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Time has come

April 18, 2012by unpacktherat Leave a comment

There is no more time for delaying the final sort.  ( just bought a house and we are closing soon) We measured the rooms and basically most everything will not  […]

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accomplishment, clutter, easy, memories, storage, to-do
The day I got my storage unit

Sale time, yet again

April 10, 2012by unpacktherat Leave a comment

I am getting pretty good at organizing garage/house sales, and brother do I kill it with the signs. I use Craig’s list and signs on major intersections.  That’s it.  I […]

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accomplishment, choice, clutter, consumerism, donate, goals, memories, moving on, plans, sale, storage, waste
ministorage

Barbie is a Hoarder

January 5, 2012by unpacktherat 1 Comment

I would not have believed it but I saw it with my own two eyes. Look at these storage containers that are for all her shoes, bracelets, hats, her books […]

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choice, clutter, consumerism, memories, save, storage, stress
pinkred_day

Santa’s not going to do this by Himself.

November 29, 2011by unpacktherat Leave a comment

I better get cracking.  My starting point: I have nothing planned for Christmas and I am mentally and emotionally spent. In my de-cluttering mode I sold our fake artificial Christmas tree.  I […]

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challenging, family, memories, stress
small town blues

Small Town Blues

October 17, 2011by unpacktherat Leave a comment

The last few attempts at writing a post have me lost.  Here are the various titles: Am I the only one? It’s a small world. Get a life. Down day. […]

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change, choice, emotional, letting go, memories, moving on, Uncategorized

Clothes: Who am I?

October 3, 2011by unpacktherat 1 Comment

Last week  I handled sorting my belts after a little self-talk-therapy. I now own four belts total.  There’s a fifth one hiding in a box somewhere, and when I find […]

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closets, clothes, learn, letting go, memories, Uncategorized
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Who lives in your attic?

September 21, 2011by unpacktherat Leave a comment

Here’s an assortment of our attic people.  Who  are these people?  What did they do all day? Was smiling against the law?  That one dude is is kind of haunting, […]

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difficult, emotional, goals, letting go, memories

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