De-cluttering in progress...

What a great week, but I admit it is both exhausting and fab being back at work. The guys have been so so good, my stress level was in override as I felt so damm guilty. Their like we’re chilling on the sofa, munching chews – we are fine.

The last couple of weekends have seen us having intense clear outs – we are go from a 4 bed roomed, 3 receptions room house to a 2 up 2 down semi detached. Hence the need for a major de-clutter. I love hoarding, but out have gone the rosettes, the assignments that got me my BSc and Certificate in Applied Animal Behaviour, the bank statements that went back to 1999 (shameful I know) and tons of other stuff. This whole de-clutter thing is supposed to leave you feeling cleansed, I was like feeling sick, there is a comfort in hoarding for me, that is a record of my life. I’m chucking it – help. The OBay blog,  reminded me of the importance of keeping stuff. But gosh, I really needed to start sorting out what is clutter and what is priceless in terms of meaning. Any stuff with the guys I find incredibly hard to throw out (or recycle). With Storm I did a scrap book and Nuts has got one too, in a way I guess there a diary of their journey with me. But there is no room for their puppy collars, that special tee-shirt you wore on a particularly great day. So I hit the stores to find my solution.

Outcome - I have started Rivi’s Box this weekend as Marc was saying sort out the stuff or else. Yikes!!!! Marc and I are Yin and Yang - I clutter, he minimal - so we meet somewhere in the middle to create a balance. So with the rosettes - I took the middle and sometimes the ribbon too. And stuck them on to card, with little notes, i.e. first clear, first win, first pull thru, what the heck I just enjoyed this run. Writing little anecdotes; keeping the well done cards just to make me smile and capture the moments. These go in Rivi’s box, with a matching photo album (optimistic) and life/training journal (diligently keep for the first two years), the puppy collar and whatever else comes along the way. So, one started and another 5 to create.

P.S Marc has warned me with the move, no pc connection for up to 10 days.  In internet terms that is a lifetime….