Packrat Or Sweeper?, Which one are you?

[Rindy]

Funny you two! I really don't like them. One time I was eating a cherry fruit pie several years ago and set it down on the table and it was like a nightmare! There were worms alive moving all over. Needless to say I haven't ate another pie any brand.
Still raises the hair on me neck...

[valpal59]

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I am done. I can't believe how much old food I had in there. Luckily no weevils or any other strange things. I hope you enjoyed yours Val as much as I did. Hope you are done. Have a good evening. Thanks for the encouragement!
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Yes, I finally got it done. Had to do it on Sunday aft. Actually found some things I had been looking for. Same here--no critters. Thank goodness. NEXT....

[Rindy]

Hey there, do you have like a guest room? I have two beds in mine and I haven't cleaned the room in awhile. I would like to get it done. Let me know. I am glad you didn't find any critters either...

[BoggleBoy]

Oh god...I am the King o' Packrats!!! But that's how I get a lot of the stuff I use in my art work.

[Rindy]

Anyone been SWEEPING? I keep hoping the spring fever will hit me...
Motivation??? I too am a packrat that is why I have to sweep.....

Any one heard any good cleaning tips??

Slainte

[valpal59]

I seem to have lost my get up and go. Been working lots of overtime. Exhausted by the weekend. I have a guest room upstairs. Looked up there and it mainly needs dusting and vaccuming. The other room up ther is storage. Man is it bad. Just a path thru it. When I don't know what to do with something, I just take it upstairs. Really need to clean it out. SOMEDAY.

[BluegrassLady]

This is the year that our house is going to get cleared out!!! Our married kids keep bringing things home for us to "store" for them cuz they "don't have any room"!! Ha! For example I now have about 10 large plastic storage containers filled with their summer clothes, or clothing items that they just can't get rid of or clothes that the grandkids are going to grow into etc. etc. etc.. My kids graduated in 1989 and 1994 and I still have my son's junior high baseball jacket in the closet!! Plus his varsity jacket, my daughter's cheerleading jacket and various "prom dresses" to mention a few items! Everytime they buy a piece of furniture the old comes to our place "just in case" they find a use for it sometime down the road! A few years ago we had a building put up that was going to be a combination workshop/studio for hubby and me. It is full of "stuff"! Today daughter and I tackled a room downstairs and when we were finished we actually have an exercise room complete with all the various exercise equipment that has been purchased over the past several years. Tomorrow we are supposed to start exercising. The playroom is next! By spring we are either going to have a whopper of a yard sale or everything is going to charity. Freedom from clutter!! Yeah!!!

[Rindy]

Ok, BluegrassLady, what did you use for motivation? Can I have some? I need to do a lot this spring. It is coming isn't it?

[valpal59]

PLEASE send some motivation my way. Mine seems to have gone to a galaxy far, far away.

[BluegrassLady]

Valpal, I'm not sure where the motivation came from, maybe from my daughter who wanted to get back exercising, but wherever it's from I'm running with it. Never know when it's going to fizzle out on me!! Yesterday daughter, daughter in law and I exercised for the first time since before Thanksgiving. Today we were all so sore that we decided to walk on the track instead of using the equipment. Then we went shopping!! Shopping is a great motivator... Tomorrow it's back to cleaning!

And yes, Rindy, spring is on its way. Today I saw the beginnings of many spring flowers sticking their heads out of the ground. However, tomorrow we have a chance of snow showers. Good thing those spring flowers are strong.

[Ríobhca31]

Is there such a thing as being both packrat, and sweeper? Well, if it is, i'm defiantly both!