get my house tidied (and keep it that way)

Well, the bedroom is finally getting organised. There are now wardrobes in it. This means that instead of all the clothes being vaguely folded up and stuffed on open shelves, they can actually be hung up, or put away in proper drawers. Behind doors, so that even if the contents of the wardrobe are a mess (they won’t be. Honestly!), the room itself shouldn’t be.
Next step: bookcases. Lots and lots of shelves to put the many books I have on. Maybe I’ll even go so far as to alphabetize them…

Now it’s just the maintanance. I spent all day Wednesday (from 9:45 am to 10:00 pm) cleaning and organizing the apartment. It’s not 100% but it’s damn close. I’ve still got a few boxes to go through from the move, and some paperwork to shread. Other than that the place is as close to spotless as its ever been.

My husband and I have agreed on a central location for dirty laundry (one that is not the floor). If we keep that up it will help immensely. If we stick to that, and shread our useless mail everyday I think we’ll be in good shape.

Maybe if I break this down and do one small thing at a time, I’ll get there in the end. So, to help with this, I’ve added a new goal to my list – toss those old magazines. There are a few piles of old magaines in various places. So I will try to get rid of them. Stick some in a bag, walk round to paper recycling point, toss magazines. Repeat until no more magazine piles.

I’m messy. The person I live with is messy. Bits of the house get tidied – then they get messy again. I think I need to take a week off work and just get things organized.