The Ongoing Project: Boys Room
I know I’ve said it before, and I know I’ll say it again, I dream of one day having all of my clutter tackled and my house in order. Oh yeah and fully painted, decorated, and the list could go on and on. I’m not there yet, but the house is an ongoing project.
I’ve been keeping up with my habit of filling a contractor bag every week or so, and this week I couldn’t take the mess in the boys room one more moment longer. With Dylan and Thade in school, that gives me just enough time to tackle the mess, but with Agnes’ short naps, I really only have about an half an hour a day.
I decided to go in contractor bags a blazing, and I was completely ruthless on day 1 with the de-cluttering. I gave myself 15 minutes (that was all I had after the morning’s chores) and I filled 2 bags. The boys didn’t even notice, and the room was much improved.
Today I gave myself a little more time (hey, those dishes can wait till later) and I was focused on organizing all of the toys. I didn’t toss as much, but everything is in a bin and it’s own place.
The shelves are still filled to the brim, but it is organized.
I would like to invest in some cool organizational bins that will fit their items, and look a little better,
but for today I’m calling it good.
Gotta go make lunch, and get to those dishes.
Filed under Cleaning Time | Comment (1)My Monday Morning
This morning I woke up grumpy with a sinus headache, and I couldn’t get to the coffee fast enough. I took the big kids to school, and brought the little miss back home to play a bit before her morning nap. I grabbed the much needed cup of coffee, and let her play in the living room. No sooner had I turned around, she had already dumped 4 of the large toy bins, and that’s when I decided enough was enough.
The toys, and costumes, the little plastic bits are a constant struggle for me. The kids just have way too much packed into a house that we are quickly outgrowing. This mommy is sick of the mess, I wanted our living room back, and now was the time to get it done. I decided to enlist the help of my favorite house cleaners the contractor bags, and as soon as the miss was napping, I tore into the living room.
I was ruthless, and shocked when I had filled an entire contractor bag full of toys from one single room. These are toys that they never even play with, toys that are tossed aside to get to the ones that they really want. I found more broken items, and things that they have outgrown. Man did it feel good to take that bag out to the trash cans.
Feeling motivated, I decided to move up to the boy’s room and continue the clean out. I filled another half of a contractor bag with even more junk. Their bookshelves are still filled to the brim, and I am in need of some storage bins. I would love to visit Bed Bath & Beyond and get some cool storage, and get the boy’s room into shape.
The boy’s room isn’t organized, but it is on the way to being decluttered. James was really surprised to see the living room all cleaned too. I was really happy with the work that I got accomplished, and that’s 2 more bags out of the house.
I’m sticking with my goal of 1 contractor bag a week, and I want to have at least 2 garage sales in the next 2 months. I really want to get the house back in order.
Filed under Cleaning Time | Comments (2)She’s Mobile
poof.. she is moblie.
Agnes is officially crawling, and also tearing into the house at record speed. Somehow baby-proofing the house with 3 kids is a little more tough this time around. I’ve been working on the living room for the last two days, and it still just isn’t quite right. I cleaned out one more contractor bag of clutter, so I am keeping up with that part of organizing the house at least. On a happier note, Agnes is way more cheerful now that she is mobile, and being destructive.
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10 Bags
Whew, just look at those giant bags!
We have been really busy over here for the last week-and-a-half. My hubby had some vacation time, and I was feeling pretty overwhelmed by the state of our house. Every single spot that you looked was clutter. Finally we said enough, and we went and grabbed the 55 gallon contractor bags, and got to work.
We cleaned the Utility Room, the Dining Room, the Kitchen, the Office, and we barely started on the upstairs closets, and we came up with 10 bags filled with clutter. We also came up with a ton of goodies for a garage sale too.
Today the last of the bags were hauled off, and the house is looking great. We still have a long way to go. We have the entire upstairs to de-clutter, and then there is the living room, it is the main source of messiness in this house, but we are getting there.
I’ve also noticed that I’m not as stressed out as I was. I was feeling really down about the house, but I didn’t have enough energy to tackle the big mess on my own. Having my hubby to help out really was great, and I’m a much happier camper now. We even have some plans to get back to painting the house, now that the mess is all gone.
I am so happy to see those 10 bags out of here!
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