Remember a a couple of months ago I took you into the mecca of love…my bedroom? And remember how disgusting those pictures were? Well…it got worse. WAAAAAAAYYY worse. Between the poker games and birthday parties at my house, more stuff was thrown…er…stored in my bedroom. Until there was just a path from the door to the bed to the bathroom.
It became HORRENDOUS.
And very un-mecca-ish.
And very un-love-ish.
Until it looked something like this:
Would you even want to sleep in this place?
And this:
This is only a sampling of what my closet looked like. I forgot to take a before so...here's a during.
And this:
Next to my husbands side of the bed. This mess was fruitful and multiplied.
And also…this:
Wait...what's this? Oh yeah. It's a McDonalds french fry from AT LEAST three years ago. How do I know? Because it was in a diaper bag. And that's how long it's been since I carried one. EW!
So yesterday. Instead of blogging. Instead of twittering…which I’m SO done with, by the way.
I made a playdate with my sister. Who brought over my nephew to keep my son entertained.
And we purged.
And we regurged…especially after finding that french fry. Not to mention…a cigarette filter from AGES ago.
We took everything out from the closet.
And this is after most of it had been thrown out or put into bags to donate!
Where did all this shit come from???
And my bossy sister wouldn't even let me THINK about putting anything back in the closet until she killed the dust bunnies.
Once the closet was cleared out, EVERYTHING went into piles…garbage, donate and keep.
this is just a sampling of donate bags. I must have held on to clothes from the early 80's. You should have seen the size of some of the shoulder pads. But there were AT LEAST 15 bags...just from MY closet!
And we worked.
All.
Fricking.
Day.
Long.
It was gorgeous out.
Warm.
Sunny.
Perfect.
But we didn’t leave the house.
The boys…
Didn’t leave the house either.
But finally…
after cleaning since 10am.
With only a couple of potty breaks.
And a few snack breaks.
And a realization that it was 7pm and we forgot to feed the kids dinner…time flies when your having fun, I guess…
It was mission completion.
And tada…
holy crap. You can see a floor!!
And viola…
Wait...is that an organized closet? Well yes...I believe it is!
And ka-blam…
There is room to move around. Even found my daughter under all that mess!
And the mecca of love…is now 95% complete. There’s still a little tweaking to do. Like tops of dressers. And under my bed…where I’m very afraid to go…
But I can sleep in there without having nightmares. Or anxiety. Or…feeling itchy because I’m sure there are spiders crawling around…only we can’t see them because of all the shit on the floor!
So thank you, Kimmy. You truly are the BESTEST! I couldn’t have done it without you. Wait…let me rephrase that.
Chances are…
I WOULDN’T have done it without you!!
I love you!!!
P.S…so what room are we doing next? 😉
XOXO
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Admittedly, it was much more of a project than even I anticipated. It seemed that no sooner did we dispose of a pile then it regenerated. Don’t think we’re done, though! I expect the project to be completed…and maintained for some period of time…and then we can decide what room comes next. But, next time, can we pick a rainy, yucky day? Or, perhaps, a bitter snow day? 🙂
Enjoy your “mecca of love”…but not too much! 5 kids, 5 cats, 1 dog, 1 husband is more than enough!!! 🙂
xoxoxox
Hooray for Spring cleaning! I need to do that in our closets too but I sincerely doubt that it’s going to happen with a newborn…. Blah.
I am seriously impressed! I bet it feels really nice to have that all done. Your bedroom and your closet looks absolutely lovely!
And kudos to your sister for being so awesome!
I am impressed…can I borrow your sister please?
How lovely it looks. How long will it last? Now I know why I never see any of you. You are buried in mounds.
YIPPPEEEE!!!!! I love love love spring cleaning.. but WOW..you guys did a GREAT job.. high five for awesome sisters.. especially awesome sisters named Kimmy!!
I felt so much better about my room until I got to your bottom pictures and saw how clean you go it! Now I’m just ashamed and jealous!!
Omygosh!!!
It looks so nice. Was you hubby shocked when you came home? LOL
Bet you feel real good now..
Oh, Melissa! I feel you!!! I am not wanting to purge and return to my own personal mecca!
I’m craving garbage bags and a vacuum right now . . .
& just as I talked myself out of doing anything productive today…. crap… now I need to go start on the kids rooms upstairs… thanks…
It looks awesome!
Well done! I love before and afters, so thanks for providing the pictures. I’ve got to attack my closet, too. Admittedly, I doubt I’ll find a 3 year old french fry, but one can only hope.
Enjoy your “new” zen retreat!
you guys want to come over and do my bedroom next? cuz, lord have mercy, it looks like your before shots.
help!!!
Can you and Kimmy come to NC and tackle mine next? It just might be worse than your before pics. I’m ashamed to let my kids go in there…how can I possibly ask them to clean their room when I live in a landfill???