Spring Cleaning

My friend suggested that we have a yard sale together so I thought, "Why not? I have tons of extra stuff that we don't need". I just didn't realize the magnitude of what I have! I already had stuff in the guest bedroom piled up to give away so sure, a yard sale would be nice.

Hmmm... I decided this would be a great time to clean out the attic. I bit off more than I could chew. After an hour or 2 of cleaning stuff out (lots of trip down 2 flights of stairs is exhausting!), I had the idea to take before pictures.

Can you see the stairs going down on the left?

This was after I had been clearing stuff out for quite awhile. All those boxes in the back are empty. Why did we save them? My recycle bins are full to the max but that is where they will end up.
Here is the after shot of everything we are keeping. It's mainly Christmas stuff, Easter stuff and luggage. Actually, the boxes and other things on the right are going to be sold in a used curriculum sale so that stuff isn't staying either.


Another before pic:
Yikes! The pathway wasn't there when I started!


Here is what's left. I had so much stuff at the yard sale that I couldn't manage to get the rest of this stuff over there. The only thing in this picture that will be staying is the shoes lined up on the right. Once Emily out grows those, they are out of here!

I never got to clean out my house or the garage! I will have another one here after soccer season is over. We've been here almost 8 years and I've done some major decluttering in the past. How we still have so much unnecessary things is beyond me!