. . . the pit of despair . . .

. . . name that movie . . .

{see post title}

. . . welcome to my closet . . .

{think scary twilight zone music}

. . . which, as you can see,

is very deserving of its nickname . . .

. . . would you like a guided tour? . . .

. . . just to the left of the door . . .

{i bet you have a box of old cassettes in your closet, too. lucky you!}

. . . here's the side designated

for bill's cra...stuff . . .

. . . featuring 3 boxes full

of 6 years worth

of medical papers, xrays and mris . . .

. . . an empty dvd player box . . .

. . . and some really dusty sweaters . . .

. . . turning the corner,

we have the first glimpse

of my cra...stuff . . .

. . . mostly ~ clothes i haven't worn in years . . .

. . . and some sweaters behind closed doors

that i'd forgotten i even had . . .

. . . and a messy jumble

of purses, shoes, cosmetic bags,

and other cra...stuff . . .

. . . including two reallllllllllly dusty pair of boots . . .

. . . here's my out of control jewelry drawer . . .

. . . and a slightly confusing visual aid

from bill's lesson to the 16 and 17-year-olds

in our ward a couple of weeks ago . . .

{for the record ~

we were talking about sins of commission ~

things we [do], but shouldn't ~

and sins of omission ~

things we [don't] do, but should ~

and we're opposed to both kinds ~

just for the record}

. . . here's another little section

where husband's stuff tends to accumulate . . .

. . . oh, look! . . .

. . . there's a christmas present

i forgot i bought for amber . . .

. . . and some raggedy jeans . . .

. . . and no closet would be complete

without a randy johnson bobblehead . . .

. . . my closet is 9.5'x9.5' . . .

. . . 90 square feet of organizational possibilities . . .

. . . it's supposed to be classy . . .

. . . see? . . .

. . . let's just say it was not

living up to its' potential . . .

. . . so ~ remember when i was

without internet for a week? . . .

. . . guess what else i accomplished? . . .

. . . and yes ~ i managed

to spread this project out

over about ten days . . .

. . . but ~ ta da! . . .

. . . i even washed that little window inside and out . . .

. . . and dusted the shutters . . .

. . . after plenty of sorting and purging . . .

. . . dusting, vacuuming, and magic erasering . . .

. . . re-hanging . . .

. . . alterations and ironing . . .

. . . and RY G BIVing . . .

{in steph's world, ROY becomes RY}

. . . welcome to cardiganville . . .

. . . and boring colored skirts- and pantsville . . .

. . . black hoodies, anyone? . . .

. . . a few empty shelves don't bug me at all . . .

. . . there's plenty of room for more shoes . . .

. . . but i'm pretty happy

with my cute cheetah peeptoes

and nike frees . . .

{thanks, drew and jess!}

. . . here's what i like to call

the mr. clean section . . .

. . . it's really white . . .

{i even erased the board and did all the laundry}

. . . there're eleven watches in this drawer . . .

. . . one of them has a functioning battery . . .

. . . did you notice i only used white hangers? . . .

. . . would you like to see

what my ocd self

did with all the other colored ones? . . .

{looks like "ry" just became "r" g biv}

. . . so ~ in review . . .

. . . the pit of despair . . .

. . . and i so wish i knew

how to put sparkles

and harp music/angels singing

on this photo . . .

. . . we'll just have to make do

with rainbows and unicorns . . .

. . . in any case . . .

. . . here is the aftermath . . .

. . . not including three trash bags

full of shredded documents . . .

. . . there's some pretty awesome mhs tshirts

and lots of other treasures in those bags . . .

. . . which i happily delivered

to my local goodwill last saturday . . .

. . . except not the randy johnson bobblehead . . .

. . . nope ~ we totally kept him . . .

. . . some stuff is just too good to get rid of . . .

{edit: see comments. oops ~

that bobblehead is obviously not tall enough to be randy johnson}