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Post by def6 on Apr 7, 2017 5:43:24 GMT -5
The forecast calls for clear sky throughout this weekend here in sunny Pensacola. It is also cool right now...but that won't last forever. I'm dragging out the contents of our double car garage. It is packed to the rafters. Let me just say I will use every trick necessary to get this job done. Amnesty! May the chips fall where they may! Serenity Now!
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Post by def6 on Apr 7, 2017 8:43:59 GMT -5
Regrouping with a cup of Joe
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Post by phoenixcat on Apr 7, 2017 8:55:18 GMT -5
At our old rental house, only one vehicle would fit. Our second vehicle (a truck) was too long for the garage. Clutter and storage just gradually took over until you had to shimmy in and out of the car - could barely open the doors. We kept closing outside storage spaces and putting the excess in there. DH left on a business/family trip and it coincided over the holidays. My one goal was to clean out the garage while he was gone. I had non-stop uninterrupted time at home. I can't remember how much time I gave myself. A lot of the "paper storage" I dragged in the house and sorted/dumped it in the evenings. But the feeling was absolutely GREAT when I pulled the car back in (had been sitting in the driveway the whole time) and opened all four doors wide with room to spare!! Took a picture and sent to DH! Looking forward to hearing about it when you are on the other side!! PC
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Post by def6 on Apr 7, 2017 9:43:40 GMT -5
Thank you phoenixcatI will be bringing in boxes to sort through as well. Great job on your garage. I want mine to pass the "clearance" test with all doors wide open .
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Post by casper on Apr 7, 2017 10:46:11 GMT -5
Wishing you all the best.
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Post by def6 on Apr 7, 2017 12:22:26 GMT -5
Thank you casper I just came up for air. I am very pleased that my recycling can is filling up, my garbage can, my van with donations, and the holding area for cardboard boxes. I am more decisive now about what goes and I am totally "in" there is no turning back.
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Post by ohblondie on Apr 7, 2017 12:24:06 GMT -5
How are you holding up def6?
We have had major garage clean outs in the past and I laughed at the number of people who got out of their cars and started going thru our studf, assuming we were having a garage sale!!
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Post by MamaAngie on Apr 7, 2017 12:35:55 GMT -5
I hope it is going well! I understand a packed garage. Ours isn't filled to the top, but it has so much CLUTTER (aka JUNK) in it! It should hold 2 cars, but it holds 0 currently. Realistically we could put 1 car in WHEN it is cleared of it's clutter. When we did our floors last May (not planned, due to a flooding) our large desks got moved out there. I wanted to get rid of them and got smaller desks for the house. But hubby convinced me we needed them for our crafting stuff .... his odd hobbies and my stamping. Well let's just say I have not stamped anything except a few cards at my desk in the house. I can't find anything out there! I am with you in spirit! I am not going to my garage today though.
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Post by ohblondie on Apr 7, 2017 14:38:40 GMT -5
Our garage,is too small for our vehicles. Just another excuse to junk it up!
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Post by def6 on Apr 7, 2017 14:42:38 GMT -5
Thank you for your kind comments ohblondie and MamaAngieI am through 1/4th of the garage right now, I just need to sweep up and clear out to create a clean canvas. I'm going to go slow in the arranging of things . Most of my attempts to store things in an organized fashion ( I admit) are not very good and do not get adhered to very long. I'm getting rid of as much as possible.
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Post by closetofchaos on Apr 7, 2017 17:04:17 GMT -5
def6 Cleaning out a squalored garage is like Leonidas and his 300 taking on Persia! You are a star for doing that ☆☆☆☆☆!
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Post by closetofchaos on Apr 7, 2017 17:06:27 GMT -5
ohblondie I have the image in my mind of people stopping and thinking it's a garage sale. I totally understand !
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Post by H2H on Apr 7, 2017 18:02:17 GMT -5
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Post by def6 on Apr 7, 2017 23:28:42 GMT -5
Hello closetofchaos I already made up my mind that I would sell something if they came walking up.
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Post by closetofchaos on Apr 13, 2017 4:12:58 GMT -5
def6 Did you sell anything?
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