organize my house

This starts today. We moved into my house 5 months ago and there are still boxes and things around that need to be organized. My husband just doesn’t want to do it. This weekend he is going away and I plan to make this my starting point. I know it is not going to happen overnight – I just get so overwhelmed every time I look around. But it is time to put a stop to the mess.

we have added a utility room and revamped the kitchen – not a bad start!

next jobs – main bedroom and lounge …

Main bedroom my resposibility, lounge is that of my husband!

I want to organize my home. I want it to look like I live there. Not just a place I go to sleep and store junk

I would love to be able to put my hands on something when I need it…not after I’ve ripped every room apart looking for it.

I would love to be able to wake up in the morning and not have to move things to get ready for work.

I would love to be able to wake up on the weekend and not spend most of it cleaning because nothing was put back where it belongs.

Today, I’m starting by going thru 3 kitchen cabinets and my nightstand. The word for today is purging…......

donate stuff to good will
donate books
finish going through the boxes in the office (4)
hang things on walls
organize office closet

This is a little dangerous goal. I had every intention of tackling the boys’ closet and I took all the huge bins out and that is as far as I got. There are still bins on top and toys scattered all about in the bottom. I really need to finish this but finding a job is so at the forefront of my mind and dealing with unemployment paperwork is a pain and ridiculous since the max they can give me is $240/wk. I would be better off getting a fast food job except paying for childcare would negate the income (and more likely put me in debt).

GRRRRRRRR.

I’m getting NOTHING done but complaining, it seems.

however, now I have been forcibly veered from that course by paperwork and required documentation to receive unemployment so the bank doesn’t TAKE my house. Then there would be no organizing whatsoever.

CHECK!

to a heathy, happy home. So I have organized my special room, cleaned out and organized that closet, organized my living room, the kitchen pantry, cabinets, my bedroom closets got rid of 4 bags of close that are too big, went through the dresser drawers. The next project is the bathroom and my sons room so those will be done this weekend. It has taken me a while but after this weekend this goal will be complete YAY ME.

This is an on-going endeavor, especially with children at home. I’m thrilled that I got some of the bathroom cabinets cleaned out but the spectre of that hallway closet still looms. The pantry is all in desperate need of renewed attention. And on it goes.. sigh.