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A Productive Sunday!

Good morning!

NORMALLY, I have a hard a fast rule about not working on Sunday! However, today I have to make an exception. I am sooooo far behind in my work, at work. Our team of 4 has diminished to essentially 2, and I am waaaaaay behind in my portion of the work. Being salaried does have it’s perks, but getting paid to work overtime isn’t one of them. SO, I am going to be heads down for a while today, and just work work work to get some of my tasks completed, so I don’t have to try and squeeze them in while I am dealing with all of the interruptions, and other fires to put out, so to speak!

As for my sis moving back to AZ, I think I have come to terms with that. Ok, well, at least I am no longer bawling about it!!! Her bravery has given me cause to take a look at myself and see what things I have possibly been settling with, and what changes Jason and I can make to get closer to where we want to be. Little farm, here we come!!! 😉

As for my simplicity project, I made a HUGE dent in my magazine collection yesterday!!! I am not sure I am ready to deal with what the appeal of having so many magazines are, why can’t I just up and recycle ALL OF THEM??? but i think I decreased it’s size by 1/4th and I am hoping to be able to say that I have decreased it by another 1/4th by the end of the week!!! I find that it is easier to deal with the stacks, if I just take a few out every day, instead of trying to deal with it all at once.

Talking about dealing with it all at once, I am planning on putting a HUGE box together to go to Goodwill this morning!! I know, how am I supposed to get all of this done if I am working??? I don’t know, I will figure it out. All I know, is that I am SO determined to get rid of all of the THINGS that are taking up to much space in my life, both literal and mental!!! I have been selling a lot of stuff on eBay, but it has been time consuming dealing with so many questions for buyers, packaging purchases, dealing with the post office, then having to  bend over backwards to make sure everyone is happy, just so they won’t give you a back review score. I am trying to decide if all that is worth it. Maybe, maybe not!! I will let you know what I end up deciding!!!

Anyway, onward and upward!!! I am off to go get my day started – and a late start it is, at that!!! 😉

Have a FABULOUS day!!! 😉

A Day with the Aunts!

One of my FAVORITE days of the year is my annual Christmas AUNTIE DAY!! This is a day that myself and my two favorite Aunties – Alice, and Flo (HEY GIRRRLS!!) get together to do some window shopping, having lunch, chatting, laughing, and ooing and ahing at all of the Christmas sights!!!!! These ladies are such a strong support system in my life, I don’t know what I would ever do without them!!! Well, yesterday was NOOOOO exception!! We spent the day on 23rd street in Portland, and HONEY, we had SOOO MUCH FUN!!! I came home with more treasures than I actually expected – I did a little more actual shopping than window shopping this year! 😉 An oversized Gaudy-Fabulous ring, a chocolate brown hat with a flower/brooch, a couple of goodies from the MAC store – I just LOVE that place, and some other miscellaneous baubles!!!!

With that said, during our lunch yesterday one of the topics of conversation was my insane addiction to collecting stuff and the show Hoarder’s! Ok, before you get the wrong idea I am not THAT bad, but I did do a self-analysis last night and realized that if I wasn’t careful, I could be!! SO, today I have spent a LARGE portion of my day posting DVDs and books up on E-bay! I am not sure if any of it will sell, but I have to tell you that opening up my mind, I mean REALLY opening up my mind to the idea of getting rid of the excess and I realize that as I started posting objects, it just got easier and easier and actually quite…what’s the word???? FREEDOM!!! Ok, let’s not go too crazy here, I only posted 31 things – that does not a full decluttering make, but it is a GREAT start, and I can feel the momentum growing!! I will be on the lookout for more things to get rid of, and hopefully get some of this out-of-control-ness in control!!! 😉

I will keep you posted!

Have a FABULOUS evening!!!