My junk is procreating

As I wander about the house, I notice small things that need attention.  The drawer that I shove all my junk that I don't know what to do with, or "will deal with later".  The laundry room that is always in chaos.  My beautiful dining room that has been overtaken by a small aircraft.  The den that has never been clean the entire time we have lived here even though I clean it all the time.  The cupboard that doesn't close because it is too full.  The bathroom tap that runs too hot.  The list goes on forever.

I clean the usual, the bathrooms, do the vacuuming, dust, wipe counters....but the house is never really tidy.  I get rid of junk, I took a whole truckload to Value Village last weekend.  I recycle, I never say no to charities that need household items and unwanted clothing.  So why is there always junk, and more junk?  Is my junk having babies and they just scatter themselves around my house trying not to be noticed?

I'm not even shopping all that much.  I have had to buy all new clothes- sadly mine were all too big.  But I get rid of the big clothes, I don't keep them!

I don't want to get rid of everything, I like a lot of my stuff.  There's plenty to look at in my house.  But all the stuff I don't want, I swear I get rid of it!  Does it come back while I'm not looking???

I found out last night that I had no plans for today, that is exceptionally rare.  I plan to do a lot of little things that will hopefully make a big impact on the house.  I've already cleaned the laundry room and fixed the tap that was too hot.  I did the drawer yesterday while the Telus guys were adding to my TV and internet system.

Some days I feel like an unintentional hoarder.  An unwilling one....maybe.

I do know that I put stuff away, find it a home that works, but it always works itself back to where I don't want it.  I might have to start gluing things down!

First I have to take care of the updating of electronics - they aren't junk, but they sure take up a lot of time.  Hopefully I will make a small impact today, and maybe that will make me feel less like I am falling behind.

Always playing Catch up!

I've been doing a really good job of getting "stuff' done, but it seems never ending!

I've cleaned the den a few times, and it's still not clean.  I did manage to clean my bedroom, including pulling out furniture and vacuuming behind it, and washing walls so that I can paint soon.  No one needs to know that I've had the paint to re-paint that particular room for over a year.  Oh whoops, I guess you all know now.  Oh well.  I did stain the window casings....from the new windows that we got at least 2 years ago.  Yes, it is that bad.

I am so busy doing stuff, that I don't do other stuff, so there's always stuff that needs to be caught up on!  Why can't I just get all this stuff done and start doing things I want to do?  Well, I suppose its because if I didn't get all that "stuff" done, I'd be drowning in stuff.  Clothes that don't fit, broken toys, broken light fixtures, plants that need to be planted, things we don't use anymore.

I'm not even buying new things!  I have lost so much weight that most of my clothes don't fit, but it's not fun to HAVE to buy new clothes!  It's fun to find clothing that I like and pick up on the way, but to go out and search for new jeans and shirts that fit, it's work!

I'm not buying items for around the house either.  I've been donating trunk loads of stuff, and I feel like the house is still too cluttered.  I guess I am at that stage where I know I don't need so much stuff, and I can get rid of it if I don't like it.  Things that other people have bought me, that I never really liked, but kept in case they noticed it in my house - ALL GONE!!!  All the clothes that don't fit me are going all the time.  I have blocked off a hallway in the basement with all the bigger items that need to go - it's that bad!  We are planning to borrow the shop truck this weekend for some outdoor work (goodbye finally to the juniper bushes!) and I think it will get used a lot.  I'm going to load up all the big stuff and get rid of that first!

I feel like I am stalling just typing this.  I have a ton of things to do, but here I am typing away!  Ok, here I go....I'm going to get more stuff to get rid of.  On the agenda today - all the shorts that don't fit me.  I hope I still have some that fit.  If not, I guess I'll just wear my soccer gear!