As "retirement" grows near I am seeing all sorts of problems around the house. I have been mentally making a list over the past couple of weeks and thinking of ways to solve some of them. One of the main problems that we have in our house and I suspect many people have is clutter and not putting things back where they belong. There are basically two classes of people living in my house:
- The Nesters - Mama and Skeeter fit into this one. It is in their nature to organize things and keep them organized. Disorganization drives them nuts. They can handle things on the counter tops, floor or desks; but they cannot handle things being put where they do not go.
- The Stuffers – Me and Pork Chop are the ones that hold this title. I can not stand stuff lying on the floor or counters. In addition I am ALWAYS in a hurry because we have too many things to do in a day. So I stuff things into closets, toss them in the garage, etc.
As a result of my Stuffing, every closet in the house is full and disorganized and the garage is a disaster. My first major task is to first clean up the debris from the garage.
Then I am going to purge. I do mean really purge! Get rid of stuff that has not been used in 6 months to a year. Once that is done I am going to institute a shelving system on the side wall that you can see in this picture. I would like to have a fold up workbench in this plan, but we will see.
I will scan in the plans once I am done. I also need to find a way to hang the bikes up so that we can park at least one car in the garage. Once the garage is organized and the shelving system in place then I can begin to empty out the closets in the house and properly store the stuff that is in them. A lot of it is craft stuff, old books, etc. And yes the old books will be purged for cash! I will sell them on Amazon for sure!
