One of the big projects I have been working on this summer is cleaning out and sorting through all the stuff that has accumulated in our office and home. I dislike clutter and years of letting things build up has created a lot of it. Thus, I decided that it was time to tackle it all. This summer we started to have all of our business files scanned and put onto a flash drive (special thanks to my sister for this) so we are now able to shred all the paper files. Additionally, I went through all the old boxes of back taxes and old papers and added that to the mix. Tomorrow, a mobile shredder is coming to our office to shred all of that paper, and, I am sad to admit that I am really excited about it. I mean, like Christmas morning excited. See how pathetic I have become.
And, this weekend we had another summertime tradition in keeping with the whole clearing out theme – yes, yard sale time! I was not planning to have a yard sale this year but I heard they were having a town wide yard sale this past Saturday, and, I had already compiled a huge pile of things that I wanted to get rid of – so I thought why not.
I managed to get rid of the entire pile, plus some more stuff that wasn’t lucky enough to make the picture. I tend to have a weakness for yard sales – you really can find some really nice things for your home for a real bargain – and could not resist raiding my mother-in-law’s stuff. I know that there is definitely a lot of junk out there. Yet, from my own personal experience, often the things I am trying to get rid of are perfectly good items, I just do not need them anymore for one reason or another.
A shelf she had previously purchased from a yard sale – to me, for free! You can’t beat it. A little cleaning, a little paint and that is going on that wall right where the picture was taken. Love finding a unique item to add to the home. And, it always feels so good to get stuff done!
Yay, happy Shredding Day!!! You should take a before and after picture of your piles of PAPER!!!! Woot woot!!! :)
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