So as homeownership is becoming more and more real to me (and less & less glamorous) I have realized that if you spend all your vacation days doing fun/vacation stuff your house ends up looking like total trash. The hall closet has to be closed really quickly & only opened very slowly for fear of crap avalanche all over spewing out. The curtains bought at least 6 months ago gather dust as they still wait to be hung up...and don't even get me started on the garage...oy. How do people find the time to do it all???!!! So the Mister and I took the week off to get our crap in gear. This means making a list of all the little projects we keep putting off and a general deep clean of the entire home is in order. We will donate everything that is collecting dust/got multiples of via the holidays.
So My To-Do List:
1. Create a craft space in the basement (already started! very exciting!)
2. Organize under the stairs closet
3. DE-CLUTTER EVERYTHING (if you don't love it give it away!)
4. Hang Curtains
5. Hang Bathroom mirrors
6. Dispose of Xmas tree (it was still decorated & in the house until this weekend...oy)
7. Organize food pantry
8. Clean out car!
9. Frame more pics (and hang them....)
10. Garage...blah.
11. Sell old chicken coop & expand new one.
12. Go through book case and purge old books.
I think that shall keep us busy.......hopefully I actually do these things when all I really want to do is look over (and drool) the seed catalogs that keep coming in the mail!
Wish me luck!
Lacy
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The crap.
The holidays are coming (as well as my birthday) and of course that makes me think about gift giving and gift getting. In past years I have attempted to always plan ahead, make extreme crafting plans to hand-make everything..just for it to be about Dec. 20th me acting like a total bitch and like 2 crafts done.....this year I want to give myself a break and follow these rules:
1. When gift giving you only buy mass produced items when specifically requested.
2. If rule #1 doesn't apply then the next item must be hand-made or made by a local company.
3. Each gift must have the focus on the person and NOT the price.
I don't know about you all but seriously I am soooo sick of having crap. or even 2, 3, 6 of the same items. Why the holidays turned into a time to go into debt I don't know. Instead of being caught up in the real meaning of the holidays, which is being with loved ones, sharing memories and laughter!
Let's just see how this goes.......................
I have also emailed my family a "wish list" with stuff following the same rules...you should of heard my explanation to my mother about why I would want a "used tea kettle from this etsy web site?"....ha.
PS does anyone else kinda want to throw everything they have all away (or recycle it) and start again????
Lacy
1. When gift giving you only buy mass produced items when specifically requested.
2. If rule #1 doesn't apply then the next item must be hand-made or made by a local company.
3. Each gift must have the focus on the person and NOT the price.
I don't know about you all but seriously I am soooo sick of having crap. or even 2, 3, 6 of the same items. Why the holidays turned into a time to go into debt I don't know. Instead of being caught up in the real meaning of the holidays, which is being with loved ones, sharing memories and laughter!
Let's just see how this goes.......................
I have also emailed my family a "wish list" with stuff following the same rules...you should of heard my explanation to my mother about why I would want a "used tea kettle from this etsy web site?"....ha.
PS does anyone else kinda want to throw everything they have all away (or recycle it) and start again????
Lacy
