Decluttering ~ the Grand Finale

It's the weirdest thing.

Over the past few years, we've (I've) been on a decluttering mission.

This past weekend, we had hopefully our last ever yard sale.

Well yes, of course it rained.

This time there wasn't as much from the house, 
but primarily the shop and yard.

There still seemed to be a revolving pile in the kitchen near the back door,

then that ever growing pile in the shop.

I know, who would need to declutter the yard?

That be us 😁

We had the snow blower, old lawn mower, the old '49 ford, the tent trailer, the chicken tractor, a motorcycle, and canoe 
as well as the stuff from the shop and house.

Honestly, we didn't make much which was disappointing.

We still have several of those big items that we will have to put on Craigslist.

I was rather hopeful that it would all be gone Saturday.

(It will take multiple trips.)

Even though at this moment, our shop looks like a bomb went off, 

I have the knowledge that those boxes are empty,

 and the plastic bins. . . are empty.

The leftover items are being logged (for taxes) as they go into an empty box,

then loaded and taken to donation.

If there are any boxes left, they can go to recycle.

My mom wants a few plastic bins.

If those remaining are empty, they stack easily.
There is someone who wants to come and look 
at the children's books this week.
Many sold and there are still 3 boxes left if that is any indicator of the volume.

The thing is~

The house looks and feels sooo much cleaner and calmer.
I doubt we'll ever be featured in "Home and Garden," but it's our home,
and it should work for us rather than us working for it.
We are now that much closer.

Even in the shop, there's a more open feeling.

There are empty pockets of space.

Once these left overs are gone and I can park in there again,

it will just be refreshing.

Since moving here nearly 17 years ago, there seems to always be one reason or another keeping us from being able to park in there.

I did get it to the point that I parked in there this winter.

I have just been really surprised at how calming it has been to have gone through e v e r y t h i n g.

There will always be things to go through and keep on top of,

but from here, it seems manageable - more like maintenance mode.
It's not something that happens in a half-hour like on TV.
It has take a few years to actually go through everything.
There are emotional correlations with 'things,' and life doesn't stop 
so we can deal with all the clutter.

I still have some papers to sort through but 
will wait until I can have a fire going.

I'm sure I'll figure out more that can go,

but for now, I'm going to enjoy this calm feeling.

That's really the best word-

just. . . . calm.

It's the weirdest thing.