sounds like good advice - I will start giving d mom stuff back in a nice way and if she wants to keep it fine but I will be okay letting it go even if she may not approve - I don't want to go behind her back. I am going to go to the donation shop - dh has not been able to get over to donation (I think he is having a hard time getting rid of the things I want to get rid of (all my stuff) - I will do that in the am.
I was going to make poblano enchiladas today but the grocery store didn't have any poblanos - so I have to go to a simple version.
I am proud to say that the shelves are back in the hall closet and beautifully cleaned. all of our suitcases are back where they were supposed to be - that closet became a toss in closet when we didn't know what to do with it. I have one laundry basket to put away downstairs and 1/2 of one to finish putting away upstairs. I also got rid of a shelf system as I didn't have room for it in the first place. I can now walk into my hall closet and get anything I need.
truth: I found so many curtain rods that I could have a curtain shop - I still have to match them and donate what is good or just let it go to the trash
I now have room for vacuum and cleaning supplies as well.
swiped floors and dh's bathroom - it still need tomorrows cleaning but I really needed to swipe.
tossed a lot
(I don't like that last year I started to hide things again instead of making decisions. I even threw away the disney land lanyards - I have moved them for 10 years - no pins on them - I have no idea where those are.
I have a large box of wine glasses - I used to entertain a lot but with us having cats we can't have d in laws over because of severe cat allergies. I do outside gatherings. we had 4 cats at one time but we have 2 now.