Breathing a Sigh of Relief

 When my mom sold her house it happened so quickly that Craig and I didn't really have time to get the garage ready to store her things.  We knew we wouldn't be able to do the addition until fall, but we said we'd deal with it later since we were not motivated in the dead of winter to go through our things and make room for her things.  Not to mention we had to move some things from the inside of our home to make room for her, so of course we just threw them in the garage.

So here are a few before photos to show how crammed and stuffed our garage became.

 Last weekend we had it on our to do list of things we wanted to get done but, naturally it kept getting pushed to the bottom of the list and it didn't get done.  But yesterday, Nana and I decided enough was enough and it was time to take the plunge.  As overwhelming as it was to take all of her things out and a bunch of ours, as well, we hunkered down and got 'er done! And in record time, I might add.  Just 3 hours from start to finish.  We even made time to take the things we no longer needed to the rescue mission.  That added a couple extra hours, but it was great to feel a little bit lighter and breath a deep sigh of relief that this project is done!

 

 Even the kids joined in the fun and went through their stuff!

Finally there is enough room for Nana's things to be neatly stacked and for an extra bonus--a place park my car!  This is a big deal for me, because I hate, hate, hate to scrape my windows.  And while it is summer now and we are enjoying some great weather, I just know that the window scraper will have to come out again before Nana finally has a place to call her own!

 Isn't that a beautiful sight?!!