Who would have thought? We needed some space for other things on a book shelf so I said I would help by clearing off some old VHS tapes. Well one thing lead to another and getting rid of clutter really had a mind of its own.
Not only did we clear out movies we kept “because we’ll watch them someday” but haven’t in over three or five or six years but we cleared clutter from the under the bed containers too. Craft books are also being donated that haven’t been opened in over five years. One book shelf is almost bare.
After seeing at how nice the shelves looked we said “why didn’t we take a before picture—who would have thought there would be such a big difference”? I recommend always taking a before and after photo of organizing projects.
We will get rid of more clutter as we have set a goal to watch some movies in the next two weeks and then getting rid of them and if we don’t watch them in that length of time just getting rid of them. There are some family videos that we will have transferred to a DVD so it will take up a lot less space.
Wow! Getting rid of clutter sure feels good! Do you agree?
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This doesn’t have anything thing to do with getting rid of clutter or organizing, I just wanted to share these two little warm and fuzzy stories with you.
Then on to Zion’s Canyon we went and as we walked into the visitors center at the end of the day there by the bench I saw a man’s wallet. My daughter turned it in to the ranger who wanted her name and contact information. (We don’t know why as we certainly would see it again).
It is so nice when someone lets me know that my advice works. As a
“Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true”.—Joseph Cardinal Suenens
As you are getting rid of clutter if you come across an old cell phone and don’t know what to do with it–you can donate it at cellphonesforsoldiers.com. This is a great service for our soldiers. The phones are sold to a company that recycles phones and the money is used to purchase calling cards that are sent to troops in need.
For the last 3 ½ days I have been involved in a MAJOR organizing project which was unexpected. My daughter decided to go through every box in her storage shed as she wanted to clear clutter so she could walk into the room and make it more functional. As it was she could get the door open and just toss things inside.
I belong to two quilting groups and when someone is showing a quilt they have made and they start apologizing about it not being perfect because points on a star were cut off or some other quilting “no-no we laugh and say, “it doesn’t matter, your quilt is beautiful and there are no quilt police”.
Now maybe I have said this before but I love timers. I was going to 
