Step ONE!

The work has begun for real, actually started last week while I had some time off at New Yrs...

Im referring to the BIG clean out of the house that I got in the divorce settlement...

Although the house was being lived in for 13 yrs he had closed off the rooms he no longer used and he was supposed to take stuff with him, it appears he piled it up to take but changed his mind, 

The house was NOT being taken care of or maintained.  Basically all the bedrooms had been closed off  and were being used as junk storage! I mean what do you do when you move out of the college dorm? Dump your junk in the parents old bedroom right?

                              

 There will be more on this mess LATER!!

actually all 3 of the bedrooms were in the same kind of mess..

                                                                                

                                                                                 

THIS is the second load of unwanted stuff that is ready to haul to the dump! AND trust me there will be MORE lots MORE...I want to go back to the bare necessities in this house, bed, nightstand, dresser, and a rug in each room..... And in the background is the old shed and potting shed that will be torn down EVENTUALLY!

               

   

The old Shed.  My X and I built this shed ourselves way back in 1977....so its amazing that its still standing!

                

The main living area is not  as bad, but a LOT of stuff in closets, drawers, etc. we must have loved to watch videos I took 6 large garbage bags full out of various cabinets, drawers, shelves, and every nook n crannie? Now-a-days my private collection of Videos is about 12, and DVD's about 20.  Trust me, I never liked clutter and kept this house spic n span, but for the past 13 yrs it has not been kept tidy...BUT Thats all gonna change for the better!

The old sectional couch is a motion sofa it has recliners on each end, and I recall its very comfy, it needs a good cleaning and the center cushion may need to be replaced...So I will take care of that..

This house was moved to this location 38 yrs ago....WE appreciated the view of our horses so much we had them locate the house with the FRONT facing the pasture and the BACK is facing the road...So the screen porch which is in back is really the front...does that make sense?  So you enter the house via the screen porch...it needs a lot of TLC even a squirrel has found a way to get into the porch attic! I found his little get away...

              

I've started a pile of what will go to the flea market with me one Saturday in the Future...even if I get a $1 per item...I will be happy....and there will be more added to this pile!

Don't you wish you were here to help me, boy we could have some fun, break for a nice sandwich and a beer and then back to work!!  I enjoy doing physical work, it makes me feel good!

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Footnote:
ON a very sad note:
I worked only 8 hrs this week...my boss's grand daughter, 4 months old and who was cherished by her family, died suddenly on Thursday morning.  It was quite a shock to us all, we loved hearing about the baby and seeing her photos on facebook and hearing about her life via my boss...So my prayers go out to my boss's daughter & her entire family at this time, the funeral is tomorrow...I wont be attending as they live in another town from me, but my thoughts will be on them tomorrow as they go through this very hard time.

PEACE

Earth Day--

Each year I try to tackle something that no one else wants to tackle to Celebrate Earth Day.  It is my prime directive to lead by example! So I don't trash, I recycle everything possible, I take scrap metal to the scrap yard, I take everything that can be recycled there..,they take tin cans, aluminum, wire, pipe, cars, you name it!  Then the community recycle center takes the plastic, glass, cardboard etc.  I think our Carbon Foot Print is important and we should always look for ways to improve/lower it whenever possible. 

... last year we cleaned up a piece of land that for some reason draws the attention of illegal dumpers!
I have to drive past it everyday so its an eye sore to me.  Its what we refer to as owner vacant land....meaning the owner is "who knows where, but not here"....So you know how we always say "someone" should clean that up ....well I decided "I'm someone" and I did it with some help--And it was so NICE for about 6 months and then one day I drove past and DAMN they struck again!

Another load of trash--ruining the beautiful forest---why?

So tomorrow IF its not stormy, like it was earlier today, I will once again rake up the mess and get rid of it!! I put up a NO Trespassing sign last year...but it didn't work..I know that I am actually trespassing myself but I figure I'm doing the right thing? Doesn't make my trespass any more/less legal tho---this photo is from last yr...look at all that stuff we took to the DUMP..a car seat, old carpet and pad and endless other junk.  MY utility trailer is 8 x 4 feet and it was FULL----We had old tires we picked up too..(those went to the recycle) Thats my Mom tossing stuff out she was 85 in this photo..now if she can do it.............YOU CAN DO IT--WE CAN DO IT---!

Celebrate Earth Day everyday---

“I think it’s so important that we always remember that nature, environment, wild places, and wild things are a big part of what makes us who and what we are as human beings, to deny this is to deny our own heritage, our own spirit, and our own souls.”
-John Denver-

PEACE