Clean Up - Part II

So today was another long day of sorting, moving, and trashing.  Unfortunately I don't have any "before" pictures so that you can more appreciate the major change, but my siblings know!  I took pictures at the beginning of the day today, but by the end of the day the piles were nearly doubled.

This would be the "special request pick-up" pile.  We had to call and give a specific list of the contents of each piece.  You are allowed a limited number per month. 

The wood pile was pretty empty when we arrived, now it is full and has about 2-3 cords of wood.  To the right of the wood pile, there was a pile that was about 6x6x6 feet....now gone!

This a sorted pile for "special garbage" in a neighboring city, again labeled and ready to go:

There was a major pile here that we cleaned out....now just lawn care stuff:

There was a pile about 8 feet high and 6 feet wide and deep here at the back of the garage.  Now all that remains is garbage, ready to go out.  We doubled the pile that is in this picture.  There are about 20 bags to go out to "regular" garbage.  There are about ten bundles of garbage to go out on book/paper/clothing recycle day.

This pile is now about twice the size!  It's all metal, glass, and old electronics that will be picked up by a recycle guy later this week.

This pile is now almost double....it's all plastics that will go out on plastic garbage day.

The garage....it was totally packed.  Most of the contents that we removed were things from my grandparent's house.  Now it is in the shed in the back that we also cleaned out.

Tonight, we all whooped and cheered as Dad was able to pull the van into the garage after MANY years!

I know the neighbors were also cheering at all the stuff being cleaned up in the back.  Our minister's wife brought over cakes for dessert because she knew that the kids were all working hard.  I am very proud of the boys for all their work helping outside, and for the girls that helped with meals and cleaning up in the house.  I know Grandpa and Grandma are very thankful for the work that was accomplished, too.