Purging, what a great feeling

So this week EVERY day, my cousin Maryssa and I went to our office to clean house. Our business Matco Services, has a second floor where we keep all our storage stuff!    I am telling you hard work, I only wish I took before pictures.  We have kept most of all the kids things and then some.  When you have this many kids, you have to pass things down.  We unpacked things from one of our youngest boys who is 5 when he was 12 months that was still in great condition!

  I believe in bibs and still have my kids wear them or take their shirts off to save their clothes!  That is a TIP for you!  If you have older kids, and bibs do not work, use an old tee of dads or an older button up and cut the arms off.  Protect their clothes and you have just added longer life to them.

We went through all our stuff and organized in gender and sizes and seasons, so when it is time for them in that size it is a snap!  Just pull the bin and put away in the drawers and closets.  I also got rid of a TON of stuff.  Some went to Cutie Patootie for store credit of course, many bags of girl stuff for my unborn niece, a bag of twin girl stuff for a friend, but the rest went to my MOPS group for our fundraiser sale coming up this spring.
  We got a storage unit donated to our MOPS group to put the stuff until we have the sale and I have to say...I filled it half way already just with my stuff!  I will post pictures, you will not believe it!

I am worn out, but have to say,
I am so excited that I did it. A great way to start 2011 off and I feel really good about having everything in it's place.  Now on to a room at a time and going through every drawer and nick and cranny.

Another TIP:  Start now to go through your stuff and do not wait to "Spring Clean."  Start cleaning and purging at the first of the year and then you will not seem overloaded.  The best thing is that your life will seem more in harmony and peaceful when some stress is taken off.

Blessings, Suzanne