We are doing our six month purge this week! I used to call this "Spring Cleaning" and "Before Christmas De-Junk", but I like Dr. DeMille's term that he uses - "The 6 Month Purge." We basically go through everything we own (and I mean everything!) and decide how much it costs us in emotional and mental "storage". If we have not used it for the past 6 months then it is seriously considered for garage sale unless it has great sentimental value.
What a mess! Who said girls are cleaner than boys? In our home they are equally "piggy". My three little pigs are quite annoyed that they have to do this, but once we drudged through the filth, they feel happier about having less emotional and mental "stuff storage".
So - we are having a garage sale this weekend if you know where we live. The money we will make on our garage sale will go towards a couple of worthy causes - a bigger dresser for the girls and possibly curriculum for home school.
That is awesome, I need to purge my house to so I won't be coming to the sale, don't need to add more stuff ya know :)
ReplyDeleteI'll take anything you have leftover from your sale (the things you would donate). Our cub scouts are doing a fundraiser garage sale on the 29th of this month. They will haul away what doesn't sell and save you the trip! Let me know.
ReplyDeleteOkay, six-month purge is much better than spring cleaning. I'm calling it that from now on. I almost wonder if six months is too long to wait. I am amazed how much STUFF accumulates in that time. We have been here a year and moved here with almost nothing... where does it come from?! One week wasn't long enough for us to go through everything, unfortunately. I'm going through everything, though, and it feels good to fill those garbage bags and simplify my life.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean, Jen. Six months does sometimes seem too long, but I think after doing this purge for our whole Spring Break week that I am not up for doing it again for at least 6 months. I am achy and really feeling it today. The sad part is that I'm not even done yet! So - our garage sale is postponed until next week.
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