Taking Steps
I'll post about the weekend and divestiture later. I still want some time to order my thoughts. Also, I'm considering joining the crowd over at Dreamwidth with a reflection to here.
I promised myself that once we stepped down as B&B, I would serious take steps to get the house in order. It seemed like a good transition point So it was a very happy happenstance that FlyLady is starting an early push on getting the house decluttered and ready for the holidays today!
I've been reading her for a while, and ave already cleaned up a couple of hot spots and the mud room. This week is the master bedroom Whoo boy! That as always been the *last* place I work on. Today is decluttering the dresser tops. I did violate a prime directive - I forgot to set the timer for 15 minutes. Something like and hour and a half later I had dusted the entire top of my dresser, but the top of the bed is covered with many things that need to be gone through and decided on. Many are in small boxes. I have started a box of donate/consignment. The consignment helps my frame of mind tremendously as I am much happier to part with things if I think I'll make money on them. Many really are vintage as far as Etsy is concerned, and I have opened an Etsy shop (The Grey Goose Nest). There are 2 more dressers in the room, but they are nowhere near as bad.
I'm taking a break to drink water and make lunch. Then I am going to attack those boxes. A lot is jewelry. Some is odd craft-like items. We found the baronial shelves off the bottom of the basement steps were very convenient. So during a sale we bought another set to replace them once we moved the Storvik stuff out. We never have had a good place for the odd crafting supplies. Now I do!
Tomorrow is supposed to be the night stands. I think I'll work the other two dressers as well. I'm probably doing more that is recommended, but that room is so piled with anything and everything that forcing some order will be so good for my peace of mind.
I promised myself that once we stepped down as B&B, I would serious take steps to get the house in order. It seemed like a good transition point So it was a very happy happenstance that FlyLady is starting an early push on getting the house decluttered and ready for the holidays today!
I've been reading her for a while, and ave already cleaned up a couple of hot spots and the mud room. This week is the master bedroom Whoo boy! That as always been the *last* place I work on. Today is decluttering the dresser tops. I did violate a prime directive - I forgot to set the timer for 15 minutes. Something like and hour and a half later I had dusted the entire top of my dresser, but the top of the bed is covered with many things that need to be gone through and decided on. Many are in small boxes. I have started a box of donate/consignment. The consignment helps my frame of mind tremendously as I am much happier to part with things if I think I'll make money on them. Many really are vintage as far as Etsy is concerned, and I have opened an Etsy shop (The Grey Goose Nest). There are 2 more dressers in the room, but they are nowhere near as bad.
I'm taking a break to drink water and make lunch. Then I am going to attack those boxes. A lot is jewelry. Some is odd craft-like items. We found the baronial shelves off the bottom of the basement steps were very convenient. So during a sale we bought another set to replace them once we moved the Storvik stuff out. We never have had a good place for the odd crafting supplies. Now I do!
Tomorrow is supposed to be the night stands. I think I'll work the other two dressers as well. I'm probably doing more that is recommended, but that room is so piled with anything and everything that forcing some order will be so good for my peace of mind.