Organizing Goals

Once again, I need to keep working on getting life/home organized.  I've made up a short list of things I want to do this week.

First up is our garage.  My goal is to get two cars in the garage this winter and we need two new garage doors as well.  My friend owns a garage door company so he will take care of that but until then, I need to work on getting the garage cleaned out.  Our freezer died when Lauren was in the hospital in April and, unfortunately, we put stuff where the freezer was so I have to go through those bins and get rid of the things there to make room for a new freezer that we will hopefully get in the next couple of weeks.  So #1 job is to begin organizing the garage and at least making it that there is a space for the new freezer.

#2 is our game closet.  We have a hall closet full of games and "stuff" (costumes, Easter stuff, etc.) and I want to go through that and consolidate.  I know we don't need some of the games so I will pass the on to other families.

#3 is my utensil drawer in the kitchen next to my silverware.  It's a mishmosh of stuff and I can't find anything without removing a bunch of things so I'd really like to get this taken care of.

#4 is a table of baskets in our den.  I think this has become a trash repository so it's time to clean it up!

#5 is the desk in our den.  It's a mess, plain and simple.

These are this week's organizational goals.  I really want to get them all done!!  Next week maybe I'll get to the basement a bit because I'd love for that to be cleaned up as well.  :)

PROJECT ORGANIZE

So my life is a mess.  I admit it.  To some, I seem very organized but I'm far from it.  We have too much stuff - stuff we really don't need.  So I'm embarking on a project.  I am going to commit to doing something to organize my life each day of the week, taking Sunday off.  It doesn't matter if it's just straightening a drawer or cleaning a whole garage - SOMETHING must be done each day.

Today was my bedroom.  Well, a corner of the bedroom.  I am cleaning from my bed, over through my nightstand, through a giant pile of things (that I've since cleaned out and moved the bookshelf to this area), around the bend, to the bookshelf (moved), and then to my dresser.  As I said, I moved the bookshelf and I got one of those plastic drawer things to hold my bras since they wouldn't fit in my dresser so they just ended up - everywhere.  Now they are stored away.  I also cleaned off the bookshelf and took off books that I don't want to keep and will bring them to church to give away.  I sorted through a bunch of paperwork and have a pile to shred and another pile that went into the trash.  I was able to vacuum this side of my room and I feel good.  I still need to finish the stuff in front of the dresser but now it's my time to go ride.  :D

But I promise myself that I will do this daily so that I can have some semblance of order in my life.  Oh PLEASE God - let me stick to this!