Megan and I have owned our house for about 1.5 years. Since we have moved-in, the garage has always been a place of storage, a place of preparation, a place of work. One thing it has never been: a place of cleanliness. Our garage was a mess.
The mess hit its low (or high) point during the 4 weeks I was preparing for 1) filming the Top Gun remake, 2) hosting the Ground Hog Day Benefeast, and 3) filming the March of the Penguins remake. The garage served as a staging area for all of these activities. I paper-mached an F-14 Tomcat. I paper-mached a 7-foot tall tree stump from which we pulled PugPuggy (she was the official Ground Hog of the Alamo Drafthouse). I painted helmets for Top Gun. I made penguin costumes for March of the Penguins.
But one thing I never did: clean. It was a mess. It was filthy. Here is proof:
Opposite angle:
Have you ever seen such a cluttered garage? Yuck.
All of that changed 2 weekends ago. Now that the films are done & shows are done, cleaning the garage became the priority. I am glad to tell you I have had some success. Check it out now:
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Wow. I feel so proud of my accomplishment. I put cleaning the garage on same plane as putting edging in the backyard. It was a chore, but I feel much better now that it is done.
Cleaning the garage is a 5 phase process:
- Make it so you could walk without stepping on something or turning an ankle
- Remove junk from the front half
- Remove junk from the back half
- Sweep & clean the floor (now that you can see it again)
- Get rid of stuff on Craigslist\E-Bay
I am proud to announce that we have successfully completed 4 of the 5 steps. The great Megan-Ben sell-off of junk on Craiglist will happen shortly.
Attention Fingerlover (aka John & Jodi)... prepare for some more pictures of my delicate hands.
