A reference....

For those of you who would like a reference of what the kitchen looked life previous to the staging experience.....

And the same angle--though bigger--after.

Star of scream and stage.....

So, my in-laws came to my house a couple of weeks ago to help stage the house. For those who are not "in the know", staging is when you make your house look like no one lives there. This included packing half of all that we own and storing it. Good news is, the garage is beautiful!!! Bad news is, I am going to go nuts if I have to spend the next couple of months living in a better homes and gardens magazine!!!!!!!!!!! My children are constantly making messes and I am constantly cleaning them up. My day now consists of getting up, making all the beds, picking up all the toys the kids just took out, going downstairs and cleaning the kitchen, feed the kids, cleaning up the toys the kids just took out, going back upstairs and cleaning the bathroom and picking up the toys the kids just took out.......lather, rinse, repeat. Since it may never happen again, I am posting two lovely pictures of my home as it currently looks--like nobody lives here.

Moving, Root Canals and other fun things to do!

So, I am not getting a root canal (that I know of) but, I am moving. So, this blog is about to take a surprising turn. My Hubby just got a new job. So, my organizing is going into warp speed so that I can get the house ready to show.
I have set some goals....
1. Reduce the amount of stuff we own by 25%
2. Completely organize the garage and all that is in it.
3. Remove all things that I have not worn for a year from my closet.
4. Get rid of icky stuff living under our couches and other furniture.

So there you have it.... I am about to experience my least favorite thing- Change.

boooooo.

Please Hold....we will be right back

So I had a garage sale....that got rained out. This means I sold only about a quarter of the stuff I wanted to sell and the rest is back in the garage. The Canadian Diabetes foundation will be coming in two weeks to pick up the rest of the stuff. I will not be posting a picture until after that. Right now the garage looks worse. This garage has become my Everest. I don't know if I will ever get to the top!!!

The garage sale-she is a comin'

So, yah-I know. I am totally lacking in self control.... I have a messy home and a stunted, slightly better garage. I have no real excuse. Life took over and before I knew it....it was the middle of June.
So this Saturday is the long awaited garage sale!!! YAY! People will come and take away my clutter for me!!
In other news....I really love mangoes. The obsession is getting out of control. They are such a pleasing fruit-both in flavour and smell. Just thought I would share.
Anyhoo-I will post all the exciting stories about my garage sale on the weekend-complete with an updated pic of the garage-post sale!

My camera and other excuses.....

So, I have not been posting recently. There are some excuses for this. First, I keep forgetting to charge my camera battery so that I can take pictures of my progress. Second, my husband's grandpa died and we went away for a few days to a funeral. Third, We just got busy. But I have been cleaning my house. I am currently working on my bedroom and as soon as my camera battery is charged, I will post the before and afters. The garage situation is at a stand still until after the garage sale. There is just too much going on in there and nothing to do with the stuff until after I sell a bunch of it.
In other news though....I discovered the world of freecycling!! It is a wonderful thing. I posted that I had an old rusty cot and two days later someone came and took it away!! Yay! My stuff will not be going to the landfill after all! I highly recommend that you all take a boo at the local freecycle group for your area. The website is www.freecycle.org . From there just look for your city (or a city near you). You will need a yahoo account to join.

A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Garage....

So, really I was going to work on the garage last week. Seriously. I haven't quit on you!! But...I had a baby with a double eye infection AND a double ear infection. He didn't sleep for the better part of a week. Yawn. I am still in a haze. So, I felt guilty and decided to mega clean the garage for an hour and a half yesterday! I flung open the door and ushered out the dust and spiders and bad air! It was glorious! I folded up boxes and tied them with string. I gathered items for garage sales into one pile. I swept the floor and moved furniture and did all that fabulous stuff! I even hung up the bird feeder! It was a banner day in the Mills household! Yippee it is spring!