*looks around*
Anyone still here?
Well, if you are, I'm sorry for the blog absence. There's no big reason for it. It just sort of happened.
Now, like most people on this day, I'm starting a new project. I'm calling it De-Clutter 2012.
Each day this year, I'm going to get rid of at least one thing in my house. I will either toss it in the trash, recycle it or give it to Goodwill (I'm putting a Goodwill bin by the back door). Also, if I bring any non-perishable items into the house, I have to get rid of something then as well. Since I might not have time to scout around the house each day, I'm going to give myself slack and allow myself catch up days on the weekend. During the week, I'll just keep a tally of how many items need to go. Of course, if I get ambitious, I'm allowed to toss out more than one thing, but that doesn't count for future days. So, I can't cheat by throwing out 365 things today. The project has to last all year.
Today, Day 1, I got rid of a bunch of stupid hair clips - those
80s claw clips from when I had long hair. I'm already eyeballing about 10 other things that are going to go by the end of the day. This is going to be really fun.
Why am I doing this? The obvious answer is that my house is cluttered. But the May 2012 flood really made me realize how bad it was. During the week after the flood when I packed up the entire house, I tossed hundreds of things that weren't even ruined by the flood. It was just crap I wanted to get rid of, stuff wouldn't ever use again. After doing that, I thought I'd have so much more space when I moved back in.
No.
Surprisingly, the only place I have a slight amount of extra space now is in the kitchen. That's only because I chose not to replace a ton of baking pans and sauce pans and such and I sent a ton of plastic containers to Goodwill. Other than that, my closets are still packed. There are still knickknacks all over the damn place: candle holders, ceramic birds, wood elephants, flower vases... all collecting dust. Sure, they all look cute and I've arranged them in a feng shui way, but 90% of them don't have any sentimental value and the condo has just really reached its maximum limit of cheap decor (pronounced "day-co-wer" for those of you at home reading this aloud.).
So, for the new year, are you starting any new projects or do you have any resolutions you'll be working on? Do tell!
Despite the Mayan warnings of the world ending, 2012 has to be a better effing year than 2010 and 2011. If not, I'm going to write a sternly worded complaint letter to the man or woman upstairs. Seriously, good things need to happen this year. And for once, I actually have medium to high hopes that they will.
Happy new year to you!
P.S. I haven't been taking many photos, but here's one from today.
