"Vs. 1) been working in the attic, all the livelong day, I've been searching through the piles, just to find what I can give away! Can't you see the dust piles blowin' and stink bugs getting kicked out of my house? I am really just so happy that I haven't seen a mouse. (Vs 2.) I am filling up big trash bags with stuff that other people just might need, and I will take them to the thrift store, where folks can buy it on the cheap" (sung to the tune of "I've been working on the Railroad," one of my all-time favorite songs).
Yes, once again, I find myself decluttering. I just did a small amount of that a few weeks ago, but I still had Christmas items spread out over both upstairs rooms, and the disorganization was driving me crazy.
Now, all of the Christmas items are back in their proper places, and things that I will never use (since our house is now too small to host our growing family (Praise God for his many blessings, especially our youngest daughter who lives 10 minutes away, and whose house is plenty big enough for our family! But that means that I no longer need to hang stockings for the whole family, and I don't need tons of Christmas napkins, or wreaths on every door. I'm saving my small collection of decor favorites, and the rest of the stuff will soon be gone. I should have done this earlier in the year, because it's a little hot today in the attic, but there's a bit of cloud cover, and I've got a box fan crankin' on high up there. The worst part is walking up and down the stairs, to get something I didn't think I would need, or to put some special things in a bag that my kids/grandkids can dig through when we get together later this summer.
And, yesterday I got my small garden all planted, so that left today open, so now I'm cleaning and getting my daily exercise on the steps! And cutting down on the Asian stink bug invasion, one stinky discharge at a time. There's nothing like a good attic cleaning to lighten your load, organize your stuff, and make you feel clean and organized.
Not much to see in the garden right now, but a sun-gold (sweet) tomato plant, and some plant cages. The cages are for my numerous cucumber seeds that I planted, and there's also some totsoi planted in there. Now, all I need is a nice shower for me and for my garden, and this will go in the books as a well-used day, and blessed day! (Oh, and my husband has a pot in the garden with a plum tree sapling, hoping to plant it at our"farm" in Indiana. 👍🏼
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