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Drowning in Stuff

We got a new television for our living room. I had wanted to get a large flat screen to mount above our fireplace. We have a nice fireplace and have never been able to enjoy it with the couch sitting in front of it. We flipped our living room setup and will enjoy more space. Since we have gotten the new smart tv, it comes with so many features we never had before and it is a little too convenient. The boys seem to have it on every chance they get watching movies from netflix and amazon at the touch of a button. They watch reality trucking shows and you tube videos. We have it on almost all hours of the day with the amazing speakers we all fight over the pandora radio songs. I like christian hits and the kids like country, Jake also likes 40's music. Every time you upgrade to seom new electronic, I end up regretting it just a little. It kind of feels like we have gone back to having cable TV with all the show options at your finger tips. One of the reasons I got rid of it was all the inappropriate shows and language. Even though the shows beep out the bad words, it doesnt take a genius to know what they are saying. So, in getting the tv, that meant clearing out the entertainment system. That meant moving all the trinkets and photos on the shelves, the boxes and boxese of photos, piles of DVD's and numerous photo albums that were under the cabinets. Sounded easy until I had to find a place to put them. One thing led to another. I had to clear one space in order to move them to another. That was when it all happened! I started digging through bookshelves, cabinets, shelves and the flood gates opened and have been spilling out ever since. I am overwhelmed in all my stuff. I am drowning in stuff. The more things I go through and the more I get rid of stuff, it seems to just show more and more stuff. I cannot even get to it all and I am not making a dent. While trying to go through all this "stuff" I am getting buried in the upstairs laundry, dishes, messes of every day. I feel like I am literally drowining! I really need help.

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