OK - - this works great in keeping me accountable! Yesterday I DID get through all the sorting in our bedroom! I do think large master bedrooms can be a drawback if they are inhabited by people like me, who tend to let things build up and find that as a place for stuff to sit while waiting to be attended to!
Here is what I did yesterday: All the clothes, linens, etc... are sorted. Mine are all put away, but I still have Todd's (the equivalent of about 4 huge laundry baskets) to do. All the kids' stuff is sorted into baskets and ready for me to take to their rooms and put away - - yes, I could have them do it but the sheer volume is so overwhelming that I worry it wouldn't be done all the way, so I'll help this time. I also completed all the wash that needed finishing up,and added that to the baskets/piles.
Today I hope to continue this, but will have limited time at home. We're having the other house carpeted, so we can get it on the market, and I have to be in and out of there Also, Damon and Scott have pdoc appointments on the other side of town, so that takes a couple of hours. If I can JUST get the clothes, linens, etc... out of our room and put away I will be happy today!
Regarding the other house, we have some friends living there right now who are between places to live. I am hopeful that I can help to get it staged with them, to see that it is "market ready" by the weekend. We will be redoing the hardwoods in it sometime in the next couple of weeks, but at least what is done thus far needs to be ready to sell. We want to let them stay in the house until it sells, but their presence cannot be a deterrent from it selling, so we're trying to "train" what we need. I found a home-staging article for them (they're from another country) to explain what the realtor and I mean in terms of having the house "ready" and I REALLY like the opening line - - make it like a "luxury hotel suite." I hope BOTH houses can feel that way soon, too!
Tomorrow will hold its own duties - - I plan to load up at least one bag for goodwill. Back to that again! When life is simpler, we have time for the relationships and things that really count, and Jesus is glorified.