Days 13 and 14: Organize your house in 40 days!

[KrisM]

This gets us to today. I am still somewhere in week 1 :). I've had a couple days of not feeling well, so have just done the basics.

[zukeypur]

I've done a few things from my list. Yesterday I went through all of the kids clothes to see what fit, what would go to the JBF sale, and what we still needed. DD3 is able to wear both 4 and 5 right now, so she has a HUGE double wardrobe from DD2. I was surprised to find several pairs of jeans for DD2, so I was able to skip my planned shopping trip to buy jeans this weekend! I'm hoping to find a few long sleeve dresses and a light jacket for DD2 at the JBF sale to fill in the gaps.

I have also organized the pantry and kitchen cabinets, and I blew all of the leaves out of the garage.

[WatchingThemGrow]

Rereading my list energized me this afternoon when I had a sick kid at home and couldn't go upstairs to continue my planned work. Instead, for day 13, I cleaned off the office desk. The papers haven't been sorted, but I made some process!


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[WatchingThemGrow]

Day 14 The trusty labelmaker (similar to this, goes on sale at staples for $10 http://www.staples.com/Brother-PT-H100-Easy-Handheld-Label-Maker/product_931367?externalize=certona ) helped me label the kids' drawers. The effort wasn't really for the DC as much as it was for DH who has never known where anything goes, despite having the same stuff in the same drawers for 6+ YEARS.

Labeled mine too, so he can put my clothes away when he folds them :) (so, really I shouldn't complain about him not knowing where the kids' clothes go..)

[Mamabear4]

Days 13 & 14 done - I washed all the boys' old clothes (this took more than one day because I had some major stain fighting to do to salvage some of the baby clothes). I also put all the clothes into the nursery (which involved 2 trips to Target over the past week to get additional hangers).

[WatchingThemGrow]

I also put all the clothes into the nursery (which involved 2 trips to Target over the past week to get additional hangers).
This has SO been me!!! Hilarious, but I think I've been back there 3 times to get 2 more packs of hangers! And...I still need another pack, I think.

My older DC's t-shirts get so messy looking when stuffed in a drawer. Is it crazy to hang them up now that they are 7&8 years old?

[Mamabear4]

I still hang them for my 5 yo, and fully anticipate I'll still be doing it at 7&8 :)

[KrisM]

This has SO been me!!! Hilarious, but I think I've been back there 3 times to get 2 more packs of hangers! And...I still need another pack, I think.

My older DC's t-shirts get so messy looking when stuffed in a drawer. Is it crazy to hang them up now that they are 7&8 years old?

Why would it be crazy? All my kids shirts are hanging in their closets. They put them up themselves. DS2 has a lower bar so he can reach, but the others are fine with the regular one

[jgenie]

Day 13 - basement toys

Day 14 - my closet

[mikeys_mom]

Day 13 - Pile of papers in my room - DONE
Day 14 - Bankers box #1 - DONE

[KrisM]

Made it here!
The past few days I've worked really hard in DD's and the boy's rooms. Mostly Dd's. She was home yesterday afternoon, so we worked together for a while.

[94bruin]

Still organizing here.

Day 13: Medicine/First Aid kit - reorganized supplies, threw out old/expired items. Inspired to make a kit after seeing some awesome kits on blogs
http://www.abowlfulloflemons.net/2012/12/emergency-preparedness-week-3-first-aid-kit.html My kit is not a fancy, but tailored to our family's needs

Day 14: Floor of linen closet. DH has threw a lot of medical supplies down there, so I took them out and bought a tackle box to organize the items. Now I can see the floor!

[rlu]

Item 13
2. Clean out yahoo in-box (still, again, may never end, I’ll settle for under 1k) – DONE, down to less than 900 (from 4000+) on 6/14 (and still under 900 on 6/22!)

Item 14
11. Work with DS to make cutlery holder for camping (supplies currently sitting in a bag on the floor) – progress, moved to dining room where sewing machine is set up 6/14; DONE 6/21

[jgenie]

Cabinets over kitchen desk and drawer - DONE - DAY 13