Cleaning out the Closet

It has been done! YAY! The hubby finally cleaned out his closet like he said he would a couple weeks ago. I woke this morning to feel super ambitious about cleaning myself. I got up at 9 am and by 11 AM when the husband arrived home I had done the dishes, dusted the whole house, wiped down all surfaces, swept, vacuumed, washed down the chalk on the front porch, hung a wind chime, washed laundry, made the bed, and read all my emails.

Either the cleaning bug I had was contagious, or something was just in the air. When he arrived home from work he got right to pulling out his plastic closet drawers and going through all his things. I was surprised at this because he never touches those things. This of course means that if I were to throw them out, he would live on just fine without any of the items and possibly never even notice I had. But I respect him enough not to take it on my own to throw his stuff out. I hound him about it every now and then.

He emptied one of the two completely, as well as a few cupboards and drawers he has in the house. The empty plastic drawers will most likely end up being used for the new baby now. After a while, both my son and husband were extremely quiet and I thought perhaps they had fallen asleep in the bedroom while I was listing auctions on eBay. I walked around the corner to a wonderful surprise of a large pile of clothes sitting by the door. Could it be? Was he actually going through his closet??? What a dream come true. He hasn't gotten rid of so much stuff since we moved in here almost three years ago. I always tease him for having so much more material items then I do, and he literally never touches most of it. Today he finally pulled a "me".

The catch behind all of this, is that his brothers friend has a big screen TV he wants to sell, and my husband wants it desperately. We currently have a too large, too heavy entertainment center that we cannot seem to get rid of, even for free. So his plan is to send it to Salvation Army and replace it with the big screen. We would have to get a couple shelving units for storage, but I trust IKEA will have whatever we need. My husband knows how frustrated I get with having way to much in our way too small space. We live in a 450 sq ft one bedroom duplex. All three of us, soon to be four. I like to get rid of anything I can to make room for our more important things like beds, couches, clothes etc.

For the first time, possibly ever, all his clothes fit in his closet and dresser. No more stuffing, no more playing tetris to make his clothes fit together. Thank you so much! I am so happy.


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