So glad this week is over!....and a Yard Sale Shoplifter!

I have an attic. The walls are sheet rock, the floors are hard wood. It's divided in to two rooms, one big one and one small one on either side of the steps. My children would set up their rooms up there when they were younger. They thought it was pretty cool to be 'away' from everyone else. Every child tried it out...each one determined to stick it out. They would paint the walls, buy throw rugs to match and decorate it like it was their own little apartment. Well, after a while, they got tired of having to pull the steps down and put them back up. It was frustrating to them when they would forget something, and then have to do all that work just to go back for one small thing. Most of the time they'd just say "Oh forget it. I'm not going back up!" So, needless to say, after a few months, they would move back downstairs.

For several years now, the attic has been for storage. 

I used to think 'more is better' when my children were younger. My house looked nice, but it was so cluttered. Over the past several years, I have been de-cluttering my house. But all the while, still hitting yard sales and thrift stores...and bringing more clutter back home! I have changed out the decor on my walls, shelves and tables more times than I can think! I would stack my clutter up in the hallway, then ask my hubby if he would kindly take it all up to the attic.
Bless his heart, this man is one of the most unorganized people I have ever met. I should have known better. Sometimes, when I would need something, I would ask him if he would go up and get it for me. I figured, since he took it up there, he'd know where it was. Ha! Several (like 8) months later, I went in the attic to find something I needed, and this is what I found!

And this isn't all of it! There are two doors (one you can see to the right on the first picture) that lead to more strorage. One side has toys from when our children were younger, and the other has tubs galore of Christmas decor! I do have to say, though, those two sides are still pretty organized. I had these center two rooms very organized at one point.
I couldn't take it any longer. You know the whole 'Fung Shway' thing...(that I'm not really in to, but sometimes it does makes sense) ...called 'Negative Energy'? Well, that's what it felt like to me. Just knowing all that clutter was sitting above my head drove me nuts! Sooo...it was time for another yard sale! This time it was the yard sale of the century!!

And NO, I didn't take photos of all my 6 tables FULL of stuff or the long clothesline I strung up in my carport. I thought about it, then forgot about it. Every time I thought about it, I was busy with something else. But, I will say..I only have an electric stove, three boxes of miscellaneous items and some clothes left..

and they are all headed to the Salvation Army.

I'll show an AFTER picture of the attic when I get it organized again. We don't have window units up there anymore, so that will be a winter time project! It's like a Sauna right now!!!

Ok..just one more thing, says the girl who always has something to say...

 Have you ever had shoplifters at your yard sale? I have at least one every time! But it wasn't the merchandise on the table he was after this time!!!

Sooo...to the man who thought he was stealing one of my 

bell pepper plants from my garden....

WHAT YOU REALLY TOOK WAS A WEED! 

Good Luck With That!

Some times it pays to not weed as often as I should!