Tackle it Tuesday

About 2 years (or so) ago, I started packing to move to another town. The housing market blew up about that time, the house sat on the market for month after month after month... Eventually Duller got another job back in this area. We thought we'd go ahead and sell, since we both wanted to move at some point. Our realtor was pressing us to renew his contract, assuring us that the market had picked up. Yes, he did start making sales again, but it didn't last. In our usual procrastinatory fashion, we never did renew that contract. And I've only recently started unpacking all those boxes. This bunch was in our bedroom. Not much of a haven to retreat to at the end of the day, is it?

Thanks to Tackle it Tuesday, sponsored by the lovely ladies over at 5 Minutes for Mom, I've been motivated to shove procrastination aside and tackle these unpleasantries with gusto. First, I catalogued these book on LibraryThing. All our bookshelves are overflowing already, so they've been stashed away for a future tackle.



The other boxes were almost like Christmas presents. There were so many things I'd forgotten I owned. And more than a few that made me wonder why on earth I ever bought, much less kept, such a thing. Yeah, I have a real problem letting go. But I'm working on a new attitude about that. After all, I haven't even seen those things in 2 years. And I certainly haven't missed them. So I reckon it's time to let someone else enjoy dusting them.

Duller is thrilled with the new look. OK, it'll never make the pages of Elegant Living, but it's a place for him to sit in the mornings and tie his shoes. And it's a whole lot nicer to look at than a stack of boxes. 8-}

I know, I know... I just looked at the picture again and... yeah, the see-thru storage has to go. Ah, well, another 5 minutes...

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