Organize This House

I said in my very first post that I wanted to organize my life again. Back in 2014 when my husband and I got married, I had a binder for everything. It was awesome! I knew exactly where everything was and where it was supposed to be. I even had a filing system for paid bills, tax info. and important warranty papers that was kept up with every month and cleaned out at the end of the year.

Since marriage and having a kid, things have been let go for the sake of my energy that I barely had from the beginning.I still have my filing system for my taxes and old bills which is still great, but I file old bills about twice a year. But my biggest blunder, I've lost track of my organization binder. I think that will be the most time consuming project of the year. Just doing that will help my brain feel more normal.

Now on to my house, keeping it organized will help this mom keep her family and her life in order.

1. Bedrooms- I've got to actually put laundry away when it's done. And probably make the bed everyday. This is the current state of my bedroom. My husband was gracious enough to fold the laundry for me but didn't have the time to put it away before he left for work...and then I totally forgot about it once I got home. Excuse me while I put this mess on the floor and save it for tomorrow. It's sad when your one year old's room is cleaner than yours (I cleaned that too though).


2. Kitchen- We bought a fixer upper, 3 years ago. Not that much needed to be done in it but what needed to be done was the kitchen. Once I got pregnant, the renovations stopped. We both got overwhelmed with a newborn and parenthood and the rest is history. Either way, cabinets need to be finished, countertops need to be installed, and things need to be cleaned.

3. Office/Robert's dresser/Dog crate room- give this extra room some definition!!! Even if I have to put a curtain up or move things around, the fact that it's kind of our catch all room sometimes drives us both crazy.

4. Basement- I need to organize our laundry area, clean it up and put away all chemicals (even if Oliver never goes downstairs). I also have to fix our storage area. We bought all of the stuff to build shelves a while back and then ran out of time (nap time was over) so first and probably only step is to build those. I have thankfully been very smart in buying totes when they go on sale so we literally have totes to organize all of our storage. Funny thing though is that most of the totes are Christmas related (and organized by where the decorations go).

Everywhere else I just need to purge and organize. Purging stuff is most important to me considering that one day this family will grow more, and this mom can't handle this overwhelming feeling of stuff again.