Spring Cleaning

It's that time again...........spring cleaning time! I've rallied my neighbors and we're having a neighborhood garage sale in two weeks. Now, I need to do the work to prepare. I've been feeling for months that I needed to do this. We've lived in our current home for 6 years, just long enough to have really accumulated too much stuff. I began this process back in January. I purged years of files in my desk, filing cabinet, and boxes in the basement. Then, I wanted to move on to closets, storage areas, etc., but dared not begin. At time time, I had nowhere to go with the mounds of "stuff". The weather has finally warmed up, somewhat, so I'm kicking my husband's car out of the garage and I'm going to begin the big sort this week. One of the most difficult aspects of this is the children. Just as I'm pulling out toys that have been under the bed or buried in the closet for eons, they decide that it is most valued and could not possibly be donated or sold. Maybe if I strike a deal for a cut of the profits they'll reconsider?

It's interesting that so many people I know have been talking about spring cleaning lately. Everyone is ready to purge their "stuff". I'm one of these people who is sensitive to the cleanliness of my environment. If the house is chaotic, I feel the same way. Mind you, I'm by no means a "neat-freak". It's the clutter that makes crazy. My hope is that this big clean-out will create enough space that the clutter will not so readily occur. I'm not so naive to believe that this is the magic solution, but it's on the path.

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