I am such a NERD

This week I have the pleasure of helping my mom clean out her house. This is a huge TASK considering she has accumulated stuff for the past 10 years and it is stuffed in every closest, under a bed, or in a cabinet. One of my favorite things to do is clean out. I know ….I am such a nerd and an OCD neat freak. So when my mom knew she had to clean out her house, I was the first to call because she knew things would be organized by trash, keep, and yard sale. Just like that show “Clean House,” with Niecy Nash.

The reason my mom is cleaning out her house is because she is selling it. And I don’t believe that we are in a down housing market because she had her house for sale less than 1 month and she is already closing this Friday. It is a crazy whirlwind…and what is even crazier is that she is selling her house because she is getting married.

MARRIED!!!!! This is such a big thing for my mom and for me. She has been a single mother since I was like 7 or 8. She has been very independent and taught me to be independent as well. (Sometimes this is hard for Tim the Tool Man Taylor because I am so set in my ways.) However, I am so happy for her and for her new “fiancée” that makes her so happy. I never thought I would see the day that she would let her guard down and actually settle down again with someone other than “Tucker.” This is my mother’s (used to be mine…another story) Maltese that I am pretty sure she has everything left to in her will. But….Mom’s fiancée is considered Mr. Wonderful. He spontaneously takes her places, lets her sleep really late, and even makes her breakfast along with the dog. WOW! My family is shocked by my Mom’s new casual and laid back demeanor.

Going through her stuff has brought back so many memories. I actually found a notebook between 3 of my closest friends in middle school where we shared letters about our middle school crushes and where we worried about what we were going to wear to school. To be back in those days…where you thought you had things to worry about!

So kudos to mom for letting me come through and clean out her old baggage so she can start new and refreshed with her new husband. However, I probably won’t be able to blog again until September 15th when she is actually out, because it will take that long to clean out the stuffed closets, under beds, and in cabinets.