It's been a while since I've posted anything because I have been working so hard to try to declutter my house this summer. I tried to spend the time I normally spent on the computer decluttering. At times it was overwhelming but being able to read others post really helped me stay on task. Thank you to all who posted. I was able to free up empty space in my master closet and linen closet and can't believe I have an empty shelf! The hardest part of it all was sorting through items which had strong sentimental value. I put aside a few small boxes for them and stood tough that I would only keep that much. I had to sort through the boxes and make hard decisions, but I'm happy I did it. My DH helped whenever he could. We were joking around and decided at our age all we really needed was food, clothes and a bar of soap!! So the joke was whenever we came across something we didn't want to really get rid of, we would say to each other,,, can you eat it?? Do you need to wear it?? Is it a bar of soap?? Then we would laugh and toss it and it helped me to feel better about giving it up. I know it sounds silly, but it really helped. I still need to work on the downstairs family room and garage but that I should be able to handle now during the the HGP. This will really help me this year to truly have a simple and stress free Christmas...