@Beekissed @treerooted @frustratedearthmother @tortoise
Sooo I was reading this thread late last night. And lately, things have gotten so cluttered that it was getting overwhelming. We bought the house last Oct, and my husband moved in, but I was still 900 miles away until our son finished school in June. So we got here at the end of June, and the garden was already overgrown. We had 15 chickens before we could say Boo! (So we built the new big run) Our puppy stopped eating (vet had no idea why), and wasted away to nothing before peacefully passing away on the 4th of July (after 10 days of desperation on our part with syringe feedings, subq fluids, etc). We had a foot of rain the first three weeks I was here. Then my son's new kitten brought in fleas... So we're less than 2 months all in the same house again, and we've been sooo busy. So most of my stuff is still in boxes in the garage.
Anyway, last night I was having my own little private panic attack and I sat up and read this thread. It was just what I needed! I got up this morning raring to go! So here's a few things I accomplished today:
Bible study, and read 7 chapters of 1Cor.
cut up the peppers sitting on my cupboard, and put them in vinegar and garlic in the fridge for my husband,
put away the folded laundry that was sitting on the dressers
Rewashed ALL bedding (again) for fleas) I had been hanging them on the line, but this time everything went in the dryer.
ALL area rugs washed and dried. Cat treated again. Everything sprayed, swept, tossed.
took the cloth couch and chair and dining room chairs outside on the deck to vacuum and shampoo to keep the cat from reinfesting them (or getting reinfested by them). (Haven't done shampooed them yet. They are NOT coming back in until they are flea free!
Meanwhile, I organized the living room, my and my husband's closets, the kitchen counter, and the cupboard that holds our plastic, and the dining room (I found the table!!) Then I went out and added netting over another section of the old dog run so I can separate the laying hens from the non-layers. (They don't all need the most expensive food).
I visited with one elderly neighbor, and dropped off some eggs at another. Supper was a pbj sandwich but my husband is out of town until Sunday, so I could get away with that. (I didn't want to have to stop for meals and dishes.)
I hung out and later folded a bunch of blankets we washed for the animal shelter we've been volunteering at.
I removed the 3 foot high piles of grass I cut down in the garden a few days ago, and turned the compost pile. (Most stuff goes in the chicken run now thanks to a marvelous suggestion here!)
Of course, getting this stuff done means I didn't get other stuff done that really needs to be done, like burning brush and cutting up and removing the 2 big pecan branches that fell recently, cutting the lawn, cutting our friend's lawn (he's deployed for a year), doing the dishes, seasoning my cast iron pans, getting the garden tilled and replanted for fall. Ugh! Always so much to do, so little time. But being organized definitely helps! At least tonight I'm not panicking.
My son worked all day reorganizing and hooking up all his computer and music stuff so the cords no longer crisscrossed the living room. We don't have tv, but he repairs computers and they were everywhere.
Anyhow, I feel sooo much better tonight! Tired, but sooo much more organized. Here are a few before and after pics.
I have the same carpet! Chair looks lovely and comfortable!
Our is over 20 yrs old and is just now showing some age in the high traffic areas.
So I have the most wonderful excuse to have a good clear out. I emptied my clothes cupboard yesterday and only put about 1/4 of the clothes back. Decided to go through it hard and only keep what I am 100% sure I WILL definitely wear. DS's clothes got half-done. I need to finish that task today. Then onto what is next, probably the spare bedroom/store room.
