Goal of being organized.

By the end of the year, I will be organized and nicely moved into our house. Instead of the "throw it over there" cleaning that has been going on. I still have boxes in the spare room that have things from my desk at TU...haven't touched them. I can't even get to my winter clothes in the closet because of all the junk in there. It is kind of like our big spare room at home....lots of necessary things with small paths. I think I need to change the name so it doesn't stay that way forever! =) (Mom, no one thinks you are awful for having the basement full of stuff...that is not what I mean...stop thinking it!)

Quick insert - Fiest is on the radio right now! of course I'm dancing at my desk thinking of Arya. =-)

So...back to my goal. Last night I started with the living room. There are not a lot of ways to move the furniture in the room - but I did. It forced me to get the corner that was gathering junk emptied and find a nice place for my big plant. I'm not sure how much I really like it - but it will work for now...especially since now we do have room for a Christmas tree - which is a MUST - and before we did not have room. Also since moving the furniture I was able to display our first Christmas decorations we bought in Chicago.

I have discovered I like to have a timeline to force me to keep working and get something done. This was for last night

4:30 - leave work for Walmart across 69 on 96th St to get oil change
5:30-6ish - Car should be done...be finished buying things (mostly things for presents!!)
6:30 - home, put lasagna in, start laundry, fold and put away laundry while waiting for dinner
7:00 - Lasagna (Landon and I learned we both really like the frozen lasagna because they last forever and are REALLY easy)
7:30 - move the furniture - and I had certain things I wanted to move, small shelf, coat rack, DVDs, etc

This is how it went
4:25 - left work
6:10 - car was finished
6:50 - home....drive took FOREVER because of being dark and rainy
7:00 - got the lasagna in and started laundry. Landon got home about then and we realized the Lasagna was going to take about an hour and a half to get done! But, I got the laundry started, folded, and put away....even cleaned the sink and did dishes.....CLEAN!

A hockey game was on at 7:30 so we moved the big chair first and I worked on getting everything else fixed up. Long story short...we got it all done in the order I had thought of.....who knows about tonight though - it sure feels like nap time about now. But I figure if I keep doing one thing at a time...we'll get there. Tonight I need to organize my book shelves, clean up the kitchen, and figure out a good way to position the coffee table...hmmmm

I'll post some before and after pictures from the house projects tonight. Should be fun to see the change! =)