Cleaning house

I've spent the last few months doing major overhauling of my house and my life. At first it looked like an unsurmountable task, but little by little, I'm purging. It's a very cleansing feeling (no pun intended) watching the garbage men fling bag after bag of stuff that's accumulated over the past decade.
Room by room, my house is getting back into a livable condition. I've found starting at one corner and moving methodically around the perimeter until I've made it all the way around, makes a daunting task more manageable.
My weekends are spent filling up trash bag after bag of things that are no longer needed or wanted. Much of it gets set on the curb for the trashman. Clothes, household items, things that are usable by others, get donated to either Goodwill, Vietnam Vets or Planetaid.org.
It's all got to go and eventually, it will.

The hard part comes when it's time to fill in the blanks that are left by tossing the useless items. I've been shopping a lot online for things that are needed, a rug for the dining room, a corner cabinet for the kitchen, a new bedside lamp (the mickey mouse one just isn't cutting it).

In the meanwhile, I'll just keep lugging stuff out to the curb. Maybe one day it'll just be me and the walls and the newly uncovered hardwood floors. Ah, to dream...