If I Ain't Got It, You Don't Need It!

Well if you read my previous post then you realized I was in for a clean-up!

Today I dove in and got the "hooking room" in working order again!  What a job!  I started in the morning and didn't sit until almost 8:00 this evening.

You know that show "Hoarders" - that's what i felt like today -  I emptied out the hooking room into the hallway and the master bedroom!

Glad no one was around to see or else they would have turned me into the County for having quite a few fire hazards (obstructed hallways, doorways, stairways!)

I couldn't believe all the stuff I have - I even keep my hooking books, magazines, and yarn in a bookcase in the master bedroom.  Why do I need all this stuff?  I don't know but I always seem to "need" more wool!  Shoot me if I say that again!  (Okay I know I will be saying that next time I go to Grant Street),

I was determined not to just empty it and throw stuff back in haphazardly - I went thru every basket that was full of junk and gave it a place - organized everything - and man did I have stuff everywhere

Halfway thru the day the hooking room was still looking pretty bad...

I decided to put the TV in the large white armoire that I had stuffed with paperwork and printer and wool  - I kept all the paperwork and printer in it and put the TV/DVD/VCR/Cable Box in the cabinet.

It was so nice having help re-connecting all those wires...

See the "paw" - I was laughing so hard - Riley actually pulled in a cable I needed to be pulled in - I just love this boy - he's so smart!

So notice on top of the white armoire is a kitty bed - you know how they like high places!  I also have a kitty bed atop the cobblers rack in the other corner - I believe Jonesy is asleep in there now! (My grandmother made me that quilt about 20 some years ago (hence the mauve and blue) We lost her a few weeks short of her 94th birthday - she made this a few years before she died.

While Riley and I were working hard, Jonesy was busy sunning his stripes and spots...

I did the spackling on the wall to find out we have no paint left - I'm not about to repaint the entire room so I will just have to hang a quilt or something on this wall - need to figure something out to hang it by...

I bought a 5-tier shelf from Target and some more wire cubes - so spent a good time putting all that stuff together (even read the instructions for the shelf - which of course made no sense - but one thing was nice - they were only printed in English!) and then I used the time management "tool" to handle an item once - pick it up and do something with it not just move it from one place to another!

The shelf and cubes take up one wall - they aren't pretty but they serve the purpose!

Jonesy fell asleep supervising the clean-up...

Poor Riley is exhausted after a long day of hard work (Honestly - he was "helping" me most of the day - I think the big guy deserves his cat nap!

Glad that is done.  Now I'm hoping I will be motivated to get hooking again - I did hook a bit this weekend and finished some items for my swap on AAPG - so I will show those later after she receives them.

Wishing everyone a good week - now I think I will take these old bones to bed - I'm not as young as I once was and it was "manual labor" today! Ouch!