Day 4

I'm gonna get you!

Day 3

At the end of our quick surprise trip to The Woodlands, we enjoyed a late lunch at Rico's Mexican restaurant with GiGi, Papa Jim and Kyle.  Jackson got to taste his first bites of refriend beans.  I think he is a fan. 

Day 2

After the success of cleaning out our own garage, we agreed to attempt to pay my mother back for afor everything she does by cleaning out her garage the next day.  My dad was out of town hunting, so it was a race against time to get the true junk thrown out or given away before he could come home to reclaim it.  Holy crap - my parents are packrats!  I'll admit that a lot of the stuff they'd been packing away was mine.  The passing of time and the accumulation of crap help me to let go and get rid of things like the "Barbie graveyard" - a trunk of naked Barbie dolls stacked 20 across and 3 deep.  I hope that they feel a little lighter now that we have removed some of that burden from their space. 

After a long day of working, we rinsed off the dirt and hopped in the car to make a surprise trip to Ryan's parents' house in The Woodlands. 

 

Day 1

My first photos of the year with my new Promaster flash. 

After hiding our garage from our friends and family throughout the holiday season, we decided to tackle the mess today.  We worked from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.  I was ready to quit as soon as we got all of the crap dragged out to the driveway.  We pushed through and organized all of the stuff that we are keeping, cleaning the floor with the ShopVac and consildating the garage sale and bulk trash piles.  We even set deadlines for ourselves - everything in the "sell" pile will be sold or donated by the end of the month and the "toss" pile will be gone by next week.  We made a deal that if no one uses the tredmill at least once per week, the it's outta there at the end of the month, too.  Now, if only we can commit to keeping it this clean!