Rounding Up the Week
Woman in the Middle | August 23, 2014We have had quite a week in these here parts. Our rainy season usually is in the winter time. But you wouldn’t know that if you had seen the rain storms we had earlier this week. Lots of thunder and lightning and three rounds of rain in one afternoon. When it rained it rained HARD, so hard it left its imprint on every square inch of dirt that wasn’t covered with plant material. I took advantage and turned off the sprinklers for a few days. Yay!
I am happy to report that Hubby and I have almost cleaned out the large under house storage areas at Mom in-laws. Most of the stuff we found has either been moved into the house in preparation for the estate sale, has been thrown away, or is in that category of “What the heck do we do with THAT?” Among the many finds we made today include the cake topper from Hubby’s parents wedding, a dozen beer glasses, yet another copy of one of Mom in law’s bother’s senior photos (this is number three), ten strands of Crate and Barrel cranberry Christmas garland (still in the packages), and a lot of things that fall in the category of “household hazardous waste.” It was not as hot today as it way last weekend so it was a much more comfortable experience.
I also spent a couple of hours with the girls and one of their friends going through the Christmas stuff. We sorted it into estate sale and eBay piles as well as putting aside the things we wanted to keep. Once again, I found it very entertaining to see what each girl wanted to keep. Some of the stuff had never made it onto the Christmas tree so when we looked at that it was just a matter of what we liked. But other stuff was the decorations the girls remember from every Christmas Eve at Grandmama’s house. In particular, they both wanted to save out the Christmas Goose. Yes, it is a goose statue dressed up in a Christmas outfit. Both wanted it but they agreed that Youngest would take it. All the pretty and expensive ornaments meant little, but the Christmas Goose was the sentimental favorite.
Tonight I have decided to take it easy for the most part. Tomorrow I am attacking the house, particularly the kitchen, which has gotten away from me this week. I hope you are having a good weekend, what ever you are doing!!!
Yeah I reckon the what the hell to do with that pile will be pretty big when I die and my girls go through my stuff and I also reckon that some of the stuff they right now would go in the trash pile will be moved to the lets keep it to remind us of mum pile after I am dead
Kudos for getting organized! I am practicing culling closets and storage boxes “one thing at a time” and filling up spaces almost as soon as the are emptied.
Oh, I wouldn’t say we are getting that organized. Creating piles, maybe, but there still isn’t much organization going on, I am afraid!
Well, at least the under-the-house-storage-area is almost cleaned out. One down . . . .