Today, however, I realized that although I try to live a mostly simple, clutter-free life, there is a bit of a hoarder in me that I still can't seem to shake! Bill statements and check stubs from 2009? Really? But...you know...I may need those one day! (Again, this is thanks to my grandparents and Nonny and Papa Joe) What if Direct TV gives me an issue and I need to pull out the aforementioned statement and give them all the handwritten information such as date and time and name and detail of the customer service call I made (forget that I no longer have Direct TV as a provider and forget that I do online banking). What if somewhere along the line, someone needs to know what I made the pay period of November 1-14, 2008? Yikes! So, I did what I should do...I purged! Each and every last one of those items. So, I have two drawers and a closet down -- lots more to go! The rest of my house will crumble around me for a few weeks as I clean and toss and purge and donate and give away the many items I need to. In the midst of this craziness, I will experience moments of bliss and joy and memories (like today when I found a handwritten note from my Helen declaring it her "thank you day", not wanting to wait til Thanksgiving to thank us for all we had done for her, or the pictures of my kids when they were babies and little kids and just last year, that lingered in drawers, or the shrinky dink hand turkey I made for my grandmother at age four and she gave back to me two years ago with a sweet note and -- oh the joy -- when I found not one, but two, pairs of headphones! Then normalcy will resume and I will have a clutter-free home once again...until next month's statements come, that is! :)
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Spring has Sprung
Yay! Spring is here -- flowers blooming, sunny days, renewal and...you guessed it: Spring Cleaning! It's one of my favorite times of year. I love, love, love a clean house. I hate clutter! Detest of it (sorry, mom, and mimi, but I do)! So while I am constantly getting rid of things and cleaning out -- toys, books, clothes, etc. -- and giving away, handing down, tossing out, this time of year I go "gung ho" and it's the closets, the drawers, the little teenie tiny spaces all around the house that think they are safe! Oh, nooooo, you are not! Not with this crazed spring cleaner around!
Today, however, I realized that although I try to live a mostly simple, clutter-free life, there is a bit of a hoarder in me that I still can't seem to shake! Bill statements and check stubs from 2009? Really? But...you know...I may need those one day! (Again, this is thanks to my grandparents and Nonny and Papa Joe) What if Direct TV gives me an issue and I need to pull out the aforementioned statement and give them all the handwritten information such as date and time and name and detail of the customer service call I made (forget that I no longer have Direct TV as a provider and forget that I do online banking). What if somewhere along the line, someone needs to know what I made the pay period of November 1-14, 2008? Yikes! So, I did what I should do...I purged! Each and every last one of those items. So, I have two drawers and a closet down -- lots more to go! The rest of my house will crumble around me for a few weeks as I clean and toss and purge and donate and give away the many items I need to. In the midst of this craziness, I will experience moments of bliss and joy and memories (like today when I found a handwritten note from my Helen declaring it her "thank you day", not wanting to wait til Thanksgiving to thank us for all we had done for her, or the pictures of my kids when they were babies and little kids and just last year, that lingered in drawers, or the shrinky dink hand turkey I made for my grandmother at age four and she gave back to me two years ago with a sweet note and -- oh the joy -- when I found not one, but two, pairs of headphones! Then normalcy will resume and I will have a clutter-free home once again...until next month's statements come, that is! :)
Today, however, I realized that although I try to live a mostly simple, clutter-free life, there is a bit of a hoarder in me that I still can't seem to shake! Bill statements and check stubs from 2009? Really? But...you know...I may need those one day! (Again, this is thanks to my grandparents and Nonny and Papa Joe) What if Direct TV gives me an issue and I need to pull out the aforementioned statement and give them all the handwritten information such as date and time and name and detail of the customer service call I made (forget that I no longer have Direct TV as a provider and forget that I do online banking). What if somewhere along the line, someone needs to know what I made the pay period of November 1-14, 2008? Yikes! So, I did what I should do...I purged! Each and every last one of those items. So, I have two drawers and a closet down -- lots more to go! The rest of my house will crumble around me for a few weeks as I clean and toss and purge and donate and give away the many items I need to. In the midst of this craziness, I will experience moments of bliss and joy and memories (like today when I found a handwritten note from my Helen declaring it her "thank you day", not wanting to wait til Thanksgiving to thank us for all we had done for her, or the pictures of my kids when they were babies and little kids and just last year, that lingered in drawers, or the shrinky dink hand turkey I made for my grandmother at age four and she gave back to me two years ago with a sweet note and -- oh the joy -- when I found not one, but two, pairs of headphones! Then normalcy will resume and I will have a clutter-free home once again...until next month's statements come, that is! :)
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