Today, I packed a box

[rolanni]

Don't mock me.  It was hard.  Also, I thoroughly brushed Princess Jasmine Sprite, and! edited the 3,500 words I wrote yesterday (that's not a bridge, that's an interstate!), and in a few minutes I'll do the dishes and then get back to work.

But!  Decluttering has happened, and I declare myself Mighty.

Here, have some pictures:

Back wall, about to be decluttered

The Before, of the wall over my Mozart's rocker.  The shadow box is full of teensy, tiny, fragile, um...things.  All of which had to be removed, dusted, wrapped and put in the box.  I discovered that plushies make really good in-box shock absorbers

It was hard, but I am, as above, Mighty.

Back wall, decluttered

I then turned my attention to one of the several bookshelves in my office:

The bookshelf, about to be decluttered

It comes to me that I have 'waaaay too many stones, and seashells, and acorns -- and that's after the Lightning Decluttering a couple weeks ago when much of that stuff was swept off the table.  Also, the top shelf was home to a Whole 'Nother Bunch of fragile, finicky things, including my poor, unglazed Llardo vulpine madonna and child; the Big Chunk of Glass with the flowers etched on it; the ginger jar with the dragon painted on it; several winged creatures; bottles; the Murano glass egg, like a zillion origami cranes (people give me origami cranes; no, I don't know why, but I can't seem to get rid of them, either). . .stuff that's been with me for most of my life, come to think of it.  Thinking of it takes me to odd places, and I set some things aside for yard-saling or giveaway, but most of it? Yeah, I packed it.

I may be a hopeless case.

This is what the bookshelf looked like when I was done with it.  I trust that everyone Appreciates the artful arrangement of stones on the top shelf.

The bookshelf, decluttered

I don't, however, want you to think that I labored alone.  Nothing could be further from the truth. Trooper was right there, pitching in.

Trooper pitches in

Comments

[attilathepbnun.livejournal.com]

A mighty decluttering indeed! *bows*

Of course no I'm going to frustrate myself by trying to get a better look at the pre-decluttering photos, as I love tiny stuff!

How did the Princess take her thorough brushing?

[attilathepbnun.livejournal.com]

A mighty decluttering indeed! *bows*

Of course no I'm going to frustrate myself by trying to get a better look at the pre-decluttering photos, as I love tiny stuff!

How did the Princess take her thorough brushing?

[bandicoot.livejournal.com]

Only 3458 boxes to go! ;p

I hate moving.

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

When we moved from Maryland to Maine, we sold everything but the computers, the books, the (vinyl) records, the stereo, a few Precious gee-gaws, and the cats.

I don't think I can justify that level of triage for a move that's not likely to be more than 50 miles, but it is kind of tempting...

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

How did the Princess take her thorough brushing?

She purred through the entire process. She did not, however, feel it was appropriate for me to do her nails. I think she likes the rainbow nail polish and doesn't want me to clean it off.

[6-penny.livejournal.com]

The little things that are huge with memory hooks are the hardest to sort/put away.
A friends daughter curls her lip at her mother for the 'stuff' (her apartment is orderly, much more dust free than my house, and attractive)! All those things have her life attached to them - people and places many of them long gone.
I worry about people like my friends daughter whose lives are so barren ....
but I guess it does make moving easier! (And I am about to dive into a similar sort -and move to the storage unit so I can put my house on the market.)

decluttering

[catherine ives (from livejournal.com)]

Decluttering is very hard. Glad Trooper was able to help