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.