Decluttering
Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Shawna and some of my other online buds have recently inspired me to use the fresh clean slate of 2008 to de-clutter my house (and therefore, my life!) and get organized for a change. My new philosophy will be "A place for everything, and everything in its place." DH chuckled when I announced this to him and said that I sound like my mom.

My mom is an EXTREMELY organized person. Her two best friends are Rubbermaid storage totes and wicker baskets with labels. I have never been organized. I don't mind the actual act of organizing, but I'm not good at KEEPING things organized. In the hustle and bustle of daily life, scissors do not get put back into my sewing drawer, shoes get strewn all over the hallway floor instead of making it to the closet, and Tupperware containers and lids get tossed randomly into 5 different kitchen cupboards. Well, not anymore.

My goal is to organize the entire house, one room at a time and KEEP them organized. I started this afternoon by tackling my desk.

Before:

After:

My mom would be proud.

Labels: goals, household chores, my house

posted by Unkempt Mommy @ 12:17 PM,

5 Comments:

At Wed Jan 09, 01:31:00 PM CST, shawna lee said...: Well, being as how I inspired you (yay, me!!) I am now encouraging you on your endeavor. Oh, and your desk cleans up well! I've been working on the kitchen all morning while Topher was at school, and I managed to sell 28 items of Katie's outgrown spring and summer size 7's to the tune of cha-ching $85! Woot!!

I'm off to finish the kitchen so I can post an after picture and feel like I really accomplished something today.

Also, my FIRST goal for the year is to get my house in shape. See my previous post about that. I want to get my house "company ready" because right now I'm a bit ashamed of what it's become.
At Wed Jan 09, 06:33:00 PM CST, WellManneredFrivolity said...: Wanna come over and clean off my computer desk?

BTW- Tag, you're it
At Wed Jan 09, 07:33:00 PM CST, Sorlil said...: you call that a mess?? hope over and see mine, you inspired a blog post!
At Thu Jan 10, 06:28:00 AM CST, Wendy said...: Good luck on accomplishing your goal for the year. Looks like you're off to a great start! :)
At Fri Jan 11, 06:39:00 PM CST, La Libertad said...: Since the baby has arrived the clutter has exploded and my motivation has dropped. Hopefully I can at least post some pics of my place because, like you, I LOVE looking at peoples houses.

I haven't really ventured to the second floor since Bowie's arrival, so hopefully I can get some pictures up there and start going through the baby stuff and organize!