Day Fourteen

For the last week I have been using the shredder overtime.  I shredded a bag of junkmail today isn't the most exciting thing to report.  Just know that the journey continues on.

The recycling truck came today and took all the shredded documents, unusful items and boxes away.  I've gone through several small piles of endless junkmail and saved receipts that I just don't need to hang on to.  There are some things that I do need though, so now I'm beginning to face the actual problem.  How do I effectively organize the things I do need to keep around. 

I told you this journey started out very slowly a while ago.  One of the things that we did to help with the problem was hire a contractor to build a storage shed under our existing deck.  The idea was to go through the garage and clear out all the yard and gardening equipment.  We were going to inventory everything we had and only keep the things we truly need and use.  The rest was going to get recycled or thrown out.  The shed is half finished, the contractor took far too long so had to stop for the wet winter months, made a ton of mistakes which is adding $$$ to the whole project, our backyard is a mess and now that the weather is warm again the contractor is keeping very silent.  So to try to correct some of the problems created by the poor communication skills of our general contractor Bill and I have gone over the yard and project, decided exactly what we would like done and Bill is having it drawn up professionally.  This way there will be no more misunderstandings of what we want this to be like when it is done.  We are going to CAN the first contractor and go with another to finish the work.  We are going to have to do the electrical, insulation and drywall ourselves.  When all that is done then we can move things into the shed. 

In the meantime we have stuff all over that will eventually be stored in the shed (like the yard and gardening equipment, seasonal stuff for holidays and folding chairs).  So as I'm clearing out the mounds of paperwork that has piled up over the years I really don't have anywhere organized for the things we do need to keep.  So for now a box will have to do.  I still feel good about my progress. 

Two more weeks until the recycling truck comes back around.  I am sure the can will be full to overflowing again.