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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 391653" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">Recent weeks have been very stressful, what with being sick for 8 weeks, getting everything in order to move my mom up from PA to CT, classes and schoolwork, plus working full time. Something had to give and it was my house. It's clean, just cluttered and messy. Everyone's schedules are such that none of us are able to dedicate the time necessary to get it IN ORDER. I mean, with H doing the construction addition, we've lost walls and shelves so to me it seems that every corner is cluttered with 'stuff'; fortunately I'm not home or awake long enough for it to drive me out of my mind. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">I keep thinking that this upcoming 4 day weekend will be a big help, but what I need is only one good day to de-clutter and re-organize but with HELP, in the form of two compliant adult daughters. I want to move a bunch of stuff downstairs to the storage room. I also have a paper due for one class and two chapters to read for another, plus study for a final!</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">My goal this year is to be a minimalist: I will put up a tree, but it will be small. I will decorate, but only using half the normal decorations. I will prepare a menu for the week before and after Christmas to help me stay organized (we will be having company then off and on). I will say no when I truly do not want to something or go somewhere. And, lastly, I will not spend every last cent I have on presents. The only thing I will not change are the awesome Christmas stockings I put together each year for the girlies. I love them and so do my dds!</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #483d8b">Oh yeah, and I will not let H svck the fun out of my holiday or birthday!</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 391653, member: 2211"] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]Recent weeks have been very stressful, what with being sick for 8 weeks, getting everything in order to move my mom up from PA to CT, classes and schoolwork, plus working full time. Something had to give and it was my house. It's clean, just cluttered and messy. Everyone's schedules are such that none of us are able to dedicate the time necessary to get it IN ORDER. I mean, with H doing the construction addition, we've lost walls and shelves so to me it seems that every corner is cluttered with 'stuff'; fortunately I'm not home or awake long enough for it to drive me out of my mind. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]I keep thinking that this upcoming 4 day weekend will be a big help, but what I need is only one good day to de-clutter and re-organize but with HELP, in the form of two compliant adult daughters. I want to move a bunch of stuff downstairs to the storage room. I also have a paper due for one class and two chapters to read for another, plus study for a final![/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]My goal this year is to be a minimalist: I will put up a tree, but it will be small. I will decorate, but only using half the normal decorations. I will prepare a menu for the week before and after Christmas to help me stay organized (we will be having company then off and on). I will say no when I truly do not want to something or go somewhere. And, lastly, I will not spend every last cent I have on presents. The only thing I will not change are the awesome Christmas stockings I put together each year for the girlies. I love them and so do my dds![/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#483d8b]Oh yeah, and I will not let H svck the fun out of my holiday or birthday![/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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