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.


I have linked to these as well:



In the New Year I will be doing more of this...

Organizing my home

Reading!  My Christmas present from my sweet/handsome hubby!

Spending time with this cute bunch

What else?  I guess you will just have to wait and see...


HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

New Year's Resolution+Accountability=?

I stumbled across this blog awhile back and saw that she was doing a 21-day challenge for organizing your home.  Now if any of you really know me you know that I am a wanna be organizer! :)  I try, succeed, fail, fall off the wagon, and procrastinate. OOPS!  So I am hoping this challenge will motivate this mama.

 I ALWAYS tell Brian, "I think we get better and better with our household duties/organizing every year!"  He just looks at me like I am crazy.  I think my husband has heard me say these words every year since we have been married! Ha

I have only been successful at one other New Year's resolution and that was 3 years ago.  Brian and I decided that we would not drink soda for an entire year.  We also stiffened the resolution by making a harsh punishment for the one who quit early!!  The punishment would be to make the other spouse breakfast in bed every morning for a week.  Well their was NO WAY I was going to lose I already cook every meal as is.  That resolution was a success and I am hoping that this one will be too.

So friends/bloggers: CALL, EMAIL, COMMENT, BUG, BUG, BUG, ME IF YOU DON'T SEE A POST!  I need accountability and that my friends is where you come in!  So have I convinced you to jump on the bandwagon with me?