Saturday, September 1, 2012

Feeling lighter already

Last week we sold our cottage.  This week I gave away some things on Freecycle.org.  I still felt overwhelmed with stuff so today I decided it was time to clean out the garage attic.  When I went up there a few days ago there were 5 cats (I have no idea where they came from) and a snake who appeared to have taken up residence.  There's lots of evidence of mice up there too.  Here's what it looked like before I started.  This is just a small section of the attic.  There was lots more.
Here's the after.
We can actually walk up there now.  There's still more that can go but I filled an 8 foot pickup bed to overflowing and couldn't fit anymore.  I found a few things I couldn't let go of that I probably should have.  Next I need to work on cleaning out the cabin.   Usually a good way to get rid of stuff is to move but we have no plans to do that.   I hope this attic isn't full again in 5 years. 

4 comments:

  1. Been doing this myself, sans attic. I spent the whole afternoon throwing away old magazines and articles that I was saving. This was especially silly since I have a CD which has all those articles and magazines on it. Doesn't it feel good to purge?! Congrats on selling your cabin.

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  2. Good job. It does feel good to get rid of unwanted stuff.

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  3. You and I have had the same agenda this past week. I made a few trips to Goodwill and have to make a trip to the dump. I love getting things gone! My house is getting revamped! :)
    Em~

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