a promise to myself - get rid of my clutter

Today was a long and exhausting day. We went back to our house in Mount Evelyn and finished packing the rest of our stuff. Now you wonder why we go to this trouble considering we have lived without this stuff for almost 8 months! The biggest problem will be finding room for it at home.

We must have over 50 boxes packed up. Lots of books (yippee for ebay), gardening materials, tools, clothes, videos, toys (why on earth am I keeping those). I thought most of the boxes stored in our shed were Peter's but he is only guilty for 8 of them. The rest belong to Dennis and I.

I had thought the biggest problem was the shed. But found out today that every cupboard in the house still had stuff in it. All had to be wrapped because the removalist don't take loose items. Anyway...we finished. I will have to go back on Monday when the truck comes and at least one more day next week to do a final cleanup. And then on Friday - all going well - we will hand the house over to the new owners.

So that is the end of another chapter of our lives. We bought the house in Mount Evelyn in 1988 shortly after I returned to work for Shell. And we moved in in 1989 around Easter time. I think that should be the topic of another blog.

So what I wanted to say now is that I have turned a new leaf. From now on I will stop accumulating stuff and put all my energy towards shedding it! I will not by any more bookshelfs. The only storage outside will be a shed for the tools and gardening things. The rest of our stuff will have to fit into the cupboards we already have! That's a promise to myself!

Now I must dash. Have to cook some stock because I bought all these soup bones the other day. Then I have to prepare a lesson for church tomorrow.