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Monday, May 3, 2010

Gone for Good!

So we're embarking on a 16-Week Purge & Clean mission!   I came up with this because I was feeling like our house was out of control.  We just have way too much stuff and nowhere to put it all.  It's ridiculous.  And it makes me feel like I'm living in constant chaos.   It makes me not even want to bother doing the routine cleaning.  Mike & I both have pack-rat tendencies... so we have so much junk we never use and it really needs to go.   But always being frustrated that the entire house is a mess is overwhelming, so I decided we needed to break it down into something manageable.  So we're taking one room or closet a week, and cleaning it from top to bottom.... and most importantly, GETTING RID OF STUFF!!! 

Some weeks will be more time-consuming than others, but that's okay.  We did our bedroom on Saturday and it feels soooo good to have it so clean.  We started with stuffed drawers that would hardly close, tangled jewelry, dust and a bunch of random stuff... and by the time we were done, now have 3 empty drawers, organized jewelry, and everything is super clean!   Then on Sunday, we cheated... and went ahead and did the laundry room (because we had to fix something with our dryer anyway), and I must say, it is so clean I {almost} enjoyed doing laundry today!  Maybe I should do before and after pictures from now on!
  1. Master Bedroom
  2. Laundry Room
  3. Screened Porch
  4. Kitchen
  5. Master Closet
  6. Master Bathroom
  7. Living Room
  8. Foyer
  9. Coat Closet
  10. Storage Shed
  11. Stairway/Landing
  12. Nursery
  13. Nursery Closet
  14. Downstairs Bathroom
  15. Guest Room Closet
  16. Guest Room (the Grand Finale)

4 comments:

  1. You're welcome to come participate in our big purge we hold every time we're about to move...you can motivate me to really get rid of junk...maybe you can even convince John to open and sort through boxes that have stayed packed and taped up since he left West Point as a graduate, yet they keep following us everywhere!!!

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  2. I love your purging idea. We've been doing the same thing- except we've managed to throw everything in the garage. Now we have a garage full of junk! Good luck with your cleaning, sounds like you're off to a good start :)

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  3. Yippee! And now that you've told the rest of us, you have to finish your list :D.

    I've been doing the same thing since we have several piles of stuff in our room and closet and office without "home" and I'm tired of staring at it.

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  4. Great job, Melissa! I think cleaning and getting rid of stuff is so therapeutic!! :)

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