Making Room

One of things I realized after Christmas was that we needed to have a little more room. We have so much stuff and there is only so many places to put it all. I need to do a good clean out and decide what stays and what goes. I this something that I typically do before the holidays but this year I was busy.

Add in everything that surrounds the holidays and I haven’t found a moment for myself let alone to clean things out. One thing I know for sure is that we need more storage space. Just a little more space to give us some breathing room.

I have one of those storage buildings in the back yard but I guess I need to see about getting a larger one. The funny thing is most of the stuff that takes up space belongs to the adults. My mother is a hoarder and will keep everything if I let her.

It’s crazy how much stuff we collect throughout the year. I know there is a stack of books that currently need to be taken to the book donation box. My mother has a drawer full of stuff that I have to figure out how to go through when she isn’t paying attention. Not to mention the sheer massive amount of toys and clothing that need to be weeded out.

It is on my schedule to deal with all of this is another week or so. I am waiting for the older kids to head back to school which will be two less people under foot. The biggest thing to tackle with the twins are the toys.They like to play with each one that is being donated or trashed. You know just one more time to be sure they don’t really want them. It’s cute and a long process.

With the adults you have to have a plan of attack and come at them like a secret agent. If they know what you are doing they will hide the things that need to go. If they even smell a trash bag making it’s way to their rooms they will have a fit. Typically with their stuff I wait until they are visiting my siblings or happen to be gone for the day. Somewhere that I don’t go with them. Then I attack like a crazy woman. Sometimes they notice, other times they don’t pay any attention.

It’s the times that I throw out all the furniture that they notice. I did that to my mother the last time she went to my sisters. She needed new furniture. Her bed made all sorts of noise whenever she rolled over. Making room in a house that is full of people is a must. If not we will all get lost in the sea of stuff.

I do bring a lot of it in with the reviews that I do but I attempt to make sure that any review I accept is something that we are genuinely going to use. I also have a schedule for cleaning out but like I said this year I just haven’t been able to get to it yet. Maybe I need to price those storage buildings.