Decluttering and ME time....

I am in the process of trying to declutter the house.  I have accumulated lots of things and really can do without many of them.  So....I set a goal of getting rid of at least 5 items per day for as long as I can continue to do that.  Some days I have gotten rid of more than 5.  My best day was today when I got rid of 30 items!!!  Some of the items are going to folks I know who will enjoy them.....many more are going to an area thrift shop.  It feels good to do this.  So far, I'm not noticing a big difference in the house, overall, but that will come, in time.  I also am not finding it difficult to identify items that need to GO.....but I'm sure it will become harder as days/weeks go by!  For now, though, my plan is working well.

Along with this, I am taking more time for ME this year.  This will be done in several ways.....little things to improve my health (remembering to take my daily vitamin and calcium, drinking lots of water each day, increasing my amount of exercise, etc.)  I am also setting out to improve my singing skills in choir and hope to start piano lessons soon. That is something I've always wanted to do since I was a little girl (at which time I had to settle for accordion lessons...which I hated...but that was what fit my parents' budget...no way they could get a piano for me). 

Here is a photo of something cute I forgot I had.   I found it when decluttering and I'm going to put it out and use it AND make some more "quilts" for it.  It is a miniature wooden quilt rack.  I put a pen by it when I took the photo so you can see how small it is.  I really like it and it will not be going out of the house as a "clutter" item!   Some things you just need to keep.....