Since I returned home from
my lovely, relaxing trip away over the Christmas/New Years period I have decided to do some
major reorganisation around the house. We have a lot of '
stuff' we just don't need anymore -
or never needed to begin with....hahaha. As this house is
only small I need all the extra space I can get!
On the
first day of '
Operation Organise' I began with the
Office/Craft Room.
This room does become a '
dumping ground' for a lot of things unfortunately.
Thankfully we have recently added two double door cupboards to the room that has
given me a lot more storage and things that were sitting around on shelves and the (
ahem...) floor are now
nicely stored away. Notice I didn't say
neatly - well that's because it is
not all that neat at the moment. OK, not really true. It is kind of neat but the arrangement of things
could be a little better and I do have a couple of '
gotta sort that out later' boxes in there too. You know,
those little things that just don't have a place to go - yet.
I'm working on it. I also need to tidy and sort out the things on top of the cupboard but being short I can overlook that
for a little while. Some other small things like cleaning out the plastic drawers need to be done too - I'm going to use them to store
the kids craft things (e.g.: pencils, paints, paper, etc.) Currently they are full of 'need to file' papers and the like. Over all the room is much better and much more usable too. I'm loving that I can sew when ever I like as '
my craft space' and neat and tidy.
Day two on '
Operation Organise' was a little less productive. I did get some
major cleaning done though which I guess will help in the long run. The
bathroom/toilet got a good scrub, the
entire house got a through vacuum and the
wet areas got a through mop. I reorganised the toys in the lounge room a little better too.
Other than that I folded and put away clothes, did 3 loads of washing (
including the couch covers), did dishes, organised dinner,
went for a walk and scrapped -
again!
Today is
day three of '
Operation Organise'. The Twins have just gone done for a sleep so
on today list we have:
* Firstly, go and jump in a shower while I can!!
* Reorganise the hallway linen closet/storage cupboard done this morning :) !!* Clean and reorganise the kitchen cupboards (
next on the list after I'm finished here)
* Fold the washing and put away
If I get time:
* Sort and organise my sewing print outs (
patterns etc.) and my loose recipes in the folders I have purchased for this job.
That is probably something I can do tonight while I watch TV I guess.
I better get moving! These things won't do themselves and I need to get as much done while 'my helpers' are sleeping.
I'll leave you with a page
I scrapped last night.
(I don't know if I am completely finished with this but thought I would show you anyway. I'm also in the process of doing a similar one for Zach.)(Credits to come)
P.S I'll also add, check out
Works for me Wednesday over at
Rocks In My Dryer! I'm a
regular reader of this and there are always some
great hints, tips and ideas with Mr Linky. One day I might even be able to participate!
