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There are other changes as well.
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We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
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Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
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We have this room in our house, this room is like a black hole.....things go in and never come back out!! This room is now full!! I feel like a d*** hoarder!!!!
Anyway - this room is one that was built by a previous owner and the walls are not load bearing and only one of them has an electrical outlet in it. We have decided that the room needs to be emptied and cleaned out and then the walls demolished!! By doing this we will basically DOUBLE the size of our living room. This would mean a lot of things.....things like:
1) I could have a small scrapbook/craft station (at least then I would know where to find the darn scissors!!)
2) We would have a lot more light in the house (major bonus in Alaska in the winter)
3) We could have holidays at my house instead of driving 60 miles with all the food and presents and people to my dad's house - He could come to us instead....much easier!!!
4) Would be able to install a "breakfast bar" since we don't currently have a dining room table and normally eat off of tv trays - kinda sucks!
I'm sure there is more, but I'm drawing a blank right now.
So DH and I decided this was our "resolution" for the year...we are going to empty that room and either get rid of stuff or put it in storage as warranted. Last night I dove into mess. I managed to get 4 boxes worth of just books out, two to go to storage and two to go bye-bye!!! Tonight I am going to work on some of the crafting stuff (primarily yarn and knitting stuff) and try to get at least one or two bigger boxes ready for storage. I have also managed to finish off three Knifty Knitter projects that were in various stages of completion. That's my other goal....finish off projects I have started!!!!
So.....wish me luck! I will keep you all posted on the progress. I would post pictures of before and after, but honestly, before really scares and embarasses me so I am not going to right now. I will, however, get some pics before I start ripping down walls and after we repaint and lay new carpet.
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Jennifer / Eeyore is my favorite!! OMG - He's sooooo grown up!!!! And an EAGLE SCOUT!! I can still remember my cute little Tiger Cub! 2016 Reading Goal - 75 books
Have fun! Can you have a yard sale come spring? I just got an email from Amazon about selling used books. The one I looked up was only worth $1.75 but it that's more than it's worth gathering dust.
Uh.....no. I'm not sure I'm going to survive this room and its not really that big....just that full!!!
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Have fun! Can you have a yard sale come spring? I just got an email from Amazon about selling used books. The one I looked up was only worth $1.75 but it that's more than it's worth gathering dust.
Yeah, some stuff I may keep for a yard sale, but since I would have to keep it til Spring, when it's dry (and that's around May here in Alaska), I would be storing it for longer than I really want to. We do have a local used book store that I'm taking the books too first. We get credit for them if they need or want them and then I can let DS go whacko getting new books and he is reading like a fiend these days. So that's covered. The hard part is deciding what books to keep and what to make go away!!! I will re-read some stuff and now that DS is getting older, there are some great authors that I want to introduce him to!
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Jennifer / Eeyore is my favorite!! OMG - He's sooooo grown up!!!! And an EAGLE SCOUT!! I can still remember my cute little Tiger Cub! 2016 Reading Goal - 75 books
I know what you mean about the "hoarding". I watched the show "Hoarders" on AE the other night and I swear every time I watch it I feel the need to purge all the junk we've collected in our basement. Just today I took a car load of stuff to donate to a local organization and it felt good to know that I just wasn't throwing it away. Hopefully, all those items will be put to good use by families who really need help.
We live way out in the boonies, so if I want to have a yard sale, I have to drag everything to town and rent a spot at the local flea market. We're limited to how much we can actually fit in the vehicles and I don't like to drag the unsold items back home. We have donated items for yard sales for my DD's volleyball and softball teams. I loved doing this because it really helped in reducing the number of fund raisers we had to have in order to meet expenses.
See if any of the libraries want the books for a sale or their collections. I know there are some up in Northern NH that really don't care what the books are, they are that desperate. I bet it's the same in Alaska.
Have "fun"!
Oh, and are you sure you don't want other projects? My computer room is pretty useless, so it still has boxes in it from when I moved here... last February.
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See if any of the libraries want the books for a sale or their collections. I know there are some up in Northern NH that really don't care what the books are, they are that desperate. I bet it's the same in Alaska.
Yeah - had someone else here at work suggest that and I know the perfect library so a bunch will be going there
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Oh, and are you sure you don't want other projects? My computer room is pretty useless, so it still has boxes in it from when I moved here... last February.
Now I would admit that a trip out of our cold state would be nice in the winter, I'm not sure that going to New Hampshire in February would really be the ticket.....Florida and Mickey are a bit higher on my list.
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