I 'm Sorry For My Abscence

Melinda called me to task for not keeping up on my blog......I'm busy with other stuff and when I sit down to write I get side tracked on the computer so I am trying to not get trapped on the computer as often.
Any who.....
I have been cleaning out and reorganizing my stroage room.....we have a deadline to meet.
The Storage room is looking really good. I have hauled out 4 loads of stuff to the DI and garbage. I have built and installed 2 sets of shelves, and will be adding 2 or 3 more after I get the Christmas decorations out and up.

Question - Is the food storage really bad if it says not to use it after so many years?

The deadline I am meeting is Elder Call returns home on Thanksgiving Day. Which means I have to find room for all of the things I have stored in his room for the past two years....@!>@<#$)
...yes I feel that way about the junk. Some of it I wanted to get rid of before we stored it in the room, but someone told me we would want it and or need it.......I knew we wouldn't, so now I have to deal with it all over again.
Now I am on to the hall closet and laundry room. Then i have Nelson's room to fix up, Megan's room and bathroom. The Mid room entrance and finally the Downstairs Family Room...remember I want to turn it into a home theatre space. The downstairs family room is looking like a war zone....it is the divide and conquer area. I take everything out to the family room and make the decision to keep or chuck....if i keep it it then is boxed and stored appropriately.

I heard an organizer on TV say that you first need to look at everything and say "Have I used or needed this in the past year?" If you have used or needed the item you then have to deal with it.*
Here are the other things she said in helping you clean out and organize:
Memorabilia - ask yourself "Am I honoring the memory of the item?" To keep memorabilia you need to put it in albums that are visible, or frame it, or keep it out in a room. In a box you are not honoring the memory. This step has made me get rid of a ton of things or take photos of them.
Important Papers - Can access the information some place else?
Kids school papers, etc...- Is this their best work for this age?.....someone else told me to scan it all and keep it on a computer disk.

Back to the Have I used or needed this in the past year?---*If you keep it you then need to decide if you have other items that serve the same purpose, is it something I really need, is it in good usable condition, etc....

hi ho, hi ho, it's back to work I go!
MCC

How much stuff can I have?

Friday--Well another week down, also the first month of 2009...wow, how fast.
This weeks report...
Family - We all are healthy and happy...Nelson reports that things are great but that he is hot, hot, hot, which means he is sweaty...yuck. (He tells me that it is like Utah in August but very humid...I know I would be miserable).
House .....still digging out the mess...storage room and closets are never ending!!!! Gary is set up in his office but the loft mess still remains...he promised that he would work on it everyday for an hour or two...so far he has given it an hour on Tuesday night.....oh well. The Attic storage room is a black hole...I keep pulling out stuff I had forgotten about or didn't even know I had....lots and lots of fabric. Do I still sew or even want to? I have enough large fabric scraps to make lots of doll clothes or fancy/weird little kid clothing....it could be interesting. I also have a lot of really dated 90's looking fabric....maybe 90's retro will be the new trend. After shopping the other day I said I guess I needed to sew again...
Other questions from the attic storage room.....how much ribbon can one person have? I have ribbon I have forgotten about, ribbon I thought I had run out of, and ribbon I didn't know I even wanted. And then there is the wrapping paper.....
Why do I feel the need to decorate for every holiday? Yes, I like decorating for the holidays, but storage is killing me. I promise, I get rid of holiday decorations every year..and I don't even try to replace them...but....
How many half finished craft projects can one person have? I have to many projects...most of them from RS homemaking day...and we haven't had one of those for years. I suppose that if I didn't finish the project then it wasn't really important to me...so off the the garbage they go.
What is all the other stuff in the closet? Wires, cords, old computers.....all junk that I need to figure out how to dispose of....
Is there a light at the end of the storage room? These and other burning questions will have to wait...I am off on a new project...the closets will have to wait.
MCC