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Post by Ican on Jan 25, 2009 5:27:47 GMT -5
Yesterday, Saturday:
Got myself right back in the saddle & dove into master closet AND storage closet, woo. With mega-help from Chatter peeps.  What I learned:
It ain't so bad as all that.  AnnieBlue, that is wonderful that you got so much done with the help of chat. I'm happy for you!  Today, I went to my sister's and visited with her part of the day. And later I went grocery shopping. So, all that took time. Again, by the time I got home I was tired. And didn't feel like doing anything. But same as last night, wanted to read the posts here on SOS, wanted to reply to your post, so tried to think of one thing that I could do quickly, so I could write that I'd done something. Again, thought tossing out some more old catalogs would be easy, so I did that. And that motivated me to continue for a bit more. So, I also tossed out an empty plastic coffee container (which, earlier today, I had thought about saving, because I thought "that's a good jar, I'm sure I could find some kind of use for it in the future" --- Uh oh, that there is "hoarding talk" young lady! <grin> --- see, I'm learning! ... (I was proud of myself for tossing that.)  Then I thought to myself, well, that wasn't too bad, maybe I could open just one of the drawers in the dreaded file cabinet and just pull out ONE piece of paper, and decide what to do with it, whether to keep it or toss it. ... So, I did that, ... and that motivated me to continue and I ended up sorting through 4 file folders, and tossing about two-thirds of the stuff that was in them. So, anyhow, I got those few things done. And I also maintained living room, kitchen, and bathroom (except I need - no, make that want - to mop bathroom floor tomorrow).  And I made my bed. And hung up my clothes. And put away groceries after I got home from shopping. Good for me!  Thanks for listening! |
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Post by creativechaos on Jan 25, 2009 14:01:05 GMT -5
i want to organize and tame the top shelf of my entry closet today and tonight. will be away from home a lot today. hope someone will want to challenge with me on chat tonight!
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Post by dusty on Jan 25, 2009 20:12:16 GMT -5
Okay... I will not fling my clothes on the floor when I get in from work. I'll hang them up, and put out my outfit for tomorrow.
Eventually I'll expand this to making sure my bedroom/sleeping area is immaculate when I get into it at night, so it's a beautiful sight to behold when I wake up. :p I need to clear the whole lot out before I can do this, though.
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Post by annieblue on Jan 25, 2009 20:56:00 GMT -5
Hi Ican -Indeed, good for you! Catalogs, coffee container, FOUR FILE FOLDERS, & maintenance of 3 rooms, wooooo! AND bed making, clothes hanging, & grocery stashing toooooo! I especially relate to those file folders. I have an entire cabinet of my own to eventually tackle. And husband's cabinet, I fear, is twice as bad as mine. Eeeek. But those are for some other days. You do so well with addressing multiple areas each day. Maintaining the cleared places AND making progress in the overflow areas as well. That is something I am aspiring to do. For now, I just gotta keep focusing on my overflow. I, too, did things today because of thinking if YOU. It was great, I cleared 2 big boxes from my master bedroom storage closet before even coming downstairs for my day. I knew if I didn't do it right away, I wouldn't have anything to post today, because I needed to take the rest of day off, which I did. But, thanks to you, those 2 boxes went AWAY.  Thank you for continuing to plug away on this thread. It's really nice to have a partner in grime. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi Creative -Did you get that top shelf in entry closet organized? I have one of those too. Haven't seen it in years,  . Down the road I will. Keep up the good work!  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi Dusty -Greetings & Welcome! Yayyyy for making the decision to not fling those clothes! That is one step closer to your longterm plan of having a beautiful bedroom to wake up in!  You deserve it, go get it FOR YOU.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Today, Sunday:
Emptied 2 boxes from master bedroom storage closet. Ugh, I hate being in that closet. DUSTY. But little by little it is getting back to manageable, woo. For Tomorrow, Monday:
1. Back into master bedroom storage closet. Ick, but am gonna DO IT. 
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Post by Ican on Jan 26, 2009 5:45:51 GMT -5
It was great, I cleared 2 big boxes from my master bedroom storage closet before even coming downstairs for my day. I knew if I didn't do it right away, I wouldn't have anything to post today, because I needed to take the rest of day off, which I did. But, thanks to you, those 2 boxes went AWAY. Hey, I'm impressed! Good for you, AnnieBlue! I also want to say hello to Creative and Dusty. Glad you're both here. Since it is late, and I'm tired and want to get some sleep, I'm going to try to keep this post short. Here's what I got done today: - made bed - hung up clothes - washed a dish and a cup - mopped spot on utility room floor - wiped up spot on kitchen counter - wiped up spots on coffee maker - decluttered one file folder, threw out some papers - washed and dried 2 loads of laundry - put laundry away in closet     Thanks for listening. I'm sleepy so I'm going to get some rest now ...  |
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Post by annieblue on Jan 26, 2009 18:01:54 GMT -5
Ican -
Wooooo for you! Especially knocking out some of that paper! Keep up the good work, the good throwing OUT! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For Today, Monday:
Spent 7.5 hours in Chat room & got MASSES more done in storage closet, woo! Mega Thank You to everyone who worked with me today! Lessee, I now have most everything out of storage closet that is coming out. Of what is left, I at least know what the stuff is, so no surprise there, yay! Reduced Christmas collection of 15-20 years by 90%. Was RUTHLESS. Now it is matter of sorting a bunch of the keeper stuff, boxing it, & putting back in storage closet. I can honestly say I have touched/handled every single item along the way, made decision on it, & off it went. Like I said, only about 10% kept. For Tomorrow, Tuesday:
1. Back to that storage closet.My goal is to have EVERY Christmas item gone through, reduced, & put back away by end of January, so I have until Saturday. And then I can finish up the work in dressing room, formerly master junk closet, & then I will be soooo happy! Then move on to actual bedroom again, blech. Best to All, Blue
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Post by dusty on Jan 26, 2009 21:36:15 GMT -5
Hello Well I hung my clothes up... then made a start on my bedroom. Cleared quite a few bags of rubbish out and now my asthma is killing me. :p It's not exactly tidy yet but a lot of things are in neat piles instead of scattered. I cleaned the bathroom too. I was fired up and motivated yesterday but it's faded like I knew it would, I'm looking at what still needs doing instead of what I've done but as long as I'm doing SOMETHING every day instead of just when I feel like it, I'll see results. At least the living room floor is cleared and hoovered, it makes the room look much tidier. I know I could do more tonight but I want to relax now. I have been working all day, after all. Tomorrow I'll keep going with the bedroom. Bin men come on Friday morning so I want everything I'm not going to keep in binbags by then. At the weekend I need to clean the wall where my old cooker was so I can put the new one in but I'm not beating myself up over that - it's filthy behind everyone's oven, right?  Good luck all xx |
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Post by Ican on Jan 27, 2009 0:40:24 GMT -5
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Post by Ican on Jan 27, 2009 0:47:59 GMT -5
Well I hung my clothes up... then made a start on my bedroom. Cleared quite a few bags of rubbish out and now my asthma is killing me. :p It's not exactly tidy yet but a lot of things are in neat piles instead of scattered. I cleaned the bathroom too. Dusty, Good for you for getting those things done - especially about claring quite a few bags of rubbish out!  You also wrote: "as long as I'm doing SOMETHING every day instead of just when I feel like it, I'll see results." I think you are so right about that! Good thinking, Dusty! |
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Post by annieblue on Jan 27, 2009 8:29:06 GMT -5
Ican -Ayup, 7.5 hours in chat. Probably 3.5 hours chatting & 4 hours working, more or less. Thank you so much for the kudos!!! "Dehoarding Queen" - ha ha ha ha ha, that's funnnnnyyyyy! Woo, on getting those blinds OUT & off to someone who will be happy to use them! Keep it up, GO-Go-GO!!!  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dusty -Woooooo on hanging the clothes, starting on bedroom, clearing OUT those bags of rubbish, AND cleaning the bathroom. That's a nice bit done! Savor the victory, yes, rather than worrying with how much is left to do! Yayyy, also, on getting your new cooker. How lovely it will be to cook wonderful things now. I will be cheering for you on the weekend to get that wall all ready. And oh yeah, I don't even want to KNOW what is behind my stove. Totally normal for yours to be icky back there, but you will make it GO AWAY! Best to you, Blue ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Today, Tuesday:
Woke at 5:30am, & before even coming downstairs I emptied 1 Clothes box, 1 misc. Christmas box, & 1 misc. Household box from storage closet. This was especially interesting because husband went to bed in that bedroom at approx. 6am (he works nights) but I kept on until I was finished. He slept right through the vacuuming parts & everything, it was great, . But I don't dare do that often, else he might be inspired to return the favor, eeekk. For Later Today & Tomorrow, Wednesday:
1. Back into storage closet & dressing room. Big surprise, right?  
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Post by Ican on Jan 28, 2009 1:11:24 GMT -5
Today, Tuesday:
Woke at 5:30am, & before even coming downstairs I emptied 1 Clothes box, 1 misc. Christmas box, & 1 misc. Household box from storage closet. This was especially interesting because husband went to bed in that bedroom at approx. 6am (he works nights) but I kept on until I was finished. He slept right through the vacuuming parts & everything, it was great, . But I don't dare do that often, else he might be inspired to return the favor, eeekk. Wow, you got those boxes emptied even before you came downstairs. Good for you, AnnieBlue! And that was funny about your husband sleeping through it all, including the vacuuming! It was good seeing you in chat today. I got a lot done. - laundry (several loads, and I hung all of it up, too) - swept & mopped kitchen, bathroom & utility room floors - cleaned mildewy bathroom shelf - it's all clean now - scrubbed bathtub, and put baking soda & vinegar down drain - gave encouragement to other folks in chat & got lots, too Thanks for your encouragement, AnnieBlue! I appreciate it. |
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Post by annieblue on Jan 30, 2009 13:44:07 GMT -5
Hi Ican -Yayyyy, it sure was fun getting to work together in Chat on Tuesday!!! I am so glad to see how much you got accomplished! And then my power went out & I was sooooo sad that I left everyone. I felt terrible because I had invited people, & then I was poofed. Not nice of the universe to do that, bah! But we will get back in there again (& again & again & again) to tackle our challenges! Come when you can & we will do it together! Best to you, Blue ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tuesday, Jan 27:
Worked in dressing room & storage closet in early morning. Worked in Chat Challenge in afternoon. I think it was 1 hour total of the working part. Power went out due to ice storm, bah. Wednesday, Jan 28:
Took photos for insurance company.Thursday, Jan 29:
Worked HEARTILY in dressing room & storage closet, yay! These two areas are coming close to completion, & should be done by last day of January, Saturday, yayyyy! For Today, Friday:
1. Back into dressing room & storage closet.For Tomorrow, Saturday:
1. FINISH dressing room & storage closet on this day, come hell or high water, or ice storm, or just whatever.
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Post by Ican on Jan 30, 2009 18:07:04 GMT -5
And then my power went out & I was sooooo sad that I left everyone. I felt terrible because I had invited people, & then I was poofed. Not nice of the universe to do that, bah! But we will get back in there again (& again & again & again) to tackle our challenges! Come when you can & we will do it together! Best to you, Blue ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tuesday, Jan 27:
Worked in dressing room & storage closet in early morning. Worked in Chat Challenge in afternoon. I think it was 1 hour total of the working part. Power went out due to ice storm, bah. Wednesday, Jan 28:
Took photos for insurance company.Thursday, Jan 29:
Worked HEARTILY in dressing room & storage closet, yay! These two areas are coming close to completion, & should be done by last day of January, Saturday, yayyyy! AnnieBlue, I'm so sorry that your power went out!  But, apparently, it looks like it is back on again, so that's good. I really enjoyed chatting with you. We both got a lot done. I look forward to chatting with you again sometime in the future! Sounds like you are making lots of progress in the dressing room and storage closet. That's wonderful! Good for you, AnnieBlue! And think about how good you will feel when it is all done! Then you can breathe a sigh of relief and look at it and smile, relishing in all that you have accomplished! I am tired today, because I stayed up late and decluttered a big emotionally laden file folder of old greeting cards that people had given me over the past 30 years. It was taking up quite a bit of room in my file cabinet. Room that I could use for more current paperwork. (At the present time, I have boxes of papers piled up in stacks in my living room. Can't file important papers in file cabinet since it is stuffed full of older papers that I haven't looked at in years.) The greeting cards brought up many sad memories. ... - Greeting cards from my mother and sibling: Even though they are "Happy Birthday" cards, etc., and I want to hang onto them because they are evidence that someone loved/loves me - I feel sad because our relationships are strained and tense now and has been for several years. - Greeting card from my father who is departed: Want to hold onto them because they are all that I physically have to hold onto as far as memories of him. ... But, of course, I feel sad when I look at the cards, because I miss him. - Greeting cards from past husbands and boyfriend: Only have 3 of these. Again, evidence that someone once loved (???) me. ... Again, feel sad that relationships did not work out. - Greeting cards from a couple of friends, that I don't see anymore who have moved, or are too busy to see me now: Again, evidence that someone once cared about me. ... But feel sad because have very few friends (only 1 or maybe 2  ) and I am lonely.  Oh, gosh, this is hard. ... I am going to end this post now for the time being. I'm going to go put on a movie on the DVD player and try to cheer myself up. Thanks for listening. P.S. I am going to go out tonight with the one friend I do have that I see infrequently (she is very busy). Today is her birthday and I am treating her by taking her to see a theatre play. So, that is something to look forward to tonight. P.S.S. With the greeting cards, I threw out some, I kept some, and instead of keeping them in my file cabinet, I only saved an amount that would fit inside a shoe box, and I'm going to label it "greeting card mementos " and I'm going to put it on a shelf in my bedroom. ... so, mission accomplished.   |
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Post by annieblue on Jan 31, 2009 19:06:27 GMT -5
Hi Ican -Yep, I was going to say why not keep just a few of the most meaningful cards, & then I saw you had done just that! GREAT for you! I know how hard it can be to toss those. I am a greeting card saver too. I am still rather freaked by people who throw theirs STRAIGHT into the trash. I once gave 2 small children (daughters of a friend) a box to put theirs in & then keep in bedroom closet. Because their mother would throw ALL their cards IMMEDIATELY away. Broke my heart to see them sad over it, because I figure those cards were 'their' possessions, not their mother's, & 'they' should be the ones to decide when & where to dispose of them. Anyway, I have kept one from each brother from when we were children, one from each grandparent, etc., & I look at them from time to time. It makes me happy, & that's all that matters. Love the shoebox idea, & all the more room in your filing cabinet now, yayyyyy! Keep on keeping on, Blue ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For Today, Saturday:
FINISHED my dressing room & storage closet!!!!!!!!!! And did it by the last day of January!!! And am exhausted & will go REST now. Extra thank yous to everyone who worked in Chat today whilst I was finally finishing up. For Tomorrow, Sunday:
1. Upload photos to photobucket, & maybe get them posted.OR NOT, . Might just pretend to care about Super Bowl & relax/nap on sofa most of the day. WILL also do at least ONE thing actually related to decluttering & dehoarding though. Hmmm, maybe start some of the laundry backlog?
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Post by Ican on Feb 1, 2009 0:41:31 GMT -5
For Today, Saturday:
FINISHED my dressing room & storage closet!!!!!!!!!! Wow, that is great! Good for you, AnnieBlue!!! Thanks for the encouragement about the greeting cards. And I think it was very nice what you did about getting that box for the girls to be able to store their greeting cards. Today, I was tired and did not feel like doing anything. However, when I saw your chat challenge message posted on the forum, it motivated me to try to get at least one thing done today. So, I did a load of laundry, and when it was dry, I hung all of it up in my closet. ... So, that is good. Thanks, AnnieBlue! |
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