tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31526778.post252195834119249967..comments2023-11-03T05:39:03.311-07:00Comments on Greetings from the Polebarn: Getting your house in orderLaura M. Crawfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02626499967303596828noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31526778.post-52206537958941782372007-07-31T20:45:00.000-07:002007-07-31T20:45:00.000-07:00Wish all this cleaning motivation would rub off an...Wish all this cleaning motivation would rub off and morph into a craft/sewing/knitting/crochet/embroidery type binge thing and that would enable me to clean my room and about half of one room in the basement out here! Then, I'd have an excuse to go buy more fabric, more yarn, etc.!!! LOLJenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425701332785470116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31526778.post-36777146262752176152007-07-30T17:58:00.000-07:002007-07-30T17:58:00.000-07:00Correction, on my post, I have thre boys and he ha...Correction, on my post, I have thre boys and he has three girls, they call us the backward brady bunch, My three boys, not girls,sheryllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17021861438746071166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31526778.post-34385633252014051632007-07-30T17:53:00.000-07:002007-07-30T17:53:00.000-07:00Hi Laura, Just read your little bit on cleaning, w...Hi Laura, Just read your little bit on cleaning, well, I have been doing that for the last month, since me and my husband moved from a house to an apartment, a big huge 3 bedroom house with a full basement plenty of cabinet space in the kitchen and bathroom and the laundry room, and oh my office, when we moved into the house there did not seem to be enough shelf space in the closet, so I talked my husband into ripping it out, and building me shelves, ha ha ha,, well they were all full, and overflowing, and the basement with a small room for the upright freezer only room for it and a few things, right, it held so much christmas stuff, and oh yes did I for get to mention that I have two full grown boys, and a grandaughter who also were staying with me, so anyway, I think you all get the picture, yep ever nook and crany , corners and shelf above the cabinets,under the steps on the steps, were full to the brim. Now what do I do with it all? I start by packing up the things I need, and then the things I wanted, then the things we could use, and so far so good, it really works, then when it all came to the apartment, oh yes did I mention that it is only a two bedroom apartment, with no stroage space, no cabinet space, no basement, only one bathroom, no upstairs stroage in the garage, yes I did get one of them, but there is bearly enough room for my car, let alone anything else, and I had a 2 and 1/2 acre yard with alot of my out door yard ornaments on things we have collected through out the years we have been together, which is going on nine that we have been married, and 21 years since the day we met, and started to grow as a family, oh yes I should let ya all know that we are a blended family, his three girls, and my three girl, although I have not seen my youngest since he was 18 and is now going on what now 28, any way between all the kids, and now grandkids, which he has 3 and one on the way, I was just informed of the other day. They are all girls, and one in Heaven, and with my grandaughter, we all have alot of memories and stuff to go through. It is so for so good, until I ask my husband to start going through his stuff, he is a pack rat, just a bad if not worse than me,, he saved every one of his old fishing liecence's and hunting liecence's, and oh yes his teeth too, yuppa, he had to have all of his teeth pulled out, which were quite a few, and he saved everyone of them in a small box. I know gross, but I asked him to get rid of everything, yah right, it is worse that taking candy from a baby, any way things are slowly going out to the big dumpster , and some clothes were taken to the salvation army and some dishes were given to the boys, and well so on and so one,. thanks, for the writings laura, I look forward to them, take care, and keep on trucking on the spring ,, oh I mean summer house cleaning and stacking and sorting, and all the good stuff, and yes I know have hangers also,, yippeeeeee,,,sheryllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17021861438746071166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31526778.post-31923760280800012882007-07-28T22:52:00.000-07:002007-07-28T22:52:00.000-07:00Wish I could clean. I really miss it.Wish I could clean. I really miss it.thewriterslifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09408434848838447115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31526778.post-70912316474678277392007-07-28T21:15:00.000-07:002007-07-28T21:15:00.000-07:00Jen, any motivation is motivation, no matter who o...Jen, any motivation is motivation, no matter who or where it comes from. I couldn't think straight! HTG! I would be writing and then halfway through a paragraph, I would end up thinking, 'I really should get that garage in order. I need to clean out my closet. blah, blah, blah.' and it would stop me cold! Then I would get a horrible headache from the stress of thinking about cleaning it out and all the hassle, but it looks worse with all the junk cluttered around, etc. I had just had enough, and now I feel like I climbed Mt. Everest! So, thanks to you and just know that there is a light at the end of the clutter! <BR/><BR/>Laura :)Laura M. Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02626499967303596828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31526778.post-13347208696530307892007-07-28T21:05:00.000-07:002007-07-28T21:05:00.000-07:00Um...Oops?lol. Not sure I wanted to be that kind ...Um...<BR/><BR/>Oops?<BR/><BR/>lol. Not sure I wanted to be that kind of motivation, but if it works, why not? :)<BR/><BR/>(I have to <I>get</I> to my closet before I can clean it out! I started in my office since that's the part I neglect the most.)<BR/><BR/>~JenJen Nipps/Kat O'Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09714781676809223793noreply@blogger.com