First Day in the Basement

     It was late wednesday night and both my mom and I were pretty tired from a full day, but I asked her if she'd be willing to go downstairs with me and see if we could just pick out 5 items to toss or donate really quickly.  We both decided that it couldn't be that hard to find just 5 items!  But upon reaching the basement and talking with my mom I came to the awful realization that so much of the stuff belongs to my dad, who is not yet ready to let anything go or even admit to having a problem.  I mean, yes, my mom and I definitely have a few collections tucked away down there, but the big items like stacks of furniture that will never be utilized are definitely my dad's collection.  And it's definitely difficult to maneuver around the furniture that we can't touch to get to our stuff.  

     I probably sound like I'm making excuses.  Maybe I am.  But it was very demotivating to be told I can't touch this and that because it would upset my dad.  Never the less, my mom and I had success down there! We decided to jump into our book collection, and I have to tell you, books (and clothes) are the hardest things for me to part with.  But soon, 5 books turned to 14 books!  My mom received a phone call at this point so she went back upstairs, but I decided to stay down there a little longer.  I found 17 more items!  And 9 of those items I decided to list on eBay, which I went ahead and listed that night. If I didn't do it right away I would never get around to it and that's not really getting rid of the stuff, now is it?  

One of the Coca Cola Mary's Moo Moos that I listed on eBay!

     So in total we donated or are currently selling 31 items!  And that all started with the goal of 5.  I'd say we did pretty well. :D  Motivation follows action!