Yes.  I have decided to put myself through another 12 weeks of this challenge.  It probably would have been better if I had started at the first of the year, but as you can know if you read this blog... I've been a little pre-occupied with the Front Bedroom.  As I was gathering all my information for my taxes, this blog made things so much easier ( Read more... )

I decided to go out to a Geocaching Get Together to see a couple of friends.  Team Sheppard and McEllen.  I knew a couple of people that I really didn't want to deal with would be there, so I just avoided speaking to them.  Pretty much how I treat my sister.  I will always be polite if spoken to, but I won't go out of my way to make those who have ( Read more... )

Like I had mentioned in an earlier post... I have reached a point that I can do big projects and still participate in the Challenge.  The results would be more about things done and space gained then about finding things to get rid of.  I have already done a lot of that.  As you can see below... In one Project  - The Shed Clean-out of 2013 the ( Read more... )

Well, I did get rid of some stuff early in the week with this Burst of energy...

Project Garage Clean Out  - Day 1

I got rid of a few things...

A 13" Maganavox TV and Remote - Donate - 1 thing
A big sheet of Aluminum Flashing - Scrap Pile - 1 thing
An old Waterproof disposable camera - Trash - 1 thing
A bunch of Stain Glass Paint - Trash - 1 ( Read more... )

I mentioned in my earlier post that I was goofing around in the garage - trying to start to clean it up.  I always start in the same place: the Work Bench.
1.)  So quickly I was able to Put this 13" TV in the GoodWill Pile. DONATE - 1 thing

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I've taken a little spring break from this stuff.  Problem is I've gotten out of the habit of putting things on the table to be cataloged.  I put things directly in the trash or in the donate box.  Which is a good thing Personally... but a bad thing for the Blog - This Challenge - the Metrics ( Read more... )

I've been working on this for 3 months.  It's time for a little break.  I'm camping this weekend.  So I spent most of what would have been "Week 13" preparing for the big trip.  A lot of things that have to be done before I go is like:

• Clean all the bathrooms
• grocery shop for the house
• grocery shop for the trip
• Get my nails done
• pick up dog food / green ( Read more... )

Well, I'm going to try something different...  I'm be posting about projects in their own post and then post a summary of the "10 thing Challenge" results if there are any with a link to the project post.  That way, the challenge post won't be  so picture heavy.  And It will be easier for me to keep up with.  So, we start with the first project of ( Read more... )

So far this challenge has been successful.  Not just because I am moving junk out of my house and my life... but I have been building better habits on how I deal with Stuff:

• less procrastination - I don't just say... I'll do that later, I either do it now or set a deadline for when it's got to get done.
• prioritizing and delegating projects - what ( Read more... )

This week was pretty busy, which isn't out of the ordinary but it did demand a lot of my attention.  I spent most of the week either working or dealing with Ol' Blue (The JackHole Express! & Zelda!).  No I wasn't doing the work, but It was a big focus for me.  Considering I wasn't get home till around 8:00 each night and then feeding / playing with ( Read more... )