I live, write, and garden in the PNW with my husband of 28 years, disabled daughter, adult son, and my 84-year-old mother. We have paid off $250,000.00 worth of debt (if you include the interest) in the last fifteen years and as of 6/12/2020 are 100% DEBT FREE!!!!3rd Entry for today.
No, these are not my deepest, darkest secrets, I'm just planning my day tomorrow. I am going to tackle, oh, horror or horrors, my bedroom closet. It has grown to quite fearful proportions and is threatening to take over that entire side of the room. So I am going to take everything out of it tomorrow, except the clothes that are hanging up and put it all in the living room and then tackle one box at a time. My goal is to get through the whole thing.
I've got bags of outgrown children's clothes that need to be sorted and readied for freecycle, old maternity clothes (youngest will be seven come March) yarn, craft supplies, pillow stuffing, batting, and several miscellaneous boxes of stuff. Papers that need to be shredded, magazines that need to be recycled, papers that need to be filed, newspapers that need to go in the box by the fireplace, wrapping paper, ribbons, bows, gift bags, and junk. I swear, it is all breeding. I hope I can get it sorted, trashed, organized, recycled, given away or whatever all in one day. It sure would be nice.
What has this to do with finances? Well, getting the old statements and bills filed or shredded will help in organizing the finances. And spending the day at home cleaning means I won't be out spending money. Other than that, not much. LOL
Closet Thoughts
November 9th, 2006 at 07:45 am
November 9th, 2006 at 02:52 pm 1163083934
The payoff is the feeling I get when I open the closet door and look at the neatly ordered contents and all that recovered space. Be brave and be strong.
November 9th, 2006 at 03:44 pm 1163087041
yahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! Funny!
I just came out of the closet! No not that one. FrugalSon & CashHappy share a pigpen (I mean closet). The Hubster and I do not have a closet in our room, so mine is the coat closet in the living room and Hubster's is the one in CashHappy's room and FrugalSon shares the one in his room w/his brother! Thank you 1942 house w/the tiny or non-existent closets!
Anyway I was in there searching for CashHappy's uniform pants and egads what a mess!!! I spent a few minutes in there - rescued a few things...how the heck did my bra end up in there on the floor along with tee-towels and dishrags? Oh those darn laundry mice again...not folding the clothes and putting them away, but catching Mom gone and tossing them into the back of the closet!!!
When Lord, do these boys outgrow this stage???? I do not understand as I'm a relatively clean woman and my husband is a neatnik and how they got this tendency is beyond me...they're genetic throwbacks of some sort, yes?????
Good luck on that closet LuckyRobin! Remember to take a sit-down rest in the middle, but get back in there and get'er done. You'll feel so much better!
Congrats Bookie on reaching the *DANGER* closet alert stage!!
November 9th, 2006 at 04:17 pm 1163089032
Lux...your bra was where? LOL!!
November 9th, 2006 at 06:54 pm 1163098456
Good luck organizing your closet!