Still Sorting...

well, i finished going all the way thru 6 file drawers. still haven't finished hubby's files, but we assembled the information needed for our advisor. i was dreading that meeting, firmly convinced she would throw her hands up in the air and report "you're doomed." i was almost right - certainly hearing that our spending and expenses are almost twice our income wasn't very good news. on the other hand, hubby believes me, now.

we'll be meeting with her again the third week in september. in the meantime, we get to go through our budget and figure out what we can clean up by ourselves. i'm sure there's plenty of non-essentials in there. i'm not sure there are enough of them to really pull us out of the fire. we're going to have to work on that.

i'm still sorting clothes. i've loaded up four more boxes worth for goodwill. the mountain is gradually being eroded down to what's beginning to look as a manageable wardrobe. i plan on whittling away at it until it's all in the closet or in drawers. it's kind of nice. i'm finding shirts i really liked, but lost track of, and suits i never really cared for. clothes that are too big, and clothes that are too small (but i like them enough to hold on to - just in case).

i also found a box that looked like it might hold my old copies of "nutshell news". i had the hubby reach those down off the top shelf of the bookcase. the box was just a fraction of an inch too small, but hubby found a box that would do. next thing you know, we were cleaning the shelves. 15 feet of floor to ceiling shelving, and we completely reorganized them! now that's quite an event.

this becoming an obsession.