A HALLELUJAH KIND OF DAY

WE MADE HEADWAY ON CLEARING OUT THE STORAGE SHED! Hallelujah.  Progress.  Not done, but almost.  This evening we hauled a carload of donations to GOODWILL.  That always feels good.

Taking steps to downsizing to where we fit into this COTTAGE.  All the HOLIDAY DECOR is being moved to the cellar to free up room for items from inside the COTTAGE.  We're aiming to have the inside of the house looking like civilize people live here THEN we will return to dealing with what is in the shed and also give attention to the storage units we have rented.  THIS IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF MOVE and it's not an easy one.  By SPRING I'm hoping we're where we should be as two elderly people who have downsized in their earthly possessions.    

WHY ON EARTH move into something so tiny it doesn't hold everything?  Because we're downsizing.  Not every time one moves can they bring along everything they had.  This is one of those times.

As we cleared out the shed, I found the beautiful lifelike garland that will be placed about the house.  A nice find!  I might put some over the the tops of the windows, above the bathroom mirror and above the Victorian headboard.  Maybe.  No CHRISTMAS tree this year because the moving boxes occupy the floor space so I may buy a tension curtain rod to decorate and place at the top of the door way.  

 

My stash of Christmas cards...found!!!  I found some gift wrapped packages I made up last year and had forgotten about.  grins.  This way when I get together with my singing buddies I have a Christmas gift for them already to go.  December luncheon coming.      

We made progress removing the CHRISTMAS TUBS out of the storage shed, making piles outside then loading a dolly to wheel them across the yard to the cellar door, making another pile.  Hubby took the tubs down the steps one at a time and stacked them inside the cellar with a cement floor.  Tomorrow we'll continue clearing out the shed.

When the shed is completely cleared of all the tubs then we will begin hauling boxes out of the COTTAGE to stack on the muscle racks until we have time to deal with the excess.  Just like the CHRISTMAS TUBS, I'll peek inside each box to see if I can part with any of it.  The downsizing of CHRISTMAS DECOR has taken place in stages, now to deal with dishes and such.

There's a portable table set up in the Kitchen that I need to clear off and place all my pots and pans on it plus the bakeware.  Then I can take inventory and thin out some of it.  The cabinet space is very limited.  It will take a wizard to figure this all out. 

 

This is a very slow operation.  Very slow.  I need to stay with it and make progress.  

The old corner cabinet that is in the Dining room needs a back placed on it.  For Christmas I think my Husband will complete this and then I can begin to fill it with antique dishes.  As we clear out the Dining room of boxes, it will begin to feel like a HOME instead of a warehouse. THE HOARDER LOOK will disappear.  

This process has been challenging.  Not easy on the nerves.

WHAT WOULD A WEEK OF HALLELUJAH DAYS BE LIKE?  Oh, how I wish I knew.

~d