I love reading about how to organize and save money. Today on I’m an Organizing Junkie there is a fantastic post on how to organize batteries. With kids we have batteries of all types stuffed into drawers and stashed in other really good hiding spots that we cannot even remember where they are hidden! This is going to make things SO much easier.
The Master Bathroom is D-O-N-E! Even the blinds have been dusted and inside plus outside windows. I tidied under the sinks and the drawers and it is FANTASTIC. I even purchased floor mats for in front of the sinks and valances for the two windows (which I plan to have hubby put up this weekend). I’ll post before and afters when I get a minute. Now I am on to the Master Bedroom.
Am I the only one in this house who sees the mess and dirt? I feel like I am constantly picking up toys, cleaning the high chairs, gathering laundry, hanging up coats, unloading the dishwasher and cleaning up other random “hot spots” of clutter. How hard is it to carry up a pile of stuff I’ve put on the stairs to go to the appropriate home upstairs when you walk by? I seem to manage with an armload of baby. So I will ask again … am I the only one in this house who sees the mess and dirt?
I finally sat down with my calendar and decided on rooms to declutter and thoroughly clean. I broke it down into really manageable chunks – one per week. It may take me until March to finish the whole house but if it means lighter living I’m all for it. Sadly, that means it will be time to start all over, however, hopefully at that point it won’t take me a whole week for one room – perhaps per floor would be ideal and then it’s more of a spring/fall cleaning only!
I don’t know what my problem is … I seem to get everything organized and then I suppose I coast and within a half-day the house is cluttered again. I can barely keep up with the laundry and the dishes, never mind checking my emails, reading, responding to my pen pal letters, indulging in a crochet or knitting project, or even watching television! I keep meaning to get to the gym also but all I’ve achieved is gaining ten pounds while finding other things to do instead of going (like bathing the children, washing dishes or doing laundry!). I am
I finally got to clear the hallway and organize things into their proper homes. The pile of items to sell is not huge as I thought it might be and it didn’t take nearly as long as I had considered the job before I started. The label maker I purchased to label totes was really fun too! I even got to take inventory of our deep freezer, clean it out, and thoroughly vacuum and tidy up the cold room. My husband thanked me (and then the “but” … his tools are apparently a mess … at least I put them
In organizing my home and the many projects I involve myself in and with, I’ve taken to making lists – or, more recently, using the web and Microsoft templates from their website to help me. In doing so, I have so many lists that I am feeling disorganized. Perhaps I’ll print them and make a master list of my lists for reference!
Today, after having worked out three quotes from professional painters, I finally booked our job to be done the last weekend of September. Yes! (this picture seems to be how we are communicating these days – most frustrating for everyone!) Now that I’ve had five seconds of excitement, dear husband put his 2,000,000 cents in and scolded me for not informing him of the quotes or that I was even calling to book. Sigh. Hello! Yes I did, last night, and he gave me the go ahead otherwise why would I have booked the painters? (this picture says “They had
We are in the midst of getting quotes to paint the house. It’s open concept and so very gray-based taupe. I’ve had three painters in and I hope we get one that will fall in our budget as that is the make it or break it on the project. My current taupe existence is as follows:
I am having a lot of anxiety with this decorating project we have decided to undertake. We did the laundry room a lime green (see picture above) which is great and what I wanted. The laundry room is on the main floor and now I want to do the open concept aspect of the main floor – kitchen, dining room, hallway, family room and pillars. What colours do I choose that are not going to completely clash with the laundry room?!
