My Dirty Little Secret

So, you thought you knew me? I write about how good it feels when the house is clean and picked up, and how much easier it is to keep up with the work when things are neat and organized. That may lead you to believe my house is actually clean and organized. HA! Let me surprise you......

 Oh, we aren't done yet.....

 One more.......

Yep. That's pretty bad, huh? The people who know me in person are rolling on the floor right now laughing, and saying "Show them the basement!" One step at a time, folks, one step at a time. Well, I know excuses are bad/no good/useless. And that may be true, but one fact about this here room is that in the Winter, we cannot use it because it gets so cold in there. A glass of water will freeze solid in this room in Winter. I am not kidding. It's one of the perks of living in an 'old' farmhouse ('70's) *I am not calling anyone old here, just stating that for a house, this is considered "older". Lol.* We need to re-insulate it and replace the old windows. And I must say that is the ugliest wall paper and linoleum I have ever seen in my life! What were they thinking in the '70's?! Well, we will get to it eventually..... But for now, here is the after:

I worked on this room all afternoon until 9:30/10:00 PM. The worst part is sorting all the paper. I have to pick each piece up and decide what to do with it. Trash? File? Keepsake? If the answer was "file", I then had to decide what category it went into and if I needed to create a file for it, or if one already existed. UGH. So tedious. And for current lack of bookcases, this collection will have to make home here for now. But at least they are neater and we can read the titles.

I can now use the desk again too!

I threw away a total of one 55 gallon trash bag, two 13 gallon bags, and then some. Plus gave some things away and returned a few things too. I took out the table I had in there for scrapbooking. I haven't scrapbooked in a while, and the table just turns into a tempting dumping ground for items (shudders) "for now". It never really is just "for now", is it? Stuff attracts stuff. If an area is clean I am more likely to keep it that way. If it is already a mess, I am tempted to just keep piling stuff  up.

Now that this project is out of the way, I need to catch up on laundry (didn't do any yesterday, I was too busy cleaning this room!). I haven't forgotten about the video yet, or the bee hive. I will try to get to it soon, things are too crazy right now. I also need to finish my article for the May issue of the Pamphlet by Friday. I think I may post it here too (thank goodness for copy and paste!). Posts might be a little scarce around here for a little bit (hopefully not too long, I do love blogging) but I need to keep my priorities straight. 

Have a blessed night all!