Ugh, The Shed

I was moving right along feeling pretty proud of myself for getting so much accomplished in the house and yesterday I went to the shed.

My euphoria over getting so much accomplished in the house vanished instantly.   The "shed" is not just a typical shed full of stuff.  It is the bane of my existence...  And about 1200 sq. feet.

Mind you, I have only been at this house for six months, so it isn't completely full.  Give me a few years here and it would be stuffed I am sure.  The shed is what sent me over the edge on the last move.

See it started as a one car garage.  A one car garage that I at one time happily parked in.  Then it happened.  I found a really cool fooze ball (no idea how to even spell that or if that is what is  pronounced) and I thought what fun it would be to have that in the garage to play.  And it would just barely fit and I could still fit my car.  Then "it" happened.  Getting the car in and out wasn't very easy so it was summer and I parked outside most of the time.  Which left a big hole...for a very short time.

My son decided to get married and join the army.  So they were getting a house together, without actually moving into it for a few months.  As every good mom does, I said "sure, you can store stuff here".  So an entertainment center moved in, and a weight bench, some mattresses, a large couch and a slew of wedding presents.  Then he was stationed several states away and his wife couldn't wait to get out to him so she left without taking any of it.  I waited, thinking they would be back in a couple months to pick it up.  Nope, they bought new only coming back for the smaller wedding present variety items.  Really?

So then I had all these extra things in a garage that I couldn't park in, so what did I do?  Fill it up with more "stuff".  When it came time to move, I had the thing so full I couldn't even walk through it.  And I didn't sort a thing because of that.  Which means it all came here.  While I did purge the house a bit (I do not have to get rid of any shoes since we'd not brought over any extras) the garage was not touched. 

I moved in the fall, and by the time I got the house together it was too cold so all that stuff is still sitting there!  At least I can walk around it now since it is such a big shed. 

So yesterday, I went to the shed.  I didn't spend long as it was overwhelming.  Now, I have to do this in the middle of winter...how I am longing for fall temperatures  when I "thought" it was too cold then.  Now I have no choice.  I managed to sort through several things and make a Goodwill pile, and three large boxes of trash so I am counting that as a little success at least for the day.  And that fooze ball table?  It is going to be sold on Craigslist as soon as I clear all the boxes off it :)