The 27 Fling Boogie~Fly Lady

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We have been purging around here this week. It is time to de-clutter and to streamline the possessions. One of the annoying things about living someplace for 30+ years is the accumulation of stuff that you think you might need or want someday. Bad idea for the most part. The problem is you stick it some place and then you forget about it. When you actually need it you can't find it and end up buying or borrowing it anyway.

Also I think we forget to reevaluate our current needs on a regular basis. As an example...Do we really need a highchair, crib, port-a-crib when our kids come home every other year, and the youngest grandchild is now 2 and a half? I am guessing we don't. Do I really need a bigillon serving pieces for the huge dinners we rarely have anymore? Or how about stemware that belonged to my mom from a concert she went to by Wayne Newton? Nope, not really. If I haven't used something in a couple of years...it is time to recycle and give someone else a chance at it. Wayne Newton stemware, anyone? Just as I thought!! What about the infamous punch bowl, ice cream maker, or 2nd set of china? Gees Louise, where does it end?

So while we are emptying out the work warehouse I am also going through our own stuff and doing the 27-Fling Boogie as originated by Fly Lady at flylady.net. Here is an excerpt from her site.


"The 27-Fling Boogie

We do this assignment as fast as we can. Take a garbage bag and walk through your home and throw away 27 items. Do not stop until you have collected all 27 items. Then close the garbage bag and pitch it. DO NOT LOOK IN IT!!! Just do it.

Next, take an empty box and go through your home collecting 27 items to give away. Suze Orman taught me this in her book, The Courage to be Rich. This will change the energy in your home and bring about good feelings. Every time I do this I feel better and my home is becoming decluttered in the process. As soon as you finish filling the box, take it to the car. You are less tempted to rescue the items.

Rule of thumb: if you have two of any item and you only need one, get rid of the least desirable.

I also sing a wonderful song as I am doing this fun job: "Please Release Me, Let Me Go" as sung from the stuff's point of view."

So that is what is happening over here this week. What is the motivation? Simplifying. And I have to touch everything anyway as we are cleaning out the wallboard dust that has settled into every single nook and cranny of the house from the remodeling. Also in my work I have watched people in their 80's try to do this and they basically just walk around in a stupor either cussing or crying. So I am planning ahead. Way ahead. I like my son-in-law Robert's idea. For every new piece of clothing he gets, one of equal or lesser value is flung. Brilliant.

Well, I better get flingin'. If you are in the market for any junk...let me know. The price is right...you come and get it. Fair enough?