Day 363 - 2010

I got a new EXPEDIT shelf from IKEA (dad picked it up for me - thanks Dad), and it fits perfectly where I wanted it. One of the baskets holds all of our ipod stuff - wires, cases and boxes, and one holds my Project Life stuff for the time being. I'm hoping to declutter the hallway shelf and utilize the baskets more here. The digital frame fits nicely on top. What I like most is that it fits our scrapbooks and makes them accessible for the kids to look at them. I love it when a plan comes together.

Day 333 -2010

I hit a lot of rabbit holes today in my quest to finish off my November To Do list. This was one of them. This sign fell apart shortly after I bought it and has been sitting in the basement for the last 4 or 5 years waiting for me to fix it so that I can give it to Goodwill. I had intended on painting it and putting a biblical quote about our house serving the Lord but it is no longer my style. In the end it took me all of 10 minutes to fix. Now it is gone.

Day 327 - 2010

I finally got Cierra's inventory written out. All of her clothing, media, books and other belongings are categorized in a spreadsheet. I still need to go back and write up when she got certain things but for now it is good enough. As I went through it all I organized and purged a little. If I could only get her to let go of some of the magazine pictures...

Day 284 - 2010

Drew and the kids went with Melissa and Jan for their annual trip to Port Dover - can you believe they went swimming on Thanksgiving weekend? While they were away I worked outside getting fall clean-up under way.

Day 224 - 2010

Off to TBay! I really like to leave the house in a clean and ready to be greeted manner.

Day 219 - 2010

Marlee helped Drew clean out and vacuum the car.

Day 172 - 2010

I bundled up some more things for Goodwill today. It feels so good to get this done - I just wish I had more time to get through more things. I'm loving the new "real estate".

Day 146 - 2010

There's nothing more satisfying then a clean area. Today it was behind the stove. It's amazing how much "stuff" collects there (and how rarely it gets cleaned!).

Day 58 - 2010

We are continuing to use the JUMBO GRID calendar that I buy at Michael's for $1.50 every year. It is a full two pages and each day has enough space to write all of our activities. And really, can you beat the price? It hangs in our kitchen. We also received a free datebook from church which I have been trying to use regularly. I like that it has a scripture to read and a thought of the day but it is hard to get used to using more than one tool. The spaces aren't quite big enough for everything I want to write but the size is good to tuck in my purse to take places. Bottom line? I still haven't found what I'm looking for!

Day 50 - 2010

Your scrap area right now

Okay. I know this is BAD. Really bad. And I have no excuse really. I am in the middle of LOAD but to be honest, this is how it usually looks. I need to put some papers away and purge some the pens on the desk but honestly, the area unseen has all of the dumped piles. What you see is nothing. The piles that I put in here to have the Superbowl party a week or so ago are still there - and still haven't gotten to. It doesn't really seem to cramp my creativity, I can usually find what I need (other then the paper pile) and no one else really uses this room, so??? On a brighter note, I have purged 2-3 boxes of stuff from here in the last month and plan to do more. In time.

Day 47 - 2010

A pile of...

kitchen junk. My hot spot. It's just easier some days to use a basket. It only takes about 5 minutes to clear it all out but many days I just don't want to. It's starting to take over though so I will have to do it soon.

Day 22 - 2010

As Drew would put it, I've been busy nesting again these last few days. I prefer to see it as something I always do! It was about time that I went through the box of woodsies and other wooden craft materials from the church and sorted it all. Now all of the shapes have their own baggies, the Popsicle sticks are all sorted by size and we got rid of a full box of materials that will not be used. YEY!

Day 20 - 2010

I took some photos of things I hope to post on Kijiji or Craig's List one of these days. We just have too much stuff! Drew thinks I am nesting.... I think it is just purging and long overdue.

Day 5 - 2010

We finally got most of the Christmas decorations put away (well boxed up) - we just have the tree to go!

Day 285 - Monday, October 12, 2009

We finished up the last of the backyard fall cleanup - including closing up the pool. We had 2 little helpers that were able to lift the cover with us - amazing how much easier it was!

Day 275 - Friday, October 2, 2009

Bad photo but it's nice how upcoming parties actually make us clean up! Those balls were up there FOREVER!!

Day 253 - Thursday, September 10, 2009

The soap dispenser got broken today. I think a new plastic one is in order.

Day 248 - Saturday, September 5, 2009

The new shelving (finally up for me this year apparently) has made a real difference. It is so nice not to have to go down into the dining area for all of the dishes!

Day 207 - Sunday, July 26, 2009

Part of getting back into routine means catching up on flylady emails. Only 200+!

Day 206 - Saturday, July 25, 2009

The aftermath of a week of camp. Now the clean-up.