As those of you who have been reading this blog for a while know, I am not exactly the most organized person in the world. Seems sort of odd that someone who has been couponing, refunding and deal hunting for as long as I have (25+ years) is, welllllll, disorganized. But I am. And I still save beaucoup bucks. This basically means that anyone can do it!
Unfortunately, this disorganization can lead to disarray in other areas of my life. Our home for instance. While never dirty, it does get cluttered. The dining room table can resemble Mt Everest after I do a big Sunday Morning Shopping excursion. And putting away the proceeds of the shop can seem just as daunting as climbing Mt. Everest too.
*sigh*
Hubby threatened me last week. He said he was going to set up one of the long folding tables for tax paperwork if I did not put away my stuff on the dining room table!
Eep!
Hubby’s office is right next to the living room. The living room is the one room in the house that is always clean and tidy. Never a thing out of place, never a smudge on the windows, never any lint on the carpets. Clean and tidy.
Except when hubby sets-up a folding table to do taxes! A second folding table will magically appear and he sorta edges into the living room with all his junk! Last year I finally took it all down in September, plopping his paperwork in boxes and hiding the folding tables away down the basement.
The very last thing I want is hubby encroaching on the living room with his folding tables and paperwork.
I cleaned the dining room. I put away all the clutter, all the shopping paraphernalia and dusted and vacuumed. There is not a thing left out of place in that room!
This actually worked out great because when hubby was finished torturing me on Saturday, he took all his shirts that were too big and folded them neatly, placing them in a box ready to be donated!
So today I was going to clean the house and decided against it. No, no. Not my normal “not gonna clean today”, but rather I decided to shovel out the master bedroom and bathroom. I pitched old lotions and potions, cleaned the joint and now it smells clean and looks great up there!
So tomorrow my plan is to finish writing up the rest of the donation goods that are spread across the spare bedroom. I will then haul everything over to Goodwill in the afternoon! That will mean every room upstairs (except my office) will be cleaned and shoveled out! WhooHoo!
The downstairs (except hubby’s office) will be clean, and the upstairs (except my office) will be clean and it is all because we have to do our taxes. Hmmm well at least it is a benefit we can see from paying our taxes. 
Anyone else Spring Cleaning?
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I don’t have a lot to do, but I have to admit that I still have boxes sitting in the guest room that Christmas gifts were sent to us in. I know, I know, I need to just toss them but then I start thinking maybe I could reuse that box and all the styrofoam peanuts instead of throwing them out. I think I’ll probably put them in the garage storage room. Out of sight but still accessible. And then on to the never ending battle of cat fur.
Are you going to post any before and after pictures? (I am especially interested in seeing Mt Everest after a big Sunday shopping!). By the way, Ann, the last Sunday Rite Aid write ups were really good. I modified yours a bit and got a ton of stuff. Thank you!!!
In a word: No. There was no spring cleaning planned in my future. Laziness usually wins. Coupons need sorting. Donations need to be gathered. Recyclables need to be removed from the garage.
I should at least go through the accumulated coupons and remove the long expired ones. I might even take out the recyclables! Thanks for the inspiration.
Jamie
I don’t know if you know this but Styrofoam peanuts can be recycled at UPS stores. They will gladly take them off your hands. They will also take bubble wrap.
Leslie
Hmmmmm pictures of Mt Everest may well be doable next time I do a great Sunday Morning Shopping. As for the house pictures? Well pretty much everything has been picked up and put away. You could always laugh at the office pics I posted in November. It currently looks more like the before pictures than the after pictures. *sigh*
Ann
Thanks Leslie! I didn’t know that UPS would take them. I knew that there were places that would but wasn’t sure who was near me. I usually like to keep a few around for sending out gifts but this is getting to be overkill!
some would say i spring clean every time i clean my house once a week. it usually takes me a couple of hours.
but i am definitely going to steam clean this carpet this coming spring, just waiting for the weather to turn for the better.
Hey DD, do you hire out?
Ann