I've Got a 'TODO' List Already Before Most Think About Spring Cleaning. / myLot

Boise, Idaho

November 22, 2025 3:44pm CST

My big closet has become a catch all for my grandson's electric stuff he wants to save, my daughter's stuff that won't fit in her full closet, and I need to go through clothes and do dads and see what I want to give to Goodwill, sell, or keep. We need to go through the storage room we have on the back of the apartment too. Broken bikes we no longer need and some old papers that need to be cleaned up and throw away. It needs to be swept out and the bikes rearranged.

My daughter needs to go through her craft closet downstairs and see if she can get rid of some of it she won't use.

And we have an area under the stairs where we have Christmas decorations, and miscellaneous items that we have 'lost' and need to find.

So, I am going to try to get the kids to get the house in order and get started doing these things. I know there will be a lot of sighs, eye rolling and ugly looks so I will need to ease into slowly.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (236158)

• Walnut Creek, California

22 Nov

Good luck.

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (187219)

• Boise, Idaho

22 Nov

If one gets done, I'll be happy. I can't move the Rock of Gibraltar.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230050)

• Chile

22 Nov

I hope I can summon the energy to give away the 1000 garments I don´t use. They clutter my closets and nobody I know is interested in them.

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (187219)

• Boise, Idaho

22 Nov

That's how it goes. If isn't in fashion many don't want it. I'm happy to see that at least for a while we had a resurgence of the 60s hippie prints and vintage clothes were popular. I don't think it has lasted very long or not many want the older stuff.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230050)

• Chile

22 Nov

@celticeagle I have some awesome dresses that can be altered and are made with wonderful material. Yet nobody wants them.

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (187219)

• Boise, Idaho

23 Nov

@marguicha .......That's a real shame. Well-made articles of clothing are rare these days.

@DaddyEvil (170939)

• United States

23 Nov

I hope you can get it all done soon-ish... Taking it slow might keep the eye rolls to a minimum.

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (187219)

• Boise, Idaho

23 Nov

The eye rolls come with the activity no matter how it is approached I'm afraid.

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@DaddyEvil (170939)

• United States

23 Nov

@celticeagle Oh, I see. I'm sorry that happens.

Judy Evans

@JudyEv (376128)

• Rockingham, Australia

23 Nov

I wanted vince to do some paperwork and filing once and I asked to just do ten minutes - without complaining. After ten minutes, it was nearly done and he was motivated enough to finish it. Sometimes if you can all agree to just do one box/carton/drawer each day or better still, one each then it doesn't take long before you can see the difference. That is motivation in itself to keep going.

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (187219)

• Boise, Idaho

23 Nov

I can see what you are saying and it's a good idea. The downstairs stuff would have to be done that way. Hopefully my daughter can go through her crafts a bit at a time. Under the stairs I don't know about. We will have to see.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (376128)

• Rockingham, Australia

24 Nov

@celticeagle If you set a goal of just doing a tiny bit it doesn't become so overwhelming and you're not so likely to put it off.