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| How I dream my house might look *someday*! |
I am finally getting a chance to get some organizing done, and I'm hitting it full force! To understand how big this is for me, you need to understand my life and what it has been like for the past few years:
- Dec. 2005- Pregnant, then miscarry in January 2006
- June 2006- Pregnant and miscarry in August of 2006
- August-December 2006- Healing and trying to get back on track
- March 2007- Find out I am pregnant again
- November 2007- Dear Son born!
- March 2008- Put house on market
- July 2008-Move
- July 2008- October 2009- Start to get things organized and in place
- October 2009- Pregnant and miscarry December 2009
- March 2010- Pregnant again
- November 2010- Dear Daughter born!
- August 2011- Hernia surgery
- September 2011- Healing
I tell you this so that you can see how momentous it feels to me to finally start getting the house in order again. It kind of fell to pieces after October 2009, and truly, I can't even claim that we were getting there before then. Just as we were starting to put everything away, something else would come up. My husband had been going to grad school ever since we have been married, and finally graduated last December. He also travels. A LOT. This means that there was quite a bit on me, and little time to do it with a small child(ren). Things pretty much kept getting moved around. They'd go to the office, then the basement, then a closet. We would put aside items for charity donations, but never get a chance to itemize. So, they would sit there, waiting for us to do something. I found just piles, every time I turned around, another bag would jump out at me.
Finally, I am getting a chance to clear out some clutter. I feel like it is insane how much we have right now- so much that can go to charity, but we haven't had a chance to do so. My hope is that after itemizing everything today, we can deliver it all later this week. It will be a load off to get rid of the STUFF! Do you have an issue like this? I feel so blessed, I just think we amass things that our family has outgrown, and things that people give us that really do not get used, so quickly! We don't live in "America's Messiest House," by any means, but I really feel like we could have a better system. A better way to keep our things organized and to care for them. Now, I just need to determine how to weed some of those extras out.
This weekend, I focused on paperwork and random items that we falling by the wayside upstairs. I have yet to come up with the perfect system that will work for my whole family...or more importantly, my husband and myself. But, I will keep trying. One of these days, it will all click, and then perhaps we will finally run like a well-oiled machine. Although, is that even possible in a home with small children? I'll just settle for good enough, I guess! :)
This is a start, though. We are making progress!
((My hope is that I can report back to you in a few weeks with even more progress on my organization, but baby steps!))
Finally, I am getting a chance to clear out some clutter. I feel like it is insane how much we have right now- so much that can go to charity, but we haven't had a chance to do so. My hope is that after itemizing everything today, we can deliver it all later this week. It will be a load off to get rid of the STUFF! Do you have an issue like this? I feel so blessed, I just think we amass things that our family has outgrown, and things that people give us that really do not get used, so quickly! We don't live in "America's Messiest House," by any means, but I really feel like we could have a better system. A better way to keep our things organized and to care for them. Now, I just need to determine how to weed some of those extras out.
This weekend, I focused on paperwork and random items that we falling by the wayside upstairs. I have yet to come up with the perfect system that will work for my whole family...or more importantly, my husband and myself. But, I will keep trying. One of these days, it will all click, and then perhaps we will finally run like a well-oiled machine. Although, is that even possible in a home with small children? I'll just settle for good enough, I guess! :)
This is a start, though. We are making progress!
((My hope is that I can report back to you in a few weeks with even more progress on my organization, but baby steps!))
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