Offices and Flowers.........

I'm scared to clean out my spare bedroom. Who knows what I will find?

Congrats on finishing it though! 

I'm so excited because I'm finally getting a REAL office at work!  I'm one of the employees who travels so I've been shuffled around every year since I started there and this year I've already been moved once at the beginning.  But now we are having our own section to hang out and I'll have a real office with four walls and privacy so I can finally unpack some of that junk from years back when I had a real office.  That will clean out SO much junk from my house!  I can't wait!

Julz - That is one of my goals for this year - organize.  Usually, I spend MLK day doing some of that, but this year I am hooking up with some friends for a girls day out.  I really want to do some organizing though, so I may take a day or two off from work and try and get some done.

Cady

Wanna come to my house and teach me how to declutter!  ... I'm a horrible packrat too    ..... bravo though on getting that job done!  ..... you are an inspiration

About your hyacinth bulbs ....... when did you want them to bloom?  .... technically hyacinth, crocus, tulips, daffodils require a "cold" period  in order for them to produce strong stalks ..... hyacinths can be grown indoors in a number of ways .... you can get a hyacinth jar that you rest the bulb on, I think there is pebbles at the bottom, and you cover the pebbles with water (I've never done this so you may want to search the web ..... or they way I've done it, plant two or three bulbs (root crown down) in a 6" dia. pot with the bulbs spaced about 1.5 - 2" apart .... cover them with soil ...... water very lightly .... then place the pot in a paper sack and put it somewhere cold but not freezing ... if you have a cold cellar, or your garage if not heated .... or I've even put it in the bottom crisper of my fringe ........ then forget about the pot for several weeks ...... if you want the hyacinths to bloom for Easter (which is early this year, March 21) then pull out of the fridge around Valentines .... place in a nice sunny spot .... watch how quickly it grows, if is seems to grow too quickly (thin leggy stalks) then reduce the amount of sun or warmth  ....

for forcing don't be disappointed if your first attempts are not quite what you expect .... I've found it's a trial and error thing depending on when you start, how you plant them, and where you chill them .... and hyacinths may be a little trickier than some of the other bulbs

be sure to take pictures when they are in bloom! ..... I'd love to see how they turn out

I have been cleaning/sorting and purging for the past few weeks.

Well, first I have to clear out the clutter, then I can to do the scrubbing and cleaning.  It is amazing how much junk a person can accumulate.

I have been giving stuff away, selling some stuff and posting stuff on ebay.  I have also been taking bags and bags of stuff to Goodwill.

I had somethings I bought that i hadnt even opened yet. I sold a camera printer dock to a co-worker last week, and today someone is going to buy a DVD player I havent even opened.

I am getting rid of some of my Highlander stuff....put them on ebay yesterday. 

We are all packrats in this house...and a major dejunking would be a wonderfull idea, if it worked. lol

I've often started cleaning with the idea of dejunking in mind...but too many things get put aside and kept...just in case...again. I'm just noo good at dejunking.

Maybe with practice i'll get better? lol

I swear that elves bring it in the night.

I am always donating stuff to the thrift stores.....having garage sales every few years and still there is clutter....

I am good about keeping it behind closed doors.....but all my closets could use a good pairing down....The basement is my domane.....(old house with a short basement and my husband is very tall) I clean this thing every spring and still it is full.     This past year with Amber moving home with all her stuff did not help.

My desk drawers really need to be cleaned out....but I just never make the time...

I always feel proud of the fact that I can hide my mess....I keep my house picked up and tidy at all time.....but it is almost always "dirty" as in needing vacuumed, floors need to be swept and washed and the windows are always yucky from the dog looking out....and usually have dust webs hanging from the corners.

My husband and daughter come in and lay things down and walk away from them....drives me nuts.....Hubby is forever putting his coat on a kitchen chair........we have a coat closet and there are hooks in the laundry room that you have to walk through to get in the house from the back door ....(the one the family uses)  His briefcase also seems to end up on the table......when he could put it on the craft desk in the office just as easily....just a matter of making a left turn when you come into the kitchen instead of walking across the room to the table....

I did get a compliment the other day that made me feel very good.  Amber came home from visiting a friend and she said thank you for always keeping the house tidy and mostly clean...........I guess the freinds house was a little out of control.....the kitchen had dirty and clean dishes all over mixed together....which to me is discusting.......Dishes are the one thing I do compulively....and I don't have a dish washer....wash dishes at least 2 times a day...

I generally try to get rid of stuff I have not used in a year....but do have a few things in containers in the basement that I keep for years because I know that I do use them every once in a while......but have 2 containers labeled this way......so have to go through them every once in a while if I want to add to them....because if the stuff does not fit in just those 2 something has to go.     Mostly party stuff like big divided serving containers and decretive baskets and the puch bowl / cake server.

I better say goodbye....I have a tendency to write a lot....bye everyone.    Lisa