This is a temporary move, 1 year , so we're renting. It is a huge amount of work for such a short time, but that 1 year could easily stretch and I don't want another summer without a/c. Sussi ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 3:03 PM Subject: Re: [JFC]: 26 days to declutter
> 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] > *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* 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]
