Excuse me for being a little down today, folks, but the last 24 hours have brought me some extreme weather whiplash and I am not. a. fan.
Snow in April: now, that just ain’t right. {But I’m gonna whisper this complaint because we’ve been known to get snow in May and – whimper – even early June.}
I know a lot of places like to claim the if-you-don’t-like-the-weather-then-wait-a-minute-it’ll-change mantra, but I’ve never lived anywhere that does this in style like Colorado.
On a similar but different note, we were supposed to move this summer, but it turns out we are officially staying put. So far, I’ve only experienced one downside to this change of events. When the calendar turns to a move year for our military family, Uncle Sam pretty much forces me to declutter. So while I know I have to do it myself this year like a big girl, I still need extra motivation to become the boss of my own drawers and closets.
Like a beacon of sunshine on a spring-winter day, Tsh’s Project Simplify gives me this motivation. With an approach much kinder and gentler than Uncle Sam’s, Tsh rallies her troops to declutter and organize one household hotspot per week for the month of April. This year, she encourages us to clean out neglected drawers and shelves, closets, piles, and unfinished projects. I am joining forces with her because in my book, it’s an easy way to do the before-the-move cleaning without having to, ya know, actually move.
Win – win!
Here are a couple pictures of two drawers, before and after. Most of the work was in going through lots of old papers and finding containers to better organize all the loose tape, glue, and other crafty things. {Hooray for saved shoe boxes!} The difference may not be profound, but my recycling bin is a whole lot fuller than it used to be. Also, because these drawers alone took less than an hour to go through, I am motivated to keep on cleaning.
Sometimes good change chisels it’s way slowly through months and years, one square inch at a time. Other times, good change happens faster than you can say holy blizzard in April.
Thank goodness.
It feels SO good to conquer these little areas of clutter!! We just got snow yesterday {I’m in Alberta, Canada} ….still holding out hope Spring will be here soon. 🙂
Well, I guess it always does come eventually, right?
And here here to the decluttering!
Wow you have more snow than us so far! And…you get Royal Crest! I see the order form in your pic. Ha! I have lots to declutter.
Ha! We *do* get Royal Crest. It’s sooo good.
And that second pic is one I pulled yesterday when I wrote the post, so we don’t look that snowy today *yet*. But it’s now starting to accumulate and I can’t see beyond the next door neighbor’s house. We shall see what ends up happening, huh?
LOVE THIS. I totally get the “Uncle Sam pretty much forces me to declutter” line too!!!! Rock on AF wife sister!
It does seem that way, doesn’t it? A definite plus to moving for sure.
I used to move around the country every 2-3 years and I would use those opportunities to purge, but since I have been in NC for…wow…16 years the clutter has taken on a life of it’s own!! Thanks for the reminder to take it in bite size pieces so that I don’t get totally overwhelmed by the enormity of it all. Hope spring comes to CO soon!
Blessings,
Bev
Wow! Looks great! I have been going through my house for the past few months pull out things I havent used in years, and giving it away. The sweet woman who helps me from time to time around the house
, is racking-up!
P.S. all that crazy weather is just another reason you should be stationed at Maxwell AFB for the winter =) just saying. =)
I’m with you Diane {if only in spirit}. Love ya friend!
I love the pre-move clean out when we have enough notice. We also thought we were moving this year and then the Air Force said we are staying put for another year. I never used to be this flexible!
It looks great. I’ve always been a big fan of re-using shoe boxes. My husband used to think I was crazy for saving them but they’re so handy when you need to corral materials in a drawer!