overachiever

we're down to 11 days until Easter, and i'm over the 40 bag goal.  this past week, i stepped it into high-gear after taking several days off due to the wrath of illness 2011.  but, as my dear husband continually says with hunting, working and (seriously) my grocery shopping, go big or go home.

so last tuesday, before dylan's party, i was determined to get the bags out of our entryway.  i had cleaned out my closet the night before, and ended up dropping off 11 bags of clothing.  whew!  clothes i no longer wore, never really liked (but were great deals, money mistake!) and faded duds that just needed to go.  i even threw in a few belts, ball hats and old jackets.  11 bags.  what a weight.  literally.

then on thursday, i had come up with more items to drop off because the crawl space finally got some much needed attention.  our crawl space had become the catch-all, the i-don't-wanna-see-it-but-don't wanna-throw-it-away space.  so on a sleepy wednesday afternoon, while dylan snoozed and jb entertained his brain with pinocchio, i wiggled my way down the wooden ladder, hunched over in the four foot space and severely struggled to throw items up to discard.  seriously, a work out!  this is what i came up with - and i'm only half-way through the space!

• 1 garbage bag of stuffed animals, don't judge
• 2 more bags of clothes
• old sweaters 
• icky tailored khakis
• dress shirts 
• 1 large box of text books - good riddance!
• 2 boxes of old frames and framed "art" 

and since i couldn't fit everything in my truck at once, i made another trip the next day.

• 3 lamps from our first place together
• 1 bookcase-type piece of furniture 
• some old cookware

on sunday, with the flanagan's in town, ben and i were able to sneak away for a day date while the kiddos took their afternoon snooze.  we've been looking for a new desk, and we finally settled on a beautiful piece of furniture.  plenty of space, dual filing drawers, slick finish with the purposeful imperfections.  i really, really like it.  i managed to get the files put away, but after that, i still have all my desk goodies in another box, waiting to move back into their new home.

still, more to come; the other half of the crawl space remains...