As part of my clutter free mission I’ve decided to make a new rule. Now I just have to tell Hubby about it. I’ve decided we can no longer purchase or bring any item into this house without getting rid of something in return. The size of the item we purchase will determine how many items we have to get rid of in return.

For example, we just got our 42″ LCD HDTV. It’s so big it takes up the entire top of our dresser. I was previously using the dresser to store books, so I lost some of my storage space. I think since the TV is such a huge item we should have to get rid of at least a couple boxes of stuff in return!

Yeah, I’m not sure Hubby’s going to go for it either, but he’ll get over it. He’s doing it whether he likes it or not. We wives do have the power to make our Hubby’s do anything we want them to do, and they know it!

Lately Hubby has been wanting one of those cell phone amplifiers because he gets really horrible signal in the mountains. Some days he calls me from a job location, and the convo is completely clear. Other days I don’t hear from him at all, and he comes home ranting about how the day went so bad, things were messed up, he couldn’t get in touch with the boss, and so on just because they didn’t have much cell reception at that job.

Well I’ve decided I’m more than willing to get him his cell phone amplifier, especially since he’s a contracted employee and it’s a tax write-off if he uses it for work only. The only stipulation is that he has to get rid of something in return. How about his broken RC car and the box of junk that goes with it? That box of junk has been sitting on my dryer for 2 years because I have no where to put it, but he swears he can’t get rid of it because he will fix the car one day.

Yeah right. He’ll never fix it. I know how Hubby is with his projects that never get completed.