The things you own end up owning you

We're the typical American family: two cars, two kids, two credit cards, two 401Ks, and too much stuff...probably not that different from everyone else that we know. While we're not always up on the lastest and greatest, we're certainly stuff-magnets. We've got lots of it.

We've got to find a way to declutter our lives and reclaim our independence from the piles of stuff. We're on a decluttering crusade. As a way to motivate us and keep track of our progress, we're logging everything (or most everything) that we get rid of (and letting all of our junk get uploaded onto the world's greatest collection of junk).

But we won't stop there. As most of us know, de-junking and reaccumulating are cyclical. We're out to discover what keeps us accumulating junk and figure out how to keep it at bay.

So, here goes...and let's hope that our next move doesn't require the 26 footer...