How much do I love my stuff

Woo hoo my bedroom is painted! No pictures yet because I'm still putting things back in and trying to get it cute.

I cleaned out my linen closet with the help of two boxes and a bucket. I put all the dental hygiene stuff in a box and skin care stuff in a box. I also put all my bathroom cleaning supplies in a bucket so I can move it from bathroom to bathroom easier. There were a few things I learned from cleaning the closet:
1. I'm almost out of soap. At Christmas time I thought I had a year supply but apparently my family uses hand soap twice as fast as I thought.
2. I have a lot of cleaning supplies I don't use. I don't think it means I buy too much cleaning supplies, I think it means I need to clean more.
3. There is a lot of space in there if things are organized. It's amazing how it went from overflowing to half empty just by getting two boxes and a bucket and folding the sheets and towels. I didn't take anything out. Here are the before and after pictures.



I've been reading that you can't organize clutter you just move it around. The only way to be organized is to get rid of clutter. I have a lot of clutter. The only problem is when I think of things I want to get rid of it's all my kids or my husbands stuff. This either means that my kids and husband have way too much stuff or I love my stuff more than I like theirs. It's probably both. So what should I do? Does everyone have to get rid of an equal amount of stuff or does my stuff trump theirs? Just a thought.

I don't plan on doing anything this week, but thanks for reading.

I am thankful for vomit

So I had been meaning to vacuum out my car for a while but never found the time. Then last week Edison threw up in the car. I was so sad at the time because it's gross. I took out his car seat and washed it, and then I figured I had the car seats out might as well vacuum, and so I did. It wasn't that bad or time consuming and I was so glad it was clean. So Edison throwing up was the motivation I needed to clean my car.

I have my "mud closet" done. It's so nice to have a place for backpacks. I am also using a hook for my keys so hopefully I'll stop loosing them.


Now I want to focus on my linen closet. I just keep throwing things in there and now I have no idea what is in it. My plan is to get boxes. Boxes for soap, dental hygiene, and other stuff. Michelle gave me a copy of Wendy Glass's organizing presentation, and I was practically drooling looking at all the storage boxes that she kept things in. She is my inspiration. Here is my before picture:


And finally I think this is the week I'm going to paint my bedroom. I really hope this is the week. So I'll be busy getting things out of and then back in. Woo Hoo!