organize my house

So I’ve been super busy the past few months but.. it is finally slowing down!!! I never got around to doing the “spring Cleaning” so who cares. My dogs sure don’t and they contribute most of the mess. So, I am on a mission to start clearing out the crap. My great Aunt recently passed away and going through her house and all the crap that she had that we pitched out was ridiculous.I don’t want to be that lady. I figure that a little each night here and there and I’ll be in good shape in no time! Freecycle watch out .

im starting tomorrow morning at eight thirty sharp!

Organization…blechh! Not something I want to spend time doing, but something that needs to be done. So I will devote a finite period of time only to organizing my house. Four months sounds good. By then it will be almost Thanksgiving. Things will be organized and the house in order just in time for the Holidays.

And that includes throwing away the things I don’t need or giving them to Goodwill. I also want to stick all my important papers in one of those acordian folders.

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.