Life is the Messy Bits: 02/08/11

A beginning to an End

Your mission, should you choose to accept it: To start a new beginning. A beginning to an end of messes. A beginning of organization. A beginning of less stress looking for that item that "was just right there the last time I looked". And hopefully, a beginning of a bond of 3 "sisters" sharing the messy bits and how we might get them more organized.

Here's the logistics:
~ Start with a bowl full of lemons 21 day challenge.
~ After we've succeeded, each of us in turn will suggest a new challenge until we are all successfully organized mammas.

I'm up for the challenge. Are you?
Ready. Set. GO!

Tuesday, February 8

Kitchen / Family Room

There are a few things that I am getting rid of....Summer is taking her shoe things back and the stuff stacked on my new show rack are going to the DI....I just don't want them to get broken in the mean time.

Might get rid of the eyesore on the couch too....LOL kidding xoxo babe.

Craft Room / Study

Before:


I never took photos of the metal shelves, but Summer saw them.

And After:

Pardon the DI pile under the desk but I needed to vacuum.

Making sense of it all!

Summer and I were talking the other day. Starting on my computer desk area was GREAT and I really needed to do it (obviously) but ohw could I leave the rest of that one room un-done and move on to day 3? So... my days will not be in order! I worked on my living area (same room as the computer desk) and have been working on it since a couple days ago. Again, we live here... sorting baby clothes that are too small, watching TV, etc... so It really needed an upgrade. I thought I would post some "before" pictures- and I am still working on getting it done- it's a lot of digging out.

A friend of mine told me Friday she had seen this blog- because I posted it on Facebook to share with my friends. I realized something HUGE that night. Think about this, if you are my friend... when is the last time I invited you in to my home? I have been living, surrounded in a mess, for years- and have been afraid to let anyone in! (If you've seen it, you are one of very few.) I know self-esteem doesn't come from an outside source (ie a clean home). I have felt so poorly about myself that I have let things pile up, one on top of another... until I don't want to share my home with friends or family... and I have to admit I have been through a lot of depression over it. I truly haven't felt like I was worth the effort of cleaning out my house- or losing my weight. It's really, really difficult for me to admit that's where I am in life- and to ask for help. I don't have complete motivation to do it on my own yet... but every day I am making progress. It may sound like a silly thing to someone else- but my motivation to finish my living room and then the kitchen is this: I want to bake teething biscuits for my little Walter. I will not allow myself to do it until the areas are both clean... so I better get started!!!!!