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Oct

In the Cargo Hold

   Posted by: MotherHen   in My Pirates

My wonderful washer and dryer are in my garage which we will, starting now, refer to as “The Hold” because, ya know, it’s Piratey.

But The Hold?  Well, it “holds” way too much stuff.  Lately it’s been hazardous duty to help me with carrying the baskets of clothes to and fro.  It’s just gotten so horribly cluttered up.

So The Cap’n’s job today was to just do a little straighten-up out there, so I can get around more easily.

Part of the problem is that I’m always asking my Very Dear Hubby to bring home boxes so I can declutter.  And unless I use that box on the day he brings it home someone puts it “away” in The Hold and I promptly forget I own a box at all.  So a few days later I ask my marvelous Hubby to bring me a box and we go ’round again.

But that’s just part of the problem.  The rest of the problem is we just have way too much stuff out there which makes it really hard to get things out and really hard to put things away.

So all I asked for was a little straightening up.  What I got was FIVE HOURS OF HARD LABOR!

That Pirate de-junkified the whole Hold!

He swept the whole floor!  He made my laundry area much clearer!

I’m so happy!  What a joy to go into The Hold for any reason.  But tonight the best reason to go into The Hold is for a fun, after hours, ping-pong playin’ party!

Lessons learned while in The Hold.

  • Stop hoarding toys they’ve outgrown.
  • Stop asking for boxes.
  • Check and make sure they’ve put stuff away properly.
  • Ask for help with The Hold more often.

Well that’s what worked for me this week.  Y’all go over to Rocks in my Dryer and learn a jillion other helpful ideas on Works for Me Wednesday.

But first, you ought to go enter my giveaway!

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11 comments so far

 1 

WAHOO! I love, love, love cleaned up rooms like that! And the coolest part IS the fun times the kids spend in there! Way to go, Cap’n!
;-)

October 14th, 2008 at 10:47 pm
 2 

Awesome! Looks great Capt’n!

October 15th, 2008 at 12:07 am
 3 

Thats great. Now you can come over and organize my house. lol. Thanks

October 15th, 2008 at 12:25 am
 4 

Your new “hold” is very impressive! Amazing what concerted effort can accomplish!

October 15th, 2008 at 5:56 am
 5 

Wow! What a cleanup job!
I can’t wait til my sons are old enough to tackle a job like that. (They are 5, 3, and 1 now; not much help)

October 15th, 2008 at 7:50 am
 6 

Wow! It looks great! :D

October 15th, 2008 at 7:50 am
 7 

I believe I hear angel’s wings!

Looks great in there, matey!

October 15th, 2008 at 10:16 am
 8 

Looks great!!

October 15th, 2008 at 10:38 am
 9 

Great job! Isn’t it a great feeling to have a mess cleared up! I love it!

October 15th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
 10 

What a great job!! I’m so happy it only took you 5 hours – I would have been there for days – probably lost in the hold lol I have two garages at a condo community where I own a rental. So those garages fill up more all the time because we don’t see them very often. Ugh. I need 5 hours lol

Come by my place today because I’m having a Birthday Giveaway week.

October 16th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
 11 

What a change! You have inspired me to get started on my garage.

October 17th, 2008 at 3:19 am