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Saturday, June 2, 2018

The Purge, Part 2

This really isn't a post, just an update to say we are still doing school. Hurrah. I feel time slowing creeping and I want to be finished probably more than the children so I can get on with organizing all the things. Did I say children? Well, I meant child. Two of the three children are finished with their schoolwork. The third perseveres. Mostly though, I want to think about how to approach the work.

The first thing I have to do on my summer vacation is not related to school at all but to the baby. I have not written any thank-you notes for anything related to Ella's arrival. I heap ashes on my head. I am sure people will raise their eyebrows at getting an acknowledgement nine months after the fact, but I will send them anyway in my humiliation. It's not that I didn't mean to write them. It just kept not happening.

After that bit is finished, I have decided to start in Sam and Marian's room. It is a mess, but easily brought back to reasonable. Any ideas for stuffed animals? After that, I will move to Grace and Olivia's room, which really cannot be described. I know they have a floor because the living room ceiling has not collapsed. That's all I can really say about that room. Then, I will work on the toy area in the room that connects the upstairs bedrooms. Those three rooms will probably take me two weeks. Maybe? Hopefully not longer. Hard to say. There's so much stuff.

I will then move to the kitchen, I think. Or my closet? Depends. I want to do the kitchen while the children spend a week at my parents and are not home. I think that whole week will be dedicated to the kitchen. The pantry, the closet under the stairs, both fridges, all the freezers, under the sink, the drawers. I have to be careful not to be sucked permanently into the kitchen.

I think the last item on my agenda will be the paperwork. I think. It's hard to know what you should give a cursory pickup and what you should take the time and deep clean. The goal is to deep clean all of it, but I am trying to prioritize. The bookcases and several closets need totally reorganized, but what can wait?

So I will keep you updated on progress and grope around trying to find the next best thing to do. Ideas, as always, are welcome.


2 comments:

Melanie Bettinelli said...

What about a stuffed animal hammock or two?

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Jumbo-Toy-Storage-Corner-Hammock/55193842?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=0&adid=22222222227063334688&wmlspartner=wmtlabs&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=166159514540&wl4=aud-450905586959:pla-272951817562&wl5=9002041&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8175035&wl11=online&wl12=55193842&wl13=&veh=sem

Heather said...

It's the last day to sign up for Mystie Winckler's organization course! Maybe that could help? I need to write baby thank your, purge, and prepare for a move this summer, but I want some help in getting it all under control!