Checking in!

I've been gone a while! I'm happy to say that everything I've accomplished since January is still in a glorious state of organization. And I am SO close to being finished. It's really wonderful.

This past week the entire bedroom closet was cleared and I put shelves up in there to keep things neat. I have plenty of room for blankets and sheets. I actually have shoes on a rack. And I was able to fit the steam cleaner in there too. I keep it upstairs because the bedroom is one of the few rooms with a carpet. Soon we will change that too. But that's a project for another day. :D Today I organized and cleaned out the laundry closet, put a shelf on the back of the dryer, and put all my laundry stuff on it. Everything else got relocated to where it belongs.

I've left the two really huge jobs for last. One being our spare room. We did make a dent in there. It's about 1/4 less full then it was. My craft room needs to be cleaned out too. If I haven't done the craft in 9 years, I doubt I will now.

After this it's home improvement. I think I'll save all that for next year's resolution.

Dog Cabinet Done!

It's really nice to be able to reach in there and find her brush or the cat's comb right away. And no more endless search for the poo bags. I put a little bamboo tray in there for her heartworm meds and her tick collars. And I finally threw out all the old leashes I was saving. They had no purpose so out they go.

This marks the one month anniversary of me starting my blog and I can't believe I'm still doing this. I am proud of me. And Steve has started helping me a lot more. I don't think he didn't intend to help me before but everything was pretty confusing with nowhere designated to put anything.

Tasks for this month:
Bathroom closet
Do some work on the bedroom closet (library closet that is)
Keep up with day to day decluttering and management.

I Did Not Stop! :D

I have most of my living room straightened out. There are a few things that need to be relocated but my kitchen table is clear of papers and crap, my coffee table is too. Behind the couch where my fishtanks are is also cleaned up. I've got a mail caddy up for bills to go into and we now hang our coats every night instead of putting them on the back of the dining room chairs.

This month I'm going to work on closets. My walk in closet/library has literally a foot of books and magazines and boxes just tossed in there. My bathroom closets need product downsizing. My dog cabinet needs to be cleaned out and re-organized. My kitchen cabinets will be getting racks and such to help keep things neat.

Most shocking of all is that I've kept my dresser clean for this long. That has never happened in the history of me. All my jewelry is in my new jewelry box, my earrings are hung on an earring caddy. And there is no crap at all on that dresser.

I feel good. :)

Holy Headache

I'm not sure if I'm getting sick or not but I had the worst migraine of my life today. Despite that, I managed to put my husband's laundry away and get the morning dishes in the dishwasher. Then I took Excedrin migraine, ate pizza, and passed out for 2 hours.

When I went to get my husband it felt like every car had their brights on. It's much better now and I'm drinking some SF Red Bull because caffeine always helps me.

But I guess the point of this is that I did my chores despite my most horrible headache. That's never been done before. I did NOT go shopping. I was afraid to get behind the wheel. But I'm having groceries delivered tomorrow. So, here's my own personal "Atta girl!" to me for not caving in to my pain and neglecting things.

Pay attention!

I got all lost in music tonight while I was doing dishes (yes, I'm still doing them after dinner). I didn't notice that the lid from a tuna can was in the sink. I rinse them before I throw them in the recycle bin so they don't smell up the place. I forgot the lid. It is the exact same circumference as my drain. So it got stuck, of course. I bent a fork and almost broke the point of a knife trying to get it out. My husband came to the rescue with a hammer and nail and bent it so I could get it out (while shaking his head and grinning at what I manage to accomplish with half a chance and my natural inclination for chaos).

I picked up some Dr. Bronner's Sal suds for general cleaning (I'm just not happy with the vinegar thing) and I'm going to try and limit myself to it but I realized that I still have a lot of old cleaners to get rid of. That's my project this weekend. Gather up all my cleaning products, go through them, and discard what I don't need 6 of.

Going strong!

I went grocery shopping today and I came home to kitchen counters I could USE! It was awesome. The fridge was pretty clean so I didn't even have to go in and toss a bunch of old food. My bathroom is now clean and so is my bedroom. The last room left to declutter is my living room.

After I do that, I'll go after the hidden jobs. Bathroom closet, bedroom closet, craft room storage, kitchen cabinets, etc. I'm feeling really good about this whole thing. I feel like I've accomplished a lot of change in a pretty short time.

When Steve works out, instead of sitting in front of the TV, I try and find something that needs doing. I've been making his breakfast and some of his lunch for the next day every night after dinner since I'm usually cleaning up the kitchen at that time anyway. I put on music and dance and have at it.

I have a new planner and a notebook that I use to keep track of things. I'm not perfect in this regard but it's a process, ya know? I made myself a shopping checklist because I ALWAYS forget my cloth bags or my list or both. We have a white board on the fridge to write what we need and half the time I don't look at it and then I have to go to the store the next day. Now all of this is on my checklist. I checked it before I left today and came home with everything I needed in my cloth bags. :D

The end!

No more fast food for me ever again. This is my record. <3