🎶 99 magazines in the rack. 99 magazines 🎶

today I am decluttering all my old magazines and am going through them before donating to a day care for crafts. “First for women” September 15, 2014. Still has great ideas. My favourite ones I’m keeping digitally. Good thing I have an external hard drive. I’m a photo hoarder. 1 down, 98 to go.

21 Days

My 2 cents for today are 

1) back in the 70’s, a researcher suggested that it takes 21 days to make or break a habit (which is actually a myth, it’s more like 2 months according to Forbes) and 

2) Newton's third law of motion; “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” 

These 2 sayings came to me when I was on day 21 of the challenge that I did this month because something strange happened. On day 21, after satisfactorily completing the skating rink on the pond after days of plowing and flooding, my fiancé went to the woodworking shop and decluttered, cleaned & organized the entire building. On day 22, step son comes home from Costco with a huge shelving unit and after removing an old fridge and set it up, he started decluttering, cleaning & organizing the kitchen. Day 23, he does the same to their front porch and then day 24, his girlfriend arrives with paint supplies (they live in a house attached to ours) and now they are decluttering & repainting one of the upstair’s bedrooms. So in conclusion and it is MY conclusion: 21 days MAY have cause and effect, ie cause an effect that can create an equal and SIMILAR reaction.

PS. I did nothing today other than make a new crockpot recipe for supper, pack a suitcase and google information about Cuba. We booked a last minute deal and we leave Friday. Happy early Valentines Day to me. Dishes are still in the sink.

 

Peel & Stick

While I was at it..... I sort of understand linoleum under sinks because it’s water resistant but the edges tend to curl. When it’s glued, stapled AND duct taped down, I thought it would be a difficult task to remove Thankfully there was a layer of wallpaper underneath that made it easier. Guest bathroom cabinet cleaned, peel & stick tiles installed, contents decluttered.

Winter Mice?

So much for a do nothing day. Too cold to go down to the skating rink and watch hockey so I puttered around the house. We needed towels to set on the seat of the truck when delivering ribs & pierogis to the crew for supper, so after digging around for some old ones, I said what the heck. Thanks to seeing mouse dropping on the floor I scrubbed & stuck down 4 adhesive tiles & set a trap. Tell me why I have cats again? 

Oops

Today I am working on turning the 2 left drawers into a door & creating a hole on the side for the litter cabinet. Jigsaw is in woodworking shop ... outside ...-15 C. Brrrrr

Aaaaand done.... the closet anyway. So is my back since I rearranged things as it was not conducive to the cats and that’s really what it is. The cat room. Lol. 6 boxes & baskets stacked so I can sit & go through one at a time. 5 boxes of cassettes & CD’s to go through & donate to a music therapy foundation. Company tomorrow. Have a great weekend!

Oops. Dripped paint on the chair and didn’t notice. How do I get it off now?

Decluttering Never Ends

I’m backtracking to the office. I decluttered once when I repainted. I decluttered again when I put up the tool shelf. Now I need to declutter the boxes on the top shelf. I’m pretty sure they are all full of cassettes. I’m tempted to empty it completely and repaint it but that’s my mind talking before asking my back how it feels. Another day. Lol

Bonus Declutter

Got another set of kitchen drawers decluttered, cleaned & organized while waiting for paint to dry. Lol

I think I’m done decluttering!

DAY #22 - Do some advance prep. (Leftovers for supper) ✔️
DAY #23 - Count your blessings. Happy Thanksgiving! (Every day is a thankful day) ✔️
DAY #24 - Celebrate Buy Nothing Day. (Will for the rest of the year other than necessities)✔️
DAY #25 - Declutter your bedroom closet ✔️
DAY #26 - Declutter the floor & shelves in your closet. ✔️
DAY #27 - Declutter hanging clothes. ✔️
DAY 28 - Clean out your closet - final day ✔️
DAY 29 - Clean out your dresser drawers. ✔️
DAY 30 - Declutter your nightstand. ✔️

Other than a few kitchen drawers and clear out all the bins & boxes in the guest suite (hubby will do that) I just need to load up everything by the front door that’s going into town with me tomorrow. Recycling & donations will get done and I can focus on daily cleaning and upkeep. And Pinterest projects. Painting with Purrl continues

DAY #21 - Clean the guest bathroom

 Last night, I got the guest suite in better order. At least you can get into it and everything is boxed up and ready to go out the back door. Today I was supposed to head to the airport but hubby went instead and while he got some quality time with his daughter, I slept in and then started on the bathroom. Last weekend I was debating on repainting it and did some test strips so today I thought, what the heck. Let’s Do It!

Hubby doesn’t like it. Says it makes the room seem smaller. I know. But it’s like hair colour. I can change it any time. It just needed some pizzazz.

DAY #20 - Get your guest room ready for guests

Nooooooo. I doewanna. K. I will later today only because there are 2 and 1 is the guest room and the other is the guest suite. Room I can do because yesterday some of the clothes from my closet purge were thrown on the bed. Easy tidy up. The suite however, is back to being a dumping ground. Will deal with that another day as I have to deal with the mess of clothes & hangars & junk on the master bedroom floor without overdoing it.

My ankle is tender. My back is too. My day is starting. How about you?

Well I decided to tackle the guest room after all. Since I had to hang up the clothes on the bed I started with the closet. I had purged it a while ago but it needed more (and still needs more.) Half way through I realized I have to pick up my stepdaughter at the airport tomorrow (3 1/2 hours away) and she is spending the night. I think Purrl approves and it’s time for lunch.

Break time! Mess on the floor in master bedroom almost done. Oh look! I can see the top of the dresser!

Bag for donation. Bag to sell. Pile of old t-shirts for rags for the woodworking shop. Hanging clothes to donate WITH Hangars (will wrinkle less rather than in bags until I can take to town)

Blue bin. All the odds and ends that I will go through later. Is that cheating? I know, I know but I’ll find my “Round Tuit” later.