So we got rid of our stuff. My husband says we got rid of 50 lawn and leaf garbage bags of stuff. I think it was closer to 35, but I stopped counting at 25. That's a lot of stuff. That's too much stuff. Again I ask, why do we have so much stuff?
Not only did I come to see that we had way to much stuff, but we were emotionally attached to so very many items in our home. It was almost as if they were on own little idols. Not good.
Another thing I noticed about all our stuff was that I had to clean it and organize it and look at it and ...... I don't need more things to do. Really I don't.
I've implemented a new cleaning schedule for family work this past month and the first day we did the living room we quickly realized how much we needed to dust. This was after 35+ bags of extra treasures went out. Since I wanted to focus on teaching my kids how to deep clean we were cleaning all of our plastic plants. How did I end up with so many plastic plants? Half way through a really big plant dusting job Jared said, "Mom, are we going to have to dust these
every week?" I looked at him and he looked at me and I got it. No we were not going to spend our lives dusting plastic plants. I started laughing and said, "Let's get rid of them!" So they picked one plant to keep (surprisingly it was the very smallest and they put it on top of the piano). Why do we have so many plastic plants I ask again?Then came the picture frames. Why do I have so many picture frames cluttering up the wall? I don't want to dust them all either. So we took almost all of them down and we are going to put them in a book and put them on our 'prayer table' (also commonly known as a coffee table). We still have pictures up so don't freak, but we surly didn't need that many!!!
So I ask you what plastic plants to you have that are cluttering up your life? Let's not waste our lives dusting.
5 comments:
We have recently done the same kind of purge at our home, and we, too, got rid of over 20 bags of distraction! It was so nice to clear it all out.
Some of our "plastic plants" were: excessive kitchen utensils (I loved your thoughts on spatulas!), jeans with holes in the knees, and random handyman related items (brackets that didn't fit, screws of the wrong size, etc).
Thanks for sharing your experience--what a wonderful moment you had with your son!
But... but... but... What about all the fake beauty you are depriving your children? How are they going to know that plastic plants exist in the world and how to dust them if you don't have them in your home?
I'm not allowed to be sarcastic on my own blog but can I on yours?
Let's not waste our lives dusting - such a wonderful way to put it!
Oh, and can my daughter come hang out with your daughter? Maybe some of that "scholar" will rub off on her! (I do have a great daughter btw, but she's not anywhere near a scholar yet! Although, she has been absorbed in books today, maybe she's on her way :-) )
Also, I loved your windy day post. I hope someday I can get to the point that I won't have anything to clean on a windy day. I sure admire you!
Amen! I am glad to know there are people in this world who get why plastic plants are not my "friends". LOL :D) I LOVE your blog! It is inspiring! :)
Just found your blog today; I love it! Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
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