1) Pantry
2) 2-3 junk drawers
3) Linen closet
4) laundry room
5) Under the sink
I don't have the basement and my bedroom listed. These jobs are SOOOOOOOO large that I think I'd be quickly overwhelmed. I have a gizillion books, too.
Luckily, it is coming upon garage sale season.
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Live in such a way that if anyone should speak badly of you, no one would believe it.
1. Dining table Okay, I did this today, but does it count if there's still a little pile of magazines and papers that I have to find places for? I did discard/recycle all the extraneous papers. Also, I'm not sure the spiritual significance I want to attach to this task. We don't actually eat at the dining table, it's just tucked into the corner. I was able to put our tiny Buddha back on the table, and the whole room feels more serene with it cleared off.
2. Entryway Done!
3. File cabinet Done!
4. Desk top Done!
5. Desk bottom Done! The desk looks good, but there will always be something going on there, since this little space works hard. We run three separate businesses plus my husband's thesis. I can't believe all those piles of paper are gone and dealt with! It feels so good! Now on to the really challenging parts, which will probably have to be broken down into smaller bits to become manageable....
6. Bedroom closet
7. Hall closets and drawers
Our house is pretty good, not too many hot spots, but the file cabinet is something I've been putting off for a LOOOOOONNNNGGG time. I'd like to not only declutter, but also deep clean everything. Hope I can keep up!
Just yesterday I made an de-gross list. LOL. I am doing one room per day, right down to the smudges on the wall, until the entire house is done!!
2 rooms down so far;
computer room -check
pantry and homeschool closet -check
I'll add rooms as completed.
3/25
still on track.
dining room
today was a field trip for hs so I'll have to do double duty tomorrow.
3/29
Main bath.
Family room. Blech, talk about growling dustbunnies.
We are moving Saturday so my main goal when unpacking is to sort as I go with a large yard sale pile and a large donate pile. DH and I are doing the "clean sweep" method. LOL
~*~DONE~*~My BIGGEST challenge is clothing. Between thrifting and yard saling at least once a week, selling on eBay and being a clothes horse in general (at least for the kids), I have an over abundance of clothing. I now have 6 huge boxes full of clothes for my yard sale next weekend (25 cents a piece b/c I want to see it ALL gone and everything that doesn't sell is going straight to Salvation Army, not coming back in the house!). I would just donate them if I didn't need the money NOW so much.
~*~DONE~*~I also need to go through my new kitchen drawers (4, I think?) where the executor was nice enough to leave them full of kitchen utensils which, at first, I was totally goo-goo over, BUT I need to actually sort them and get rid of what I am not going to use.
I would like to sort through DH's clothes, truthfully, but I think he may get angry if I do. LOL This man must have no less than 40 polo and pullover shirts. It's partially my fault because I have a tendency to give my kids and DH clothes that do not sell on eBay if I think they'll like it or DH will pick something up from a thrift and say "Oh, well, if this doesn't sell, I'll wear it." LOL I'd like to get him down to more like 10-15 polos, but I have serious doubts that it will happen. Let's just say he had three dresser drawers (not small ones) full of folded shirts.
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Mom to four great kiddos
AND Griffin Davis due to join us in May 2009!
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I'm in if I can start next week when dh is home and things are back to normal.
1. craft supplies
2. boys craft closet ***Finished***
3. boys closet and dresser
4. tupperware cabinet and under sink ***Finished and reorganized the kitchen cabinets to make healthy meal planning easier, I hope***
5. front coat closet
6. storage in garage (may take a week)
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Robin wife to one awesome guy for 18 years,
mama to four beautiful boys
OMG, I have been feeling so totally overwhelmed with just this exact problem! Mine is one of those "whole house" issues as well, but I'll hit the high spots:
1. clear sewing room for painting
2. put away ALL scrapbooking supplies
3. clear all the surfaces AND under the bed in master bedroom
4. living room
5. kitchen counters
Soooooo...... I guess I won't be seeing you all for another few months. Oh, maybe if I take it a piece at a time I can get it done more quickly than that!
KITCHEN:
1. Finish painting
2. Re-hang cabinet doors!!!
3. Clean out cabinets
4. Recipes- Type out and have ONE binder
PANTRY:
1. Paint
2. De-clutter
3. Make curtains
DS's ROOM/Computer room
1. Paint door (the last child that lived here colored on it with a permanent marker
2. Make a curtain
3. Clean out home receipt/paper file DONE!
4. Add biz addresses from the last 3 years to my online address book
5. ENCOURAGE dh
to clean out computer desk and his biz papers that are all over the place
MY ROOM:
1. Paint
2. Make fabric panels for my wardrobe and re-hang the doors
LIVING ROOM:
1. Sand off blanket chest (one of MY children colored all over it years ago)
2. Photos, what a mess! They are all thrown in the blanket chest!
3. Sewing table- finish sanding and re-finish
4. FABRIC
5. Make a new ironing board cover
GIRL's ROOM:
1. Paint
2. Make curtains
3. Re-finish dd's desk
4. Oh, heck! Re-finish ALL the furniture in this room!
I am a trash pile/thrift store junkie with a bad attitude of, 'I can fix that, one day!'
OUTDOORS:
1. Paint bench on front porch (Old church bench mil gave me.. half painted)
2. Finish cutting down my very overgrown yard.. brambles, bushes, etc
3. Finish turning over dirt in herb garden DONE
4. ENCOURAGE dh to till up spaces for veggie and flower gardens
EGADS! I have no business on this computer!
Hope
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Mom to Ettie, Drake, Isabella, and Jasmine
Someone else who needs to rehang cabinet doors? I thought I was the only one! Maybe it is an NC thing...
Of course, mine have been down so long that I didn't bother to put it on my list.
Laura Q
I'd like to join in too...
it's a bit easier for me cause I live in an apartment with roommates.
1. Computer Desk
1.5 my mail inbox
2. Hat + Mitten Drawer
3. Clean and set up basement playroom
4. piles of paper on record shelf
5. spring clothing re-orginization of dresser and closet
6 toy room closet
-junk drawer..wayy too many pens & markers that don't work,stray pennies that need to go in penny bank &/or rolled , rubber bands, greeting cards that need to be recycled and sent to St. Jude's Ranch, important papers to important paper safe, expired coupons to be put in burn pile
-organize placemats, napkins and dishtowels (done!)
-finish some sewing projects (halfway done)
-clean refrigerator (done!)
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~Jen- Mama to all girls all 4 years apart
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Jordan 12/97
I was just declutting the office today 
Oh, maybe if I take it a piece at a time I can get it done more quickly than that! 
Depressing
James and Maximilian!!!
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