I am determined to follow the one-in-one-out rule. Today received from FedEx a beautiful pink vase of pink tulips and blue iris and after I had them all arranged I stood there looking at my vases, trying to decide which one I would donate. Sigh. This one is hard. The new pink one is a little bigger than the others... but it's definitely a keeper.
I have reached the place where all the easy decisions are made and I'm just about into maintenance...well I wouldn't be, but I'm at the place where anything else leaving the house might aggravate DH...so, even though things aren't exactly how I want them, I'm just sorta stuck now. I really feel for those people who live with true hoarders...and don't want things like that. It must be very hard for them.
Now I wouldn't call DH a hoarder, he just has too much stuff. There is a difference. We had a conversation last week about the 2 "storage" spots on the outside of our house... where his "useful" stuff is that's too big for inside the shop. He agrees 1 mower should go...even though the motor is still good...I've offered to help him put it in our trailer and haul it to landfill... and I'm trying to talk some sense into him about the other big piece of equipment there that I believe he'll never use again...and he's inching toward agreement. His resistance is "it's the end of an era". Exactly what he said. Sigh...y'all keep a good thought about this problem around here.