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Post by messycowgirl on Aug 22, 2010 18:04:55 GMT -5
After the whole lice situation, I was/still am determined to get the house into shape once and for all. I figured I was facing the battle by myself. SO helps some, but gets overwhelmed easily and shuts down. Sometimes it's just easier to clean some things myself.
Anyway, long story short, I had some help. I paid her for the first room, but for the rest of the things she helped with I will be taking her out to eat a very nice restaurant that she would never take herself to.
She offered to help. I did the kitchen, she did the living room. She did the majority of the kids bedroom but I did the tossing of stuff. And remember all those clothes?? She put them into piles based on size and I went through them. In the end, a big box went to her house to give to someone, I threw out 3 30-gallon size bags of clothes and the rest are in a pile to be washed (which I'm working on, but I had to wash all the bedsheets yesterday).
I am more motivated then before to just toss things. A part of me hates sending it to the landfill, but for everyone's sanity (especially mine) I'm throwing it out. I just can't do clutter anymore. I really do not care what my neighbors thought either at the the crazy lady (me) flinging open the back door and flinging full trash bags out into the yard yesterday.
We've done a pretty good job maintaining this week, and made the kids pick up their messes. Things are far from perfect, but I don't have any reservations about letting someone in at this point.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go tidy up the living room!
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Post by notsomessyshell on Aug 22, 2010 18:38:48 GMT -5
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Post by messymimi on Aug 22, 2010 19:23:47 GMT -5
You have discovered a great secret: You cannot save the world from having more garbage in a landfill by turning your own house into an extension of the dump. Clean your own house, and then you are set up to sort, donate, recycle, reuse, rehome, compost, regift, sell online, or whatever else you want to do. None of those things are possible when you are overwhelmed by a mess.
Congratulations on getting the secret, and putting it into practice! You are doing a great job!
messymimi
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Post by Meme on Aug 22, 2010 19:35:54 GMT -5
good for you--- keeping our homes as a dumpster does not help anyone-- I too had to learn this and often thrift stores have to send the majority of what they receive to the dump because folks use them as a dump--- sorry for all those dumpie words--  I know it is hard to face but garbage really is garbage-- the best way to avoid filling the dump is to stop buying--- live more simply ----hugs from Meme |
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Post by hopehope on Aug 22, 2010 20:41:14 GMT -5
yahoo!
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Post by success19 on Aug 22, 2010 21:19:53 GMT -5
Complete amnesty! Your home is not the landfill. Hey maybe the neighbors were thinking they need to do the very same thing!
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