August wasn’t one of my best months for de-cluttering the house. I think I brought in more items (thanks to school) than I cleaned out…

I did get a little more clutter out of the kitchen. Late in the month James pulled out the rest of the icky vinyl flooring too.

September my main focus will be cleaning out junk that is hiding in drawers. Like my desk drawers. They are filled with a lot of odds and ends, papers and pens, and lots of the kiddos items. It is messy, and it is driving me crazy.

During the month of August I did more home organizing than de-cluttering too. We flipped the kitchen around, and I arranged all of the kiddos items into a microwave cart so they can help out with setting the table.

I also switched the kitchen shelves around a bit. I’ve put all of the dishes, and cookbooks on the upper shelves. The lower shelves hold all of the pantry items.

Pretty soon though, I’ll have to pull everything back out of the cabinets. We are painting the kitchen, and those shelves need some work. I’m excited about getting the kitchen painted. It is going to be a big task though.

I enjoyed my clean desktop one last time. Now that school is in full swing, the papers are piling up. I need to figure out what to do with the incoming paper-load, and fast.

This little gal helps keep me on my toes, and keeps me motivated to curb the clutter collection that is hanging out.

So for the month of August I cleaned out a total of 156 items from the house. I donated many clothes, and sold a few items too. It wasn’t my biggest month, but the house is a little cleaner.