Day 8-Coat Closet

Well I only have chemo treatments every 3 weeks now and so I feel a little "normal" if that is even possible. My "normal" consists of feeling like I am just about to catch the flu, does that make sense to you? I feel tired, have body aches, and my eyes are always blurry. HOWEVER, that is my normal right now and I feel great!

So good that I am going to finish my 21-day challenge. I may not get to them everyday but I will finish at some point. I am thankful that Toni had these challenges and my first 7 still look fantastic. The challenges sure have helped my day to day duties. I can't wait to show you all the before/after photos. I also have viewed other blogs to get more ideas too. :)
I finally added hooks to the closet so the boys could hang up their coats and backpacks on their own! As you can see this has helped and has kept my floor clean!

 Before: Notice the huge pile of coats & backpacks

 After: The backpacks and coats hung up!

Close up of the hooks (purchased at Bed, Bath, and Beyond

Day 7-Pantry

Day #7 ~ Getting Organized Challenge (The Pantry)



Well I was off to a good start then the news hit on Friday so I was really unmotivated to do anything and I mean anything.  Laundry, cook, clean, etc.  Luckily my mother and father in law came to town and helped me take down Christmas, make supper, and helped me organize the pantry and cabinets.  So I am a couple days behind but will catch up soon!

This isn't my pantry but a really disorganized cabinet that holds all types of food.  Oh and the best part was finding 3 yes 3 candy bars.  I am one to hide chocolate from my children and eat it DAILY :) I have such a weakness for chocolate. I am still working on my pantry and will post pics later but for now enjoy the look of the clean cabinet.  Thanks Janis and Frank for all your help!!!

Thank you all for the prayers!!  I have an amazing support network of family and friends and feel sooo blessed!

Day 6-Dresser Drawers

Day #6 ~ Getting Organized Challenge (Dresser Drawers)


I HAVE CLEAN DRAWERS, GET IT!! :) HAHAH!



Well, well, well, bet you weren't expecting me to say this...

That is one thing I have done!!! Whoohoooo!  I am thankful that this is completed b/c I am out of commission today.  I will be back and ready for tomorrow's challenge.  I am going to spend this evening having my husband help me take down Christmas!  See you tomorrow!

 My dresser

Boys dresser

Day 5-Under the Kitchen Sink

Day #5 ~ Getting Organized Challenge (Under the Kitchen Sink)

Well it is day 5 and I have enjoyed getting this house organized!!  I am a little embarrassed at how disorganized my house is however it eases my mind that I am not alone in this.  I have seen some great blogs with awesome organization going on!  Keep it up ladies. 

HOWEVER, I do feel as though we should have 1 challenge strictly for the husbands! :)  ha ha!  I say this b/c my husband is loving the work I am doing and I keep hearing these comments. 

a) Sooo what is your challenge today?
b) I really like these challenges!
c) I hope one of the challenges is ____ and ____ and ____!!
d)That is a good one!
e)That needed to be done!

This list could go on and on but I will stop with these few! :)  This of course is all in fun but you know just 1 challenge for my hubby would be nice!

Well as you can see by the pics this was a mounting pile as well.  I didn't realize I had so many multiples.  I took wipes to each bathroom, car, etc.  This isn't perfect but my Walmart didn't carry the door hangers so I will have to drive an hour to the closest Target and find something there.  One of my friends is now a Shaklee member so once these are done I will be purchasing from her.  We are transitioning to a greener home.  It takes time but we will get there.

 Before

 Rows of Multiples/Piles of Dust cloths

AFTER

Item Needed:

Wire Door Organizer

Day 4-Linen Closet=Toy Closet

Day #4 Challenge (The Linen Closet)


PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT AND HELP WITH MY POLL!  I am having a hard time knowing what to do with those leapster cartridge boxes.  Thank you in advance!


Well I don't have a linen closet.  We will eventually put the toys downstairs in the playroom when that is finished and this will be the linen closet. 

So last month Brian and I spent 3 hours on this darn room.  We were able to donate 2 boxes of toys and throw away 1 1/2 bags of trash.  I am one mama who needs desperately to work on accountability!!  I have days that I make them do their chores and other days that I was okay with them just throwing the toys in the closet as long as it closed.  :(  Well no more of that!  We have kept the bottom half of the closet cleaned and organized for over a month now!!  Today I worked on the top shelf that needed to be organized. 

I am LOVING, LOVING this challenge and as you can see with all these pics this house NEEDED this badly!  I feel great and less stressed.  Thank you so much Toni!

*I have several people asking how I created the labels for the tubs.  I wanted the children to be able to put their own toys away even if they didn't know how to read.  It is amazing to see children know logos/symbols and relate them to toys!  I went to google dot com and typed in lego logo etc.  and printed them out and taped them.  This has been one of the best things I have done! 

 Before

 Top Shelf

 After

After- Top Shelf

Linked my DIY logo labels on this blog:



Day 3-Tupperware cabinet

Today my challenge for you is to organize your tupperware cabinets. This may be a cabinet where you hold your mixing bowls, leftover containers, baking dishes, and everything in between (not just tupperware). You do NOT have to organize more than one cabinet today (unless you want to).

This morning when I woke up to see what our challenge was I couldn't help but laugh out loud.  Just the night before I had opened up this exact cabinet to get a cup and out came 4-6 containers at my feet.  What did I do?  Yes, you guessed it!  I threw them all back in their as fast as I could and slammed the door.  I do this at least 4 times a week but never, never clean it out.   So that started the first morning laugh!!  A good laugh...

 Before

 Lids/tupperware with no matches=TRASH!

AFTER!

Day 2-Computer Desk

Front View-Before

Side View

Yuck!  Dust bunnies!

AFTER

Challenge #2 - Your computer desk (top only)

Well our computer desk is currently in our bedroom temporarily.  We will be moving it downstairs when we have that organized.  Eek...  That will take a good couple of months. 

As I was taking everything off to wipe down I found a gray bunny not really but jeez!  I lay my head down just a couple of feet from that.  This morning Brian saw the challenge but didn't see the TOP ONLY and said finally the box will be gone.  Oh sorry, bubba maybe next challenge :)  Thankfully!  That box is full of papers, odds and ends that will take me at least  2 1/2 hours to go through.  

A couple of things needed for computer desk is:

1.  Pencil/pen holder
2.  Drawer organizer like Toni for the ipods, address labels, etc.



Biggest Junk Drawer in America

Before I removed anything
GO AHEAD AND DOUBLE CLICK ON THE PICS
 AND GET A REAL GOOD LOOK! :)

The bottomless pit after ONLY removing the 4 books

AFTER

Here is your challenge (I started out simple)...




Whoa, what did she type?  Simple, really?  I am in for a challenging 21 days!  Ha!  However I am super excited to see what I have accomplished when the challenge is over.  Oh and you should see my husband he is SUPER GIDDY about this too!!

Well here is my junk drawer in my kitchen.  It is a crazy mess! A dumping ground for ANYTHING  and EVERYTHING as you can see.

It looks incredible now and I have to say I love that I found the same liner at Target and it matches perfect with my walls!  So for day 1 of the challenge I feel good and can't wait til Monday.


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