I have been in contact with the salvation army and think they will come get it all, but, I dont' want them to come, until I am done......with it all........but, until then, where am I suppose to put these piles? My garage looks as if my house exploded......my basement is worse, but hopefully after I clean it, won't look too bad......and oh yeah, I have a bumper pool table in the middle of my basement that I want to get rid of.....it's really heavy(has a slate middle), but my son won't let me....great.....just another thing I have to work around.

So, this is my vacation, cleaning, moving piles from this room to the next. My kitchen is full of clothing bags, my living room is all pulled in the middle, since my husband had to pull off the window frames for new windows.......my house is a mess....and my kids, well, they are teens, so they aren't helping much............

I would really like to just take a shower and get out of this house........why can't I leave it for another week? another month? and why, does my family think that any empty space in my attic or basement is up for grabs, as a dumping ground? I guess I won't think too deeply, or I'll miss my window of opp. to clean out the basement............maybe tomorrow I'll be able to go to my lunch date, knowing that I did do alittle more than I expected.......and maybe not.............

Good intentions won't clean my clutter........neither will my family, so off I go! Wish me luck!

[parrothead]

Apr. 24, 2008 at 12:16 PM

good luck working on the basement..ours is a dumping ground, too, so I totally understand!  We got through some of it this week and will try to do a little at a time.  At least you can look forward to having a space to do some scrapbooking!  That's a nice end goal! 

But do get outside a little too as it will be raining soon again and then you can do more basement stuff!

:)

[Kimberley1969]

Apr. 25, 2008 at 8:32 AM Morning! Suggestion for getting rid of stuff that is not worth throwing out and too much effort to sell at a yardsale. You can do a couple of items a day! www.freecycle.org (this is a yahoo group that you will need to join) I belong to the Derry one. I love it! You put the item online that you want to get rid of example: I had a 1 qt crockpot I didn't use anymore so I put; "Offer; 1qt crockpot; londonderry". Then who ever is interested emails you for your address, you place the item outside on the given day and they will come an pick it up.  Have any questions give me a call. My number is in the book or I can email it to you. I could even put the items online for you, you would just have to remember to put them out before you go to work. Makes cleaning out the house worthwhile!

[Reener]

Apr. 26, 2008 at 11:49 AM Have the Salvation Army come in two trips if they have too! You're going to drive yourself crazy!!!!!! Have them take the stuff in the garage! When that's gone, you'll feel SO much better, ok, so you have to fill it again with stuff from the basement....call them again and have the haul the second load away. That's what they do. It's no inconvenience to them. It's their job! Or, if you have something that you just don't want anymore, but don't feel you want to donate it, try craigslist.com. List it. Maybe someone in your area will buy it and come pick it up. Listing is free. As your friend mentioned also above, freecycle is wonderful!! My neighbors are ALWAYS getting stuff from there and it's in great shape.  Do instead of procrastinate. Take the bull by the horns and "Git 'er done'!!! I wish I lived closer...I'd LOVE to help you out! I LIVE for this kind of stuff!!!