11 Monday Sep 2023
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29 Tuesday Aug 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, declutter, delivery, family, furniture, give away, happy, happy camper, living room, moments, normal, resided, sectional, truck, widow
I have had this six piece sectional couch for close to thirty years (according to my daughter)…
it had resided in the living room, and for the last number of years, in the basement family room…
a few years ago I brought up three pieces for the living room again, as the hide-a-bed was moved into the den…
in the recent decluttering process downstairs, the three remaining pieces needed to find a new home… two came up to the living room and one was already in the back storage room… the living room was overflowing, lol…
I thought about putting two in the office, but that was really going to fill up that small room…
so I decided to give them away… my daughter was very proud;-)…
a few days ago they were stuffed into the truck and delivered to someone who could use them…
between that, and the chair being fixed, the living room has returned to normal and I am one happy camper;-)…
20 Sunday Aug 2023
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apartment, big girl pants, blessed, declutter, family, goal, light, memories, moments, parents, put away, rearranging, Technology, widow, working
as we declutter the basement, we have found a few things to move into other areas of the house… and our goal is to set the items up as they get moved, lol…
most recently, a light fixture that originally came from my parents’ apartment made its way into the den…
it got screwed into the wall, a smart bulb was added to it and connected to Google Home…
working nicely and it will be great for guests when the couch transforms to a bed;-)…
04 Saturday Mar 2023
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found my way back into the computer room to continue the tidy up…
filled boxes with giveaway items, put things into the garbage, and filled a container with recycling…
pleased with the continued progress and have actually been enjoying the process…
15 Friday May 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, declutter, home, memories, move, neighbours, remembering, sugar cookies, treat, welcome, widow
I’ve spent a good part of the day watching the activity as the new neighbours move into the house next door…
looks like they are a young couple and they have been coming and going since around 7:30 this morning…
last Friday I watched the moving van arrive and take away all the belongings of the couple who had lived there for over 10 years… well he lived there for that time, and recently got married… since then they have come and gone a number of times to do the last bit of clean up and removal… his adult kids had all been by to fetch their bits and pieces and a couple of days ago a truck came and picked up the hot tub…
it made me think of a couple of things…
first was the day we moved into this house… it was in August of 1973… we had purchased the house from an older couple and on the day we were to move in, we arrived at nine in the morning to discover them sitting at their kitchen table having tea… it appears that they had forgotten they had to be out that day… we were freaking out at our end, because we had to be out of the apartment we had been living in by the end of that day… amazingly, their son arrived and they were out of the house by 3 pm…
second is the thought of what my kids will have to do when I leave the house… we have lived here for 47 years so there is a lot of stuff… I keep thinking about how I need to be decluttering more than I have, although right now isn’t really the time to do that, as organizations are not taking donations at this time, lol…
but it does remind me to get onto that project as soon as possible… we won’t even discuss the state of the garage, which has not been dealt with since my beloved’s death over eight years ago…
I baked sugar cookies to deliver next door and share with a few others…
05 Wednesday Feb 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, books, cleanup, clutter, collecting, declutter, happy, memories, packed, share, shelves, widow
filled nine boxes with books a few days ago…
the computer room looks like a bomb went off in it, so I am rather pleased to have started the cleanup process…
happily, it was easy to pack them up… I spent many years collecting books on religion, feminism and spirituality… now seems like a good time to pass them along to someone else…
I also gathered many books on children and worship…
planning to drop them off at the Fire Station in the next while…
put aside a few that covered Celtic writings…
once I find a few more empty boxes I will continue with the decluttering;-)…
looking forward to having shelves with space on them, not crammed with books I no longer read…
19 Sunday Nov 2017
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spent the last few days taking most everything out of the bedroom, so it could get painted today…
made me review each of the items as I was moving them out of the space… there will be less coming back in… more items for the pass along box;-)… actually I’ve already filled two boxes up…
shopped for some different window coverings and came up with these curtains…
I think I like the second option of how to hang them… will leave them this way for a while and see how it feels…
so, the room is very bare and unfortunately the painting didn’t happen today…
trying to decide how much to put back in while I wait for the new look, lol…
12 Sunday Nov 2017
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big girl pants, declutter, family, furniture, guest room, living room, moved, widow
a lot of furniture was moved today… seemed simple…
it was that little thing where to make one change you had to make another and then another… thankfully my son-in-law and grandson were up for the job and made it happen…
ended in the living room… I am very happy with the outcome… need to change out the plants and the items in the drawers of the table…
this is the tv/guest room now…
and finally this is the downstairs look…
although when I am on the treadmill I face the tv, this does point out that I need to get some art up on these walls, lol…
now some decluttering and it will be all good…
09 Saturday Jan 2016
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beloved, big girl pants, cleaning, declutter, George, steamer, wind chill
this morning I spent a bit of time in the kitchen… while I was cleaning the stove I was thinking of my beloved…
he had the strongest hands and arms… anything that needed serious scrubbing ended up as his job… that stove would have been spotless had he cleaned it, lol… he could also wring things out so there was no water at all left in them…
for breakfast I cooked some spinach in my new cute purple steamer… second time using it and it worked much better than the first time… cleaned up nicely as well… also used some of the frozen spinach for my lunch smoothie… came out great, so I can use frozen next time I run out of fresh, lol…
sun was shining all day, although it was -34 with the wind chill… got a nice shot of a couple of garage roofs which have squirrel paths all over them… not sure I’ve seen tracks on the neighbour’s garage before…
while I was doing laundry I also went through all of the tops in my closet… filled a box with things that are too big… a friend is going to pick them up for a swap event they are having…
always happy when I’ve been able to do a bit of decluttering… George would have been proud…
29 Wednesday Jul 2015
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an automated reminder phone call this morning had me digging through my closets looking for things to share…
sometimes it seems hard to declutter and other times it is easy… today was one of those easy days… filled two boxes and will put them out first thing in the morning…
later I took a walk to the Park to wander through the English Garden and the Leo Mol Garden… it had been overcast and rainy in the morning but the sky cleared up and there was a nice breeze…
the breeze got a bit crazy but eventually I made it to the Gardens…
the hydrangeas were beautiful…
the water lilies looked wonderful with the light shining on them…
the rose standards were almost done and I had to stand in front of this one for about five minutes to get a shot… the wind was really blowing, lol… shared a lovely conversation with a woman who was enjoying their perfume…
these lisianthus were absolutely stunning… I really need to plant some in my garden…
wonderful day…
herbiggirlpants 