This was not a fun day at all, but we were very productive and got done what we needed to do.
We had many boxes in storage for about a year-and-a-half prior to moving to Richardson last August. We had opened the majority of them, but, like most other humans who hate this stuff, there were some 20 or so boxes that we never really got to since they were labeled items for storage (or other unimportant things). When we moved in, we just kind of tossed them in the attic with a mental note to "get back to them."
With the need to put MORE stuff in the attic (which thanks to Dad and Erich we built out a flooring the day before we moved in), we decided we HAD to get up there and take care of everything. We also made it a priority to put everything in large Rubbermaid-type storage bins with lids to keep everything a bit more secure and stack everything a bit better. We had seen tubs on sale for $3.40 each at Wal-Mart, so we bought 22 of those (we had already bought several the week prior for Christmas storage) PLUS we bought five extra large ones that were not so inexpensive, but we knew we needed them.
We cleaned out 10 large (44 gallon), heavy-duty trash bags worth of old papers and stuff we did not need plus several other large boxes worth of stuff that we are donating to charity. We now have almost every single item in the attic in neat boxes! Woohoo! We also put up all the Christmas boxes that Melinda has been very patiently waiting on (since I could not lift them due to surgery December 21st). In actuality, my doctor would have had a fit because I was really lifting items too heavy for this soon after surgery, but I was careful, Melinda did the heavy lifting where she could and we got it all done. We spent most of the day going up and down the attic and living up there (except for a short trip to get MORE storage bins).
After all that, we had no energy to do anything else and just chilled out until we fell asleep. This was a big step in getting everything prepared for the kids.
Mark another item off the never-ending "to do" list.
Scarlett even tried to help.
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