21
Oct

Free at Last!

   Posted by: MotherHen   in Extra-Categorical

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We have been so busy today.  I can’t believe the difference in my kitchen, and we aren’t half done, but the rest will wait for another day.

The big earth-shaking advice here is this.

If I don’t use it why am I junking up my life with it?

My kitchen is so much easier to use without all this stuff.  Boy that felt dumb to type those words.  Of course my kitchen is easier to use without junk in the way, duh.

This…

became this,

and this… (Nobody knows how the Cascade got in this cupboard, but teenage Pirates don’t always wear their thinking caps in the kitchen.)

became this.

We are really on a roll with the de-junking of the whole place.  This feels so great.  I am so sick and tired of the clutter.

Some time back I found a site about de-cluttering our homes.  Her method was to have a goal of just 6 (or was it 7?) items per day.  I originally thought this would work for me. The thing is that my junk is as prolific as our gerbils.  See those cupboards up there?  The junky ones?  That stuff got in there and was fruitful and multiplied.  We must have gotten rid of 6 or 7 BOXES of junk.  Should I give you a pic of my front porch?

We’ll load all this up tomorrow (and by we, of course I mean Calico Zak, Cannonball Jack and The Squid) and then take it to the Goodwill drop off.

Free at last!

Well, we’re gettin’ there.

Don’t ya just love Works for me Wednesdays?  Where else can you get so much helpful advice at once?

And remember that today I’m blogging at Frugal Hacks.  You can click here to get there. :D

Would you like to read the book Passionate Housewives Desperate for God?  I’m giving away 2 copies this Saturday!  Click here to enter!

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12 comments so far

TracyB
 1 

I love de-cluttering, although I don’t do it often enough. What works even better for me than loading it up and dropping it off is using Freecycle-anyone who wants it can come by and pick it up!

October 22nd, 2008 at 8:46 am
 2 

There’s nothing I love better than getting rid of clutter. It feels soooo good!

October 22nd, 2008 at 9:04 am
 3 

WOW! Good for you.
I am working on decluttering my stuff and will check out the site.

Thanks!

-Coco

October 22nd, 2008 at 9:25 am
 4 

What a great post! Found you via Rocks In My Dryer. Glad I did!

October 22nd, 2008 at 9:30 am
 5 

Hey you could probably sell some of that stuff on eBay. You’d be amazed what people buy.

If you’re interested, I’m giving away free bakeware on my blog. Comment or link to me to enter the contest and win 4 Handmade Pottery Apple Bakers valued at $36. http://laneypottery.com/2008/10/21/win-pottery-apple-bakers/ Thanks!

October 22nd, 2008 at 12:40 pm
 6 

I can feel the freedom grow as you got rid of more and more. Love the comment about the teen pirates, a hearty Amen to that!

October 22nd, 2008 at 1:41 pm
 7 

Wow…great job! I know how liberating this can be! Now…I need to get inspired and go work on this myself!

October 22nd, 2008 at 2:44 pm
 8 

hey, i’ll take that waffle iron off your hands! :P

October 22nd, 2008 at 3:30 pm
 9 

Well, ML, it’s yours for the taking. I actually have put two of them on the old porch, and it’s starting to look iffy about hauling it all away tomorrow. Sick Pirates abound!

October 22nd, 2008 at 4:12 pm
 10 

That’s exactly what I did today…declutter…only is was my scrapbook area. Must purge, purge, purge. TFS.

October 22nd, 2008 at 7:18 pm
 11 

I would love to be organized I try and don’t keep up with it.

October 23rd, 2008 at 5:35 pm
 12 

Congratulations! That is an impressive haul. It feels great to get rid of that much stuff. And you’re right about how we work around all the clutter we don’t use for so long until we finally get rid of it and realize how much it was in our way.

October 23rd, 2008 at 6:24 pm