Love My Boys!!!!

The garage is CLEAN!  Thank you Nelson and Hayden the heavy lifting and the moving and Meg for keeping them on task and for sorting.
I wish I had taken a before photo so that everyone could enjoy the major accomplishment.
We had two large work benches in the garage. They were very deep so stuff would get pushed back on the lower shelves and disappear.
We took a huge load to the dump (thanks to the Welch's Truck) and two loads to the DI. Yes there was stuff we could have sold and if I knew how, I should have.  Anyway it is all gone now and maybe there is some collector who will be excited by the DI find.

Now on to the next cleaning project.

MCC

Organizing....again/still at it

Yes, it's that time I am organizing once again...it never ends, but the upside is that with fewer people in the house to mess things up and get things out it stays pretty organized.
We started with the garage on Wednesday and got one of three done.....my work force and my suburban are MIA so that project is now on hold until next week.  Amazingly the storage room has stayed pretty good since I did it last year, just needs a little spruce up.
One thing I have learned by going through my junk is that most of it is just that, JUNK! I am now asking myself: "If I were cleaning out my parents house would I keep it?" The answer is usually NO.
I don't know why we insist in keeping stuff for our kids and grand kids, they won't care when you are dead, if you want them to have it give it to them now ( unless you are enjoying it, then you can wait until you replace it or are dying or dead). Take Birthday cards, thank you notes, they should be chucked. I started a file of cards and notes that really mean something to me so that I can re-read and remind myself of how awesome I am (of course I don't re-read them so why am I keeping them?) OHHHH I guess they can be chucked as well and I really wouldn't miss them.
We have found all kinds of "treasures" in the garage that we just had to keep. I am now asking myself if it's saved in the garage why did I keep it? I know that there are things that we do store in the garage, and they are useful for yard work, camping and food storage.....but I ask you what good is a half a can of old paint? Like I have said, there are a few things that you keep around because you really might need them at some point, I have plenty, So may that Nelson and Megan labeled a box on my garage selves "Random crap we just can't get rid of "  Funny but true.
Here is the other thing we do when we clean out and organize; we think that cost me X amount of dollars, I should be able to sell it.......you won't. Garage sales are a lot of work to set up and clean up for the little amount of money you make. 
Oh, Sorting and Organizing......... Let the fun continue!
MCC

Six Weeks....ARRRGH

Nelson will be home in six weeks. I have made some great plans about all that I wanted to have done when he came home and now I am up against a wall. I know it will all be okay, things always work out and are fine, but I truly want to be awesome. Awesome would make me look like a church news centerfold mom/wife/woman/etc.....a girl can dream can't she? Anyway, So much for day planning and organizing......I guess I need to prioritize again and put a few things on the wait list, again. Someday I might get my act together.
MCC

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