Hi Sussi, Are you buying this house or renting it? The one you are moving to that is. I know how you feel about the garage. My dh has taken our family room for storage. He & ds have just demolished it. It use to be our garage, but it is enclosed now. 300 sq feet of junk. :(
Sherry in FL On Sun, 30 Dec 2001 05:12:02 -0800 "sussi10" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yep, 26 days to do a major deciliter and what's not tossed must be > organized by January 24th. That's 2400 feet of wall-to-wall, and in > the > garage to the ceiling, pure unadulterated clutter. 70% of the > clutter > is not even stored/placed by any classification. Craft paints are > in at > least 6 locations, fabric, decorations, dishes, glassware, etc. all > suffering > from lack of continuity. > > On January 24th, if not sooner, dh and I, along with 3 dogs will > move > around the corner. Same style house except this one has a family > room and pool and A/C. When we moved to Southern California last > year we took the first available house for rent which accepted dogs > not > realizing that we were paying about $300 above market and the house > didn't have A/C. Being from the SF Bay the heat really does me in. > Plus I've been very slow in learning how to dress for the heat. Duh! > > First room on my agenda is the office/craft room. Fortunately most > of > the craft items are still in the garage. Downside is the room is > overflowing > with paper neck high. Ugh! Nothing is worse than moving and having > all your important documents helter shelter all over the place. > Plus I > always start the New Year with at least the office work in order. > > The master bedroom won't be bad as I've been sorting and donating > clothes for the past month. > > Kitchen will be a snap. Already clean and recognized cupboards. > > Then there is the garage. It's too much to think about. I'd as > soon > catch rattlesnakes than deal with that monster. Since the garage > is so overwhelming I start on that as soon as the office is > finished. > Tuesday at the latest. > > Best tip of Louise's Moving Essay was to make a Moving Binder > with 'to do lists' and phone numbers. That binder was a life saver > when we moved last year. All important number and local addresses, > including those of the new house, were always at hand. I still have > the binder and it will be quick to update which is one less worry. > Also > keeping my regular phone/address book close at hand was a plus. > > Sussi > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Journey from clutter List Website http://journeyfromclutter.com Members Only Page http://journeyfromclutter.com/MembersOnly/MembersArea.htm Unsubscribe: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word 'unsubscribe' in the 'Subject:' field to be removed from the main list. To Unsubscribe from the Digest version of the list send the unsubscribe message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
