Floating Away Here - More Rain

Thanks for all the comments on the decluttering post! I really appreciate them :)

Ugh. It rained and stormed all day here today. Bucketfuls of it. I'm not kidding. There are several streets downtown that are flooded. It follows on from the bad rain and storms that we had on Sunday. Husband hasn't had a full day at work this week. The building he works in lost power Sunday night during a storm. There have been several updates - Monday at noon, Monday at night, Tuesday at 5, Wednesday morning. He went in on Monday only to be sent home. He did bring some work back with him. He went in Tuesday, managed to get on a computer at another building to do hours and then went in the field to do some measuring. Today he went in for a little bit but shortly came home. Thankfully, the power came back on tonight and barring no more incidents he'll be back at work tomorrow. Phew!

His being in and out has wreaked havoc on my routine! I haven't got near as much done as I hoped. The main living area is a mess. He did build me another piece of furniture while home today so tomorrow I've got to move bits around and replace. Hopefully things will look better then!

I didn't go for a walk at all today. I turned off my alarm last night but didn't sleep in a lot. I suppose when you're used to getting up at a certain time your body tends to wake up at that time. I did laze around for a bit rather than get moving right away as I usually do. 

The rain is supposed to stop sometime early morning. It will be interesting to see the state of Asylum Lake tomorrow. The water was already high so I wonder how this rain will make things look. I shall see in the morning. 

It will be nice to have the house back to normal. I've got a list going and lots beside to get done!

BTW I really shouldn't complain about the rain, Daughter is getting snow and Northern Lower Michigan had a terrible ice storm that even had the Mackinac Bridge (the only road to cross from lower to upper Michigan) closed due to falling ice! 

Me walking in the sunshine on Tuesday - it seems so long ago!

March Decluttering Totals

While not as good as February's decluttering totals I am pleased with how the month went. This really is an ongoing process. Sometimes I find it really tough to let things go and other times I find it a bit easier. Because of that I declutter the same spaces on a rotating basis. I am finding that when I revisit an area, I'm willing to let a few more things go. This might seem like a long-winded way to go about it, but it seems to be working for me. I am definitely finding this works especially well with the books. There are still a lot in the house, but they are slowly moving out and (for the most part) new-to-me ones aren't coming into the house. I'm still picking up some bird books (second-hand) but I might have to stop that soon! They are for a (supposed) craft project that doesn't seem to be happening lol. 

The craft room? That's not really happening that much. I tend to go up there, move things around and come back down. My daughter has said that she is having a garage sale and could do with some non-baby things so I'm thinking I might be willing to get rid of some things for their sale. That might work for me. I won't be expecting any money and anything left over will be donated. Seems strange but knowing I won't see it in my charity/thrift shops might actually work lol.

Here are the totals:-

CRAFT ITEMS - 37 

MAGAZINES - 11 

BOOKS - 91 

MISC. - 37

Question - how do you deal with items given to you by someone? Do you find it easy to let go of them? Do you feel obligated to keep them? I'm beginning to try to change my mindset and say that I have enjoyed the item, but it's time to pass it on to someone else so they can enjoy it. 

Thanks for the input!

I'm getting started on April's decluttering already!