You know that scene in What About Bob? where Bob is
getting ready to leave his apartment? It’s been a really long time since I’ve
seen that movie so I could be remembering it totally wrong, but I just picture
him saying, “Baby steps to the door. Baby steps to the elevator. Baby steps to
the…” You get the idea.
That’s the general idea with “Operation
Get My Poop in a Group.” Where it all started is this: my house is a
wreck. We moved in at the beginning of June and I had such high hopes for the
organizational possibilities of this house. There are three bedrooms! A kitchen
with an attached dining area! Laundry room instead of closet! Two bathrooms!
Great big living room! And do you know what all of that means?!
It means zilch if I don’t just—here it is—get my poop in a
group! Sorry, Mom. I know you probably think that’s inappropriate, but I toned
in down from what I say in my head. : )
Here are some of the things I want to conquer: all of my
kitchen cupboards (one at a time so I don’t go completely bonkers), bathroom
cabinet, kids’ closet shelves, kids’ closet hanging storage, downstairs
bedroom/office/dumping ground, laundry area…Hmm. Maybe I should just say I want
to organize my house.
The problem is though, that I can organize it all I want but
if I don’t KEEP my poop in a group so to speak, it will all be a mess again in
a week. Okay, a day. So what I really want to do is find some systems that
really make sense for me and my family and the way we live. Can you tell I
stalk the IHeartOrganizing blog? I am unapologetically obsessed.
I decided to start off small with the cabinet where I keep
my food storage containers. I also keep paper towels and extra spices up there,
so I had to make sure it all worked to shove neatly arrange it all back
in there. First I took it all out.
I have a bit of a mish-mash of storage containers here, but the ones on the right are AWESOME for Miss Eden's lunches |
Then I went through each container and lid and matched them
all together. Anything that didn’t have a match got tossed. Adios, losers!
Oh, and I also made a mental note to ask someone to buy me
some glass storage containers for Christmas. Anyone?
It’s not rocket science; it took me less than ten minutes
and that includes interruptions for kiddos crying and giving Eden iced animal
crackers to go feed the ants. I just put on a little Allen Stone and I was in
the zone.
My pared down collection |
My newly organized cupboard! |
See? If I can try to get my crazy house organized you can,
too. One step at a time. Baby steps to the kitchen, baby steps to the cupboard,
baby steps to empty out the cupboard…Good luck! : )
Yay for Allen Stone!!! Come and get MY poop in a group when you're done at your house:)
ReplyDeleteThere are almost always storage containers at black friday sales!
ReplyDeleteI never thought of that! Maybe I'll put off some of my bigger projects until after Thanksgiving : )
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