Sunday, October 27, 2013

De-clutter Day and the Pond

Do you ever have those days where you get looking around your house and realize that half of the stuff you have you just don't use or need? I do and I did yesterday and I got disgusted at all the ridiculous things we had. My house is entirely too cluttered! So today was de-clutter day.
I just started by walking around the house picking up things and putting them in the "Salvation Army bag". "We don't need this. We don't need that. What is that? Never mind we apparently don't need it." All those went in the bag. Then I went into the spare room to get one thing, and things fell, and I got frustrated, and Phil followed me and we started on the spare room. I went through my stuff, Michelle finally decided to give away some boxes of stuff she didn't want (It might have been me making her hold onto all those porcelain dolls...maybe), then Phil started on his stuff and I left to go do the outside work and visit the garden (and I did take pictures so maybe that will be tomorrows post though they aren't real impressive).
So the Salvation Army bag ended up being bags and then I decided to just refill the boxes that way we wouldn't have to burn the boxes too. Needless to say there were more boxes than Phil could fit in the car so I will be making more than one trip (I'll take some each day when I go to work).
The sad part is that we just scratched the surface of our clutter. We aren't exactly "hoarders" as in the TV show. We keep our clutter in the spare room and closets mostly but it is still unnecessary clutter. (I still could not give up Christian's ride on toys or John's table and stools that we made him out of car wheels and empty wooden wire spools.)

While I was outside I tried to take pictures of the pond for you all but it seems harder to take pictures when the sun is out as there are too many shadows. Plus I recently got a new computer and I am really missing my Microsoft Picture "thing" and I can't brighten any of these pictures. I have done the best I can with them though so here they are. The water is a bit murky as I really need make it a decent filter instead of just putting a filter bag over the pump and a filter cartridge under the frog spitter but that will be another project to come when I get all the supplies. The fish seem to all be doing great now even with our cold nights lately.


I know, I'll try to get some better pictures on the next cloudy day or closer to evening as you really can't see anything in these. 

10 comments:

  1. Yes, you're right about the need to de-clutter. I have loads of things that "might come in handy one day"... The trouble is, the time when you need something is usually the day after you threw it away!

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    1. ShHH! You are sabotaging my future de-clutting by just saying that. :)

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  2. Well done. Doesn't it feel good? :)

    Nothing beats the feeling of "space" created, of repurposing still useful items and in "sharing" what is no longer required.

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    1. Well, we didn't create much space but you can walk through the spare room to the big fish tank in there now.

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  3. HI Becky! I'm trying to de-clutter a little as I clean. There is so much to do, and I try not to get overwhelmed! It is amazing how much 'stuff' we accumulate without realizing it! So nice that you are getting it done! Your photos are so pretty! I love the way the shade and light look! So clear! Thanks for sharing! Have fun de-cluttering! Blessings from Bama!

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    1. I need to keep at it and de-clutter some more. Some of it will be gone after Christmas because I have a pile of Christmas presents to send to the kids and grandkids already but some of it is just plain junk, lol.

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  4. I know the feeling! - we're in the middle of a remodel and what better time to purge - still it's hard to let go of some things. The pond is pretty!

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    1. Yup, it sure is. Sometimes I just pretend we are moving and then it is easier to get rid of things.

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  5. You do have a daughter with photoshop! :P But if you really want a editing program to brighten your pics a bit, download Picasa (it's a google photo editing program.) I forgot all about the table & chairs. I kinda miss those.

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  6. Good job on the de-cluttering. I need to do some myself. The pond looks pretty!

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