Day #16
Do you like borscht soup? I absolutely cannot stand it! I feel as though I grew up on it and didn't like it then either. Last night's plant-based meal was a stir-fry using red cabbage. Puke! I love raw red cabbage but cooked, not so much! I found the color bled into all the other vegetables. The sight of a plate full of red food made my stomach flip. Poor Kevin! He didn't love it but he ate it. I seriously tried to eat it and just couldn't. This recipe, out of all the vegetarian dishes was the worst. In my cookbook, I have made a giant "X" over the recipe. It truly sucked.
Do you have any foods you absolutely hate? You know, the ones that you can still taste, see in your minds-eye that causes shivers and a bad taste in your mouth? I have several and borscht is just one of them.
My objective for today is to start decluttering the last room in the house. We have completed the first sweep of each closet already. This process has been ongoing for three years now. Yes, three years. The first time I did it, I sorted clothing into sizes and then held onto them and the closets only got more packed. This time I went through everything and only kept what I used and loved. We had 7 dressers in our bedroom, plus our closets. A little obsessive. I am happy to report we are down to 3 dressers and one of them is half empty. The bonus part of all this, our dressers were from IKEA and the dressers were recalled. We purchased them 20+ years ago and we returned them for full credit. Who does that? Well, IKEA does!!! Very impressed! The customer service clerk was telling us that there is a gentleman in the city who buys IKEA off Kijiji and returns them. She is on a banned list as he had returned over 150 dressers. Do the math! 150 X $199 = $29,850. He may have paid a small amount for the dressers and yet received a full refund. Crazy, right?
This room, in the picture above, is known as our dirty laundry room and travel room. We have everything here from arts and crafts, photos, old documents, furniture, luggage plus dirty laundry. This room was my office when I first started my home-based business. So, how does one attack this room? Here's my strategy.
- List and sell all the clothing, crafts and purses. (just a few purses, which was an obsession of mine years ago!)
- Go through all paperwork. Anything prior to 2009, shred! (I have to double check accounting retention periods with the CRA.)
- Have three bins on the go for all the extra stuff that is hiding in there. Bin #1 - Garbage (If I won't use it or give it away, I will not donate it). Bin #2 - Donation (no holes and is useable) Bin #3 - Keep/Sell
Once this room is clear of the clutter (20 years worth), I then want to remove the wallpaper (ballerina) and put on a coat of paint and perhaps a shelving unit. This room will always be our dressing room but I would like to have it usable just in case my family does come and visit. This room is excellent for the kiddos.
This is a small room and one that I can tackle on my own. I cannot wait to see this room be completed and for it to be a place of harmony and organization.
Do you love to organize and clean? I am not a lover so this is a big challenge! I'd love to hear what you think about the blog. Email me at iamcoachsheena@gmail.com
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