kidsmoke Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Ok, maybe it doesn't really deserve its own thread, but seriously, we just completed a deep cleaning of the garage that involved cleaning and organizing years of stuff and kids' toys...oh, the dust layers! *ack* We must've worked steadily at it for at least the last month, cleaning one thing or another....even during that 100-plus heat wave. (We just waited until about 9 pm to even start working, in that weather.) Today, we finally finished! Today we got to put all the clean, organized stuff we still wanted back into the garage. I'm telling you, I had tears in my eyes. No, I didn't, but I did take a few pictures to prove to anyone in the future that our garage was once clean. It's amazing how satisfying finishing a job like this can be, actually. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Magnetized Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Bravo! Now I'm even more humiliated that I can't find the time to clean up the piles in my little apartment. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tweedling Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Here's to satisfying jobs, no matter how big or small! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kidsmoke Posted August 28, 2012 Author Share Posted August 28, 2012 Thanks Tweedling! Diane, you must simply launch yourself into the thick of it. Afterward, you'll have more apartment available for parties and such. (Invite me) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
theashtraysays Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 so, can you actually get your car into the garage now? or was that not the goal...? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kidsmoke Posted August 29, 2012 Author Share Posted August 29, 2012 We actually could, if we wanted to, but it would be very inconvenient as we have a long, single-wide driveway (and another car), and the gate is generally locked. So it would be a pain to park in the garage. But hey, we found a whole bunch of the kids' toys that they had completely forgotten about...stilts! Archery set! Water balloon launcher! etc. Also some WWII gear that had belonged to my husband's father, like metal canteens. It was low-level archaeology, pulling all this stuff out. Does anybody know how we'd go about getting a mess of mineral samples analyzed and possibly appraised? I don't think anything is particularly valuable but there are some cool crystals among some stuff that once belonged to a former neighbor (now deceased) - I hadn't ever had time to go through one box we were given when his widow moved, a few years back. I don't know my rocks well enough to identify these. I wonder if a natural science museum might want some of these specimens? There are some interesting ones. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bleedorange Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Congrats! We're moving this weekend and packing the garage has been the worst part of it all. I'm determined to keep the new one clean and orderly. I'll let you know how that is going in a year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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