My daughter Emily is home for Presidents week as a teacher of first graders in NYC.
She is smart and pretty and reminds me of the pied-piper around small children. They flock to her ungracefully screaming her name as she enters a room. She is in love with them and for this someone will pay her,Thank You God.
What I am amazed at most, is that Emily can unclutter any space in a fraction of the time it took to make the mess, and seemingly with no effort.
Thank God my weakness's are not hereditary!!!
Emily tackled the attic this week (which is unfair to ask anyone in their right mind). I knew after 8 years of marriage and 15 years of prior children from the last house that it was a failure before it began.
yet...she sorted ,threw away, organized by like kind and even went through every paper.She claimed and I believe her that 60% of the clutter is now gone and the attic is a vision to behold.
My other daughter has not gotten wind of the event yet and I know this could be problematic. Catherine and I could make a artist trading card out of drier lint.
I made Emily a promise I would not pick thru the garbage but Catherine never made such a deal.
Will this jeopardise their perfect sibling relationship?
One will hope not . All I know is that Emily is a genius and I feel like I accomplished something grand this vacation.
Bravo for children with talents.
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I applaud Emily's efforts and abilities. I know my way around organizing messes, my own and anyone else's that would trust me to touch their 'stuff'. I think you should at the very least include photos of this work. A few before and afters would be lots of fun.
ReplyDeleteI also think that when you start questioning your abundance of stuff which really isn't all that bad, all you need to do is watch the tv show 'Hoarders' on A&E (http://www.aetv.com/hoarders/) and you will know you are perfectly fine.
Glad to see your musings again.