This month I was bound and determined to sift through my piles of paper clutter and try my best to get it under control. As I mentioned before, when it comes to "things", I do not really have a problem making a decision and purging and throwing away. But when it comes to paper, I am rather OCD about it. I'm always thinking that the minute I throw it away that I will need it. After cleaning out my small closet in our office/den, I came across a box on the very top shelf of receipts. What to do, what to do. Hey! How about shred them! So that is what I did. And some old bank statements that I have not looked at in five years. I keep everything we needed to file our income taxes with that years return, so I figure that anything else we can get online. So our file cabinet is a bit lighter and I may need a new shredder in the near future. And honey, you know that Sears receipt from 2008 that you will probably need? It's confetti. ;-) It feels good to have that chore most of the way done. Still have another drawer to go through. But it feels good with what I have done so far.
In the midst of my organizing blitz, I have had the urge to scrapbook. I have a couple of layouts planned and hope to do that over the weekend. Here is one that I completed a couple of weeks ago:
Well, better go and get back to work. Need to give my shredder another workout today. Then figure out how to better organize what I decided to keep.
Thanks for looking in! :-)
What an awesome series of photos and story you told in your layout! I love it!
ReplyDeleteoh i love going through and getting rid of things!!!
ReplyDeletegreat layout! hope you have a great weekend!
I love the photos--so cute and they work great in the layout. I'm working on decluttering things myself. Every time I do a little section of something, it feels great!
ReplyDeleteVery nice layout! I really like it!
ReplyDeleteGreat layout. My dog use to do the same thing! Brought back good memories!
ReplyDeleteYour layout is lovely. I remember when you posted these photos.
ReplyDeleteWe are on our 3rd shredder :)
I love to organize too, feels so good to get rid of that stuff, doesn't it? These pictures look great on the layout!
ReplyDeleteI thought I was going to burn mine out when i decluttered my scraproom...now I need to do it again!!!
ReplyDeleteWay to inspire Pam. I did get rid of my magazines and have given myself 6 months to accomplish all the rest of my organizing. You scrap and I quilt when I need a break from it! Keep up the good work. I'm cheering for you!
ReplyDeleteRyan will love looking back on this! Great memory captured in a beautiful page. You have such a nice blog. Following!
ReplyDeleteI love this LO, and the journaling/story behind it! As for getting rid of clutter, I have one question: Can you come to my house? LOL
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