Garage Cleanup Post 1

Two years ago I had cleaned and organized my garage and it was beautiful. I had a car in there, a weight bench/workout area, and a pool table. All my holiday decorations (mostly Christmas and Halloween, but quite a bit of Easter, too, and a spackling of 4th of July) were up in the loft along with clothes in storage, and I had my little library and yard care section, and my husband had his table saws and various tools and fishing equipment. It was glorious. I even decorated it with white Christmas lights to make it like a party room. There's even a mini-fridge in there!!!

Then somehow my kids got at it, we removed the car and somehow that space got filled up with junk, and somehow there was no longer enough room for all our decorations in the loft. It is JUST AWFUL in there. It made me SO MAD thinking of how much work I put into making our garage a fabulous game/work/exercise room and it just got trashed!! I was so mad I refused to do anything about it so OF COURSE it just got worse and worse and WORSE!! My garage currently looks like an episode of hoarders and I just can't take it anymore.

 I'm going to go through everything in there, and everything that isn't an undamaged decoration or something we NEED, I'M GETTING RID OF IT!!! I'm not discussing anything with my husband or children. If I decide I don't want it in my garage, it's OUT OF HERE!! I expect the truck will be filled with crap to be A) taken to a donation drop-off or B) taken to the dump, every single day. I will not stop until the garage is what I wanted it to be two years ago!!

I figure if I keep this blog updated with my progress I won't get frustrated and quit halfway (or a quarter of the way ~ it's awfully hot this time of year) through. So I'm getting started today and pics coming soon to shame my BAD BAD family!! (I will take partial blame....but I did not set ONE SINGLE THING on that pool table!!! PLUS I am the ONLY one keeping the weight bench clear so I can use it!!!)

Wish me luck! Pics coming soon.