I have a glassed in front porch and I told the kids I would get it cleaned out so they could use it to hang out in with friends this summer. I won't get quite so interrupted while I'm working, but they won't be running around town all day either.

I filled up half of my 90 gallon trash can with junk and took a trunk load of stuff too Goodwill. I have a Sebring and we've taken to calling the trunk "the cave" because it's so roomy. Sooo, it made a significant dent in cleaning out the porch. I even got rid of my knitting machines that I've had for over 20 years and never used for more than making sample swatches. (The manuals have gone missing and I can't locate replacements online).

I have a reptile aquarium and two wire cages that I'm going to donate to the animal shelter.

It's only a small dent in the entire household, but now that I've made a start I'm hoping to keep at it little by little.


Oh, I made my son bag up a pile of clothes that got ruined in a washing machine flood/cat incident after he pulled a not-too-smart stunt last week. It's been down in the basement for probably two years but I just kept walking around it instead of taking 15 minutes to deal with it. It seemed like just enough of a slightly unpleasant chore to stick my son with to make him think twice about biking 5 miles from home in the dark without telling anyone.