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persevere (original poster member #31468) posted at 4:45 PM on Sunday, June 16th, 2013
DD21 just moved home from college for the summer, and DS19, who has been in an apartment for a year, is moving home next month. When they moved out we lived in the marital home, a 2 story, 5 bedroom 3.5 bath, house. I've downsized this past year to a 3/2 one story with an office. I'm still not completely organized and unpacked.
So I've been stressing about how to fit us all in here, and yesterday I contacted an organizer on craigslist. She's coming by this afternoon for a couple of hours to get me started and I am so excited.
I have a hard time deciding the best way to organize and get a little overwhelmed when I have a huge mess to go through sometimes. Once it's organized, I'm good to go, but I struggle getting there. The two areas I really need help with are the garage and my office.
Crossing my fingers this goes well! 
(The organizing, not the kids - love them but I know they will drive me nuts, lol). 
DDay:2011
Status: D 2011
Remarried to a kind and wonderful man - 2017
Above all, be the heroine, not the victim. - Nora Ephron
It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
- J. K.
Lucky2HaveMe ( member #13333) posted at 4:48 PM on Sunday, June 16th, 2013
Share after pics so we can get some ideas too!
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nowiknow23 ( member #33226) posted at 4:52 PM on Sunday, June 16th, 2013
yesterday I contacted an organizer
What a great idea! Hope this afternoon is productive.
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persevere (original poster member #31468) posted at 5:09 PM on Sunday, June 16th, 2013
Great idea L2HM! I just took some before pics.
She can only stay two hours today, but that will definitely help get me started.
nik, so far it sounds fairly reasonable, she charges $25 per hour, and I'm really hopeful it will be very much worth the $$$.
DDay:2011
Status: D 2011
Remarried to a kind and wonderful man - 2017
Above all, be the heroine, not the victim. - Nora Ephron
It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
- J. K.
Sad in AZ ( member #24239) posted at 9:38 PM on Sunday, June 16th, 2013
Let us know how it goes!! I could definitely use an organizer 
Oh, an be nicer than my mom! 
She wouldn't even let me put a picture of DS &DIL (her grandchildren for godsake!) in her living room when I lived there.
You are important and you matter. Your feelings matter. Your voice matters. Your story matters. Your life matters. Always.
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D-day: 2007 (two years before finding SI)
S: 6/2010; D: 3/2011
persevere (original poster member #31468) posted at 1:00 AM on Monday, June 17th, 2013
Oh, an be nicer than my mom!
Lol SAZ! Will do - they haven't been gone long so except for the smaller space, it shouldn't be too different than it used to be.
Though DS just told me he just got a puppy, I went off on him, and of course, he was just kidding.
The organizer went well - 2.5 hours, worked in my garage for 1.5 hours, then my office for an hour - both look a lot better, though there's still tons for me to do going through stuff gradually. But now I know what I actually need to go through for what, I separated out XWH's stuff that I will drop off to my SIL, got rid of stuff, got stuff in the attic. And my office is to the point that I can use my desk!
With my ADD tendencies it would have taken my days to get that far...lol. 
DDay:2011
Status: D 2011
Remarried to a kind and wonderful man - 2017
Above all, be the heroine, not the victim. - Nora Ephron
It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
- J. K.
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