Facing fears!

A very dear friend of Baggy's who's a bit of an expert in the field of mental health, suggested to Clever Bird that she should get Baggy to write down her ten worst fears and then "grade" them in terms of their scariness. Much against Hormonal Hannah's wishes, Baggy did so and sent her friend the list. By which time it was very late and her friend was no longer on t'internet. So Clever Bird came to her own conclusions! The least scary things listed, but still pretty heart-stopping scary for Baggy, were de-cluttering and throwing away old clothes. As these were the "easiest" to do something about, Baggy decided to make Hannah face the fear and do a bit of de-cluttering. Well kind of! The easiest target was the medium-sized shed. The logic, well The Domestic Goddess and Calum had a kitchen designer come round yesterday morning! If they are to make this house their forever home, the kitchen HAS to be improved. Even if they're not, it still needs improving. What has that to do with the shed, I hear you ask? Well in the shed has sat a brand new (in as much as it's been used about four times) cooker, for the last seven-and-a-half years. The designer needed to know its size. Clever Bird sent Calum in to the shed to measure it. There was an awful lot of blue language and things being thrown across the garden as he tried to get to it. So as it was way too hot to ride yesterday, Clever Bird decided to start attacking the shed instead.

The thing is, Baggy is possibly one of the world's worst hoarders, except that Calum could well be worse. The truth is that most of the "stuff" in the shed is Cal's rather than Baggy's; so she lived slightly vicariously by making him be "ruthless" with his junk. See - clever! There were about four boxes of Baggy's books in there, which have not been unpacked since her house move before last - so nearly nine years ago - which she carefully unpacked and then repacked in plastic crates. Well it's sacrilege to throw books away right? She did do a sterling job of throwing away (in the recycling bin) every cardboard box from everything that has been bought in the last three years! Meanwhile Calum turned into a semi-ruthless ninja.

It took most of the day, but in the end it was worth it. There is now actually a floor to the shed and they moved the tiny freezer in there so there is also more room in the kitchen.

Last night by way of celebration, Calum took Baggy out for a meal. Yes you're quite correct bloggees, Baggy didn't actually throw anything away apart from cardboard and an old chair, but Calum did, so it was worth celebrating. After wine and very non-diet food, Baggy was sozzled and had a brain-wave, but she'll save that for another day, as research is required! Exciting eh?

Then bed, so no blog. Then half the night awake, trying to think about the brainwave. Up early today so Grotty Groom and Calum could ride before it got too hot. Food shopping, which included a genius hippy-curtain to keep the flies out.

Now blogging in Baggy's woman-cave in the garden watching Minty Mutt playing in his paddling pool. Lovely weekend.........