Fling has Flung!

I am having the best time EVER with FlyLady's "Super Fling Boogie". Apparently, she does this a few times a year. I just joined the FlyLady group over on Yahoo! about a month ago, so this is my first one.

In a nutshell, a Super Fling Boogie is kind of like "spring cleaning" -- but clutter specific...and a lot more fun. :-) One of the funny things is that she has a "meter" on the front page of her website where any FlyBaby (that's all of us who've joined the group) can post how many pounds of clutter we've flung from our home.

One of FlyLady's famous quotes is "You can't organize clutter. You can only get rid of it." Amen, FlyLady! Amen!

Today I had some serious flingin' fun. My sweet sis, Harley Mama came over with her babies, Ladybug and Butterfly Baby. (Okay, 8 isn't really a "baby" -- but she's growing up too fast for my taste anyway, so I'm rebelling a little...) Well, Uncle Zombie had a fabulous time doing some screen testing with the Ladybug (he's working on green screen 'stuff' -- sorry I can't be more specific, but I'm already out of my depth) and playing with Butterfly Baby. Meanwhile, Harley Mama and I sorted through about 15 totes (I'm so embarrassed by this...) of clothing that, ahem, doesn't fit so well -- and hasn't for something between 2 and (this is killing me...gulp) 18 years. There, I said it. I've unburdened my soul. I've confessed my deep, dark, clothes-hoarding secret. I was stunned, amazed, bewildered, and occasionally repulsed by some of the things I was holding on to. I put together one BIG tote to go home with Harley Mama, a couple grocery-sized bags for the Ladybug to "rework" into a Halloween costume (now, or in the future...or possibly to share), a bag of sweaters that I 'obtained' from DadUtah (sometime in the last 16-20 years) and need to return and...here's the BIG NEWS (and why I mentioned FlyLady and the SFB meter again)...88.5 POUNDS of other clothes that I'm 'flinging' once and for all. There was another small bag of odds-and-ends and some shoes. All told, I'm relieving about 91 pounds of 'good stuff' from the burden of living, unloved, in my storage. (In case you're wondering, I'm a recent convert to freecycle. It's fantastic!)

Stay tuned tomorrow (I hope...or soon thereafter) to see a couple of photos of the "what was I thinking and why did I keep this?" hall of shame. It'll be worth checking back...I promise.

I'm off to post my flung stuff (aka: the "weight" I've lost today...) on the SFB meter.

Laters! :-)