Sorting and Cleaning...It Has Started In Earnest!

Have been busy cleaning, sorting, tossing out and packing up stuff.  What to keep...what to get rid of. HUGE CHORE!!!!

In going through stuff today I found my first reader, "We Look and See" brings back memories and not particularly good ones.  I hated having to read in front of my fellow students, the snickers, stares and shaking of heads when you made a mistake and then the

In decent condition for a 67 year old
Paperback school book handled by lot
of kids

glares from the teacher and her making you try to say it over and over again. It was humiliating for a 6 year old. It carried all the way through my education. So different from the 50's to now.  

As you can see I have a lot to go through. I have 10 shelves that look like this or worse.

This is actually half way decent. It's the ones with videos
that were cleared out that was the fright!

This is what I got cleaned today. Two shelves don't seem like much, but to have to find a happy home for the stuff that was on the shelf is another story.  Some of the video tape and such were some of the many projects that Dave worked on

Packed away lots of Video Tapes!

at the University. He made at least 4 trips to Japan and 2 trips to Europe. I have each one of those films. Also I have the recruitment films he made for the University and the 100th Anniversary of OU film. These I will save as I want his grandchildren to view and appreciate what their PomPom did.

Nice and organized Tastefully Simple Stock

This is what I got cleaned a couple of weeks ago to put my Tastefully Simple stock on. As you can see it looks rather nice and organized. 

The UGH! Corner

This one corner was so bad I only had a little foot path to be able to walk on. After much tossing and rearranging it looks so much better. Even better will be when it will be shipped to the daughters of it's previous owner.

Dave was Ned's friend till the end and held onto many items that he thought Ned's girls would want. I have about 20 boxes and 15 large format prints to send East.

A vast improvement!

 

There is so much to get done...I have 89 working days left till retirement, but it may take me a year to get the house cleared out.  I am not going to rush it. Yes I would like to go full-time by the first of they year but I have to be realistic since I am by myself now.  I can only do so much.  

This morning I also tasked myself to clean a shelf in the garage and lo and behold I found my Juicer! I scrubbed and tubbed that baby and made myself some carrot juice.  It's been a long time since I had any fresh juice. Need to get some carrots, spinach, apples and beets. Great concoction.

I guess Charisse Ward had it right when she said "Bottom line is, if you do not use it or need it, it's clutter, and it needs to go". Besides I have no place to put it in my RV when I get it.

The push is on, I have told the powers that be that I am retiring, so therefore...Let the games begin!