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Note: The cards on my desk are a combo of sympathy and birthday cards and I can't bear to look at them. They've been on my desk for months. I'm going to leave them there until I decide what the proper course of action is.
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What's the last cleaning project you did? Please brag here. I will compliment your housekeeping skillz.
What a charming little desk!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I bought it from a guy for $50 and have had it for fifteen years. Ha.
DeleteLooks great! My recent housekeeeping- I vacuumed the floors even though a cat glared at me ( she does not trust the vacuum -hates it- but cannot leave it unwatched if it's in use).
ReplyDeleteYOU ARE A HOUSEKEEPING GODDESS. Good on you for getting things done despite pet judgment.
DeleteWow, what a great job!!! I love those kind of things, they feel so satisfying. As for the cards, I have a box that I keep old cards in. This is not perfect because when we moved I had like 20 years worth of Christmas cards, and I did have to get rid of most of them. But sometimes, it's okay to keep things for a while.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure that at some point I'll throw them out to save space, but I will want to go through them and I don't have the energy at this exact moment to do so. We'll see.
DeleteLooking good!
ReplyDeleteI had to clean up my office before my brother's visit at Thanksgiving, and it was very satisfying. But, full disclosure, part of my success was putting a lot of things int he closet, and I haven't started working on that yet. My goal is to have it done before his next visit, but I need to chip away at it.
I give you FULL CREDIT for getting the room clean. No one sees the closet anyway.
DeleteNice job on the desk. My computer desk in the study was piled high with clutter. A few weeks before Christmas, I worked hard to get thru everything. Bottom layer was my rough draft for my ‘23 Christmas poem- so it had been YEARS. Your desk before you cleaned it looks immaculate compared to my head. I attended to the whole room and what.a.difference. I need to stay on top of that.
ReplyDeleteI cleaned off the top of the coffee table that sits behind the big chair in the family room. Besides that, I organized three boxes of Christmas stuff, which is not really compliment-worthy given that it's January, but my husband is away and I have developed terrible tendinitis in my left hand and arm so I am working one-handed. The last thing I organized which has stayed organized is the linen closet. I open it and just stare at it for a bit when I'm feeling really stressed.
ReplyDeleteYessssss what a satisfying desk clear off. I need to do one of those as well.
ReplyDeleteLet's see. The most recent major cleaning project was cleaning my daughter's closet. It was very satisfying and it took probably four days for it to return to its previous state of chaos.
Well done! I did some organization of our storage area on Monday when I was off for a slew of doctor appointments. That's the "staging area" for donations. So I went through the donations and put together a bag of books for the library + some puzzles as they now have a puzzle area where patrons can donate or borrow puzzles. I had a bunch of children's puzzles that the kids don't use anymore and asked the librarian if they take kid puzzles. She said she had never been asked that and figured they might as well take them. I feel better about that v taking them to goodwill... And then I dropped a bag of stuff off at the Salvation Army that was close to my infusion appt. So our storage space is looking better and we plan to list our bob stroller on Craigslist this weekend and will hopefully get rid of that. It is so big so will be great to free up space in the storage area!
ReplyDeleteGo us for organizing!!
A freshly cleaned desk is so nice! I need to clean mine. Yesterday, I cleaned and tidied the pantry, and now I just want to stand there and admire it!
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