I don't spend a lot of idle time at home, with yard work and home projects, now when my daughter who lived with us at the time told us she was expecting a baby in the fall, I found this a great opportunity to spring clean. Madison was managing at Mod Market, a new healthy food restaurant and was good when it came to letting me know of what items had to be cleaned and why. My best accomplishment was the kitchen floor, I deep cleaned the grout and tiles. After moving some things around, like the utility cabinet to the garage, and furniture from the second bedroom to the laundry room, to make room for a nursery, the laundry room now a dressing room plus laundry, and anything that didn't belong in a room was removed and relocated or donated, I have some idea of the extras that I need to donate and trash. Now my emotional house was set for our new arrival. Due date September 6th, my mother's birthday, Emberly May Ferry arreived a week early 1:13 am August 31, 2019.
We continued to clean up, called 1-800-JUNK and had the back yard revitalized, with all the extra plant trays and hoses, as well as old back yard furniture thrown out I had almost reclaimed my back patio. The garage has now become the catch all, we have had my parents, my sister, and my daughter use it as a storage unit. This is true of several rooms over the years. I think reading Emotional House has made me realize that everything has a place. Now with the organization behind me, a deep clean accomplished my daughter moved to her own nest with her new baby. This is the time to start moving things around again, keeping in mind of course that anything in a room, has to either provide a purpose to that room, and cannot be a distraction or out of place piece. Idea, the spare bedroom closet is a place for quilts, blankets, coats, and baby toys of course because that is the room she stays in when she comes to visit. Family room closet; games, DVDs, CDs and Disney collectibles, including small figurines and beanie babies. This closet does have some exercise equipment, which could be out of place, but it would look worse sitting in the middle of the family room, where I would see it and use it more often. I do find time to use some of it, especially Saturday morning when I feel lazy and need to move it.
I have taken on a genealogy project over the last three years, and have recently starting digging in boxes and cupboards for pictures. I have focused on creating An album for my Mother's family, another for my Father's family. Also, the three of my siblings and my self growing up in Evergreen. Then one for my present family with Jack and Madison over the last thirty years we have taken quite a few pictures. Now we I have many pictures to add of my granddaughter. The genealogy project has taken up a large space in the downstairs, and it has grown, on the positive side, it has forced me to re-organize the drawers of paper that I have in the office. Not to mention the art supplies and sewing that I have.
Another book that I just finished time to work>>>> has taught me the value of my time in the work place, that the interruption I allow myself only distract me from my goals. All persons have their own work style and there are four work styles that each of us are part of, sometimes more than one style applies. I have learned now to organize my emails, that I have way to many of, I think I have learned to do that with my photos too.
