organize

It is Saturday late in the afternoon and my family and I have just spent the last few hours organizing. Last Saturday we did the same thing. And several days over Christmas break we clean out, rearranged and organized different places in our house. I don't think we have ever done so much in such a small amount of time. I am proud of us all. I took a few pictures. Claire's bows and such had over run my space in my bathroom, which is what prompted that clean up. The boys rooms have become jungles of junk. For the past 2 years (since we moved into our current house) I have let them "decorate" their rooms. They begged to be able to display in their own fashion. I agreed even though I had many ideas in my head. Luckily I still had Claire and spent my time decorating her room to my satisfaction. But the boys rooms had become so full of stuff, you couldn't see what they were trying to display. I think they each had two garbage bags full of things they no longer wanted by time we were done. So I posted a few pix from their rooms so we can remember what they choose to keep and display. And arrange things to their own liking. We also moved some furniture down to our office to make room for a new desk in our "piano room"(dining room). Now the lap top is hidden away in the drawer instead of on our kitchen counter. And when the kids use it they have stools there to use it so they are not at the kitchen table. I love this space...so I took a picture of it. The pictures above the desk were ones I bought a few months ago even though I didn't have a place for them. I love leaves and knew I would use them some time. And then the perfect space appeared. I love when that happens. Allen tackled many thing all by himself, like the pantry(I don't think I have ever clean it out before). He is brave. It is big and it was a mess. He not only organizes it, but throws stuff away, and wipes down the shelves. It seriously looks like a new room. What a guy.

Ok, here is the list of places that got organized, de-junked, cleaned, rearranged this past month...prepare yourself to be amazed:

-office

-office closet

-linen/sweater/jewelry closet (it's big)

-all master bathroom drawers and cupboards

-Carter and Jared's bedrooms

-piano/computer room

-unfinished storage rooms

-large walk-in pantry

-junk drawers

-mudroom closet

-closet in bonus room(all DVD's back into correct case, all video games are where they belong, all game pieces in place, all books in one place. And we now have a garage sale pile of many unwanted items)

-bonus room

I think that's it. I am tired, but very happy. Let's see how long it lasts.