I feel like I've been productive though. I have a fairly good sized project I'm working on. I wanted some furniture I could paint. So with a little help from Lori at Just Nesting I've gotten started on that. I bought a sander and first sanded down the dresser and then today I painted it. So far I must say it looks pretty dang good. I still have the drawers to do and the mirror but I think it's going to look really good. I'll post before and after pictures of it when I'm done.
The emptying of the last final boxes, not going as well. I did get Halloween decorations up today though which is nice. My doorway looks festive. Right now part of my dilemma is that I'm tripping over all the stuff that I'm planning to get rid of. I have a ton of stuff to get rid of. Some of it ready to go and some of it I'm still working on. I'm finding though how funny it is the things I develop an emotional attachment to. For instance I sat down today with my 3 storage baskets of IF related stuff. Needles, syringes, expired medications etc. For my last cycle I had gotten a lot of meds that were recently expired and my doc was ok with me using them. It turned out though that I had plenty of up to date stuff and didn't end up using much of the expired stuff. And it's been sitting in my closet for almost a year now, first at the old house then here. For some reason the idea of just throwing this stuff in the garbage was so difficult. It made me sad to see all those (expensive) meds that had never been used. Now they were all like a year past expired and even though I know they never would get used the idea of throwing away something that had cost someone so much money was so difficult to do. Plus the idea that I won't likely ever be using g0nal f again. So, finally almost a year later, out it went. Along with a huge baggie (gallon sized) of Q caps. Those I never would have used since it's just as easy to use a needle. I had a ton of them though. I don't like them, I wouldn't use them at work and yet the idea of throwing them away bothered me. Go figure. I also have a big baggie full of 22 gauge 1 1/2" needles. I finally realized that keeping them is just plain stupid since I have no intention of ever sticking myself in the ass with a 22 gauge needle when I can instead use a 25 gauge needle that hurts less, especially when I'm hoping to do it daily for about 12 weeks. I kept the viv*elle patches of course. I have 3 boxes and while I'm guessing I will need more for my FET that should at least get me started.
Now to go find more things to take to the garage sale and to bring the dresser indoors since it looks like it could rain and that would just seriously piss me off.
11 comments:
Are we going to get to see pictures of your painted furniture?
As for attachments to odd things, I suspect it is more of an attachment to what they represent which isn't so odd.
ooh, i cant wait to see the before/after pics of the dresser!
sounds like you are making some progress on unpacking, decluttering, and settling in - always such an overwhelming job! getting decorations up is fun!
Would love to see the pictures!
I always feel better when I declutter, even though it is hard to get rid of stuff sometimes!
I have so much decluttering to do it's freaking me out!
BTW, I've heard animal shelters love donations of needles and syringes.
Pictures please!!! LOL
I am a hoarder. I keep everything! After these babies are born, I will be doing a massive cleaning.
Kami
I have found that for me, decluttering always has emotional aspects to it. I read an article once where the author talked about things that she was hanging onto because she wanted to be the kind of person who had/did different kinds of things. I think about it a lot when I go through my things now. The things I have vs. the kind of person I am and the way my life is turning out.
I hear ya about the meds. It's hard to throw them out. I have a little bottle of PIO that I only used for 2 injections and it's obviously no good anymore but knowing how expensiive it is I just can't get rid of it...glad I'm not the only one. :)
You are so creative! Not to mention motivated - you always seem to have some fun project going on.
I can't wait to see your furniture!!
I can't wait to see pics of the furniture, that sounds like fun.
And I still have all my meds from the girls. They are all way past expired, but they were SOOO expensive, I hate to throw them away!!
You have an award on my blog. :) Thanks for your support!! (((HUGS)))
Ditto what JamieD said.
Good riddance to 22 gauge!
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