Sunday afternoon - and here I am finally in the den where I should have been last Monday - to declutter.
Finding lots of interesting things - throwing out as much as I can, finding a place for the rest - have only scratched the surface.
i. I've unearthed lots of items of interest that belong to Leah. One is a list of text message acronyms (now posted on her bulletin board)and the other is a sheet of lyrics to Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" (also on her bulletin board).
One evening I heard her in the den playing it OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. She, like the rest of our family, is entranced by that song, and wanted to learn all the words. There she was, pen in hand, listening intently, and madly writing down each word as fast as she could. I helped her a bit, then suggested that we look up the lyrics online. That opened up a whole new world for her. We found and printed lyrics to many of her favourite songs. I'm hoping that I find her handwritten notes - those will be put away in her scrapbook. Memories of my curious, passionate child.
ii. Yippee! I am catching up on family blogs and find that cousin Kyran just published an article on decluttering. Procrastination gives way to serendipity again!
iii. More loose pictures put away. 20 plus cords stashed away (we must have at least 100 cords - I'm sure that we don't have 100 electronic devices). Of course, I still can't find the cord for Leah's camera. I want to download pix from our only March break adventure and can't! However, I did find Leah's runners, gym clothes and library book.
Break time: Leah and I are taking turns reading. Time to stop multi-tasking. The laundry, blog, clutter, lunches will just have to wait.
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