We have been very busy with all the wedding stuff and we are definitely looking forward to being able to slow down. On top of working, planning a wedding and getting everything finalized we have also included packing to that list. Yes after all that work of making our apartment perfect we are moving to a different apartment that will provide more projects and decorating of course, along with the hassle of packing and moving. I am currently attempting to get rid of a lot of stuff but I am not very good at that!! For those of you who are the same as me the best method I have found is to have seperate boxes labeled with goodwill, yardsale(for those having one), unpack first, and not as important. This allows you to get rid of things and for questionable things you can have in the unpack later boxes. The second important thing is to ask yourself will I use this in the next three months or have i used this in the last three months. If the answer is no than you should definitely get rid of it. I know I know things such as winter coats, outdoors equipment, and other things that you use during different seasons is different and you can not get away with asking yourself those questions. Holiday decorations are one example of things you don't have to question, of course a good question to ask yourself is did you display this last holiday or did it stay in the box? Another big thing people have difficulties throwing out are souvenirs, yes I have difficulties with that as well. Currently I have two heating blankets that I have not used and I am fairly certain that one does not work(I am not 100% sure). I should plus them both in and wait for them to heat up and decide which one to get rid of or maybe get rid of both of them since I never use them. I am often amazed at how much stuff i have accumulated especially since I don't remember buying a lot of it, I get a lot of gifts that are unique, and happen to rarely get rid of things. Organization is definitely something I will need to work on in our new apartment. While I was always taught that everything should have a place and you should keep it in that place I was not good at executing the method. Currently I am sitting in my guest room looking at all of the things that have yet to be boxed up, there are only 3 full boxes and two partial boxes filled to be taken to the new apartment. Oh and of course a garbage bag filled with the down comforter and the sheets, a blanket and quilt for the guest bed in a plastic container. I have done quite a bit, although it doesn't seem like it. However, I have managed to take 8 boxes of yardsale stuff and two bags of clothes to my moms to store for the yardsale. I also have a box here that is either goodwill or yardsale. Life tends to be less cluttered if you have fewer possessions. A difficult thing to live by when your ocd cleanliness only comes out when you don't want to do other things. Moving difficulties have postponed our moving to wednesday which i find ok since then i can attempt to make gluten free cupcakes for my loving future hubby's birthday.
I have been picking out paint colors and can't wait to paint on Wednesday or Thursday. I will be sure to take pictures at least eventually and hopefully have some before and after shots. Well until then audios.
