The great purge

Does it feel good? We've changed our philosophy from 'Someone might need this,' to 'Do I need this in the next 6 years?' And we are throwing away, giving away, and selling.

The biggest boost was when our amazing son-in-law Alex came to visit. He attacked our attic and carried heavy boxes down 3 stories. The delicious sight of bare wood floors is catchy and we are finishing what he started. It does feel good!!!!!

Jon and Alex (and others) went through all our wheat storage and threw out, gave away and repackaged. OK, so we actually do have more wheat than we need...

Then Jon and Alex built the wall to the right which extended our storage closet. Jon has since finished it up. This picture was taken right after - before it got filled up with drums and amplifiers - and stuff brought down from the attic that we are sorting through.

This new closet is where we plan to fit ALL of our storage.


Our attic is now half empty and we are working on purging the upstairs closets. This is the 'bathroom' closet. I closed my eyes and dumped.

This bedroom closet now holds Grandma Bowen's 'stuff' and genealogy photos and family slides, and a few clothes. You can see the wall!!! No drums.

Yesterday I went through all the sewing stuff from all over the house and this is all that is left!!!!!!

The rest of all the stuff is here - in a garage sale pile!!!!!!!!

And there is still more......