Back To School

So my youngest is starting school next Friday. Yay! She is so excited to be going to Pre-K. So I am getting ready for the new school year.

I came up with a checklist of what I need to get done and i have a week to get it done. So here it...

Organize her closet
Organize her bedroom
Designate a "school information center"
Set up a bedtime and morning routine
Set up a binder for her


I will blog about my projects and what ideas I come up with for getting my daughter ready to get back to school. She has to get on her bus pretty early and then my husband has to go to work after she leaves so I am going to be pretty busy. So I am trying to find ways of making the mornings as smooth as possible since I am not a morning person.

God Bless
Heather

Weekly Goals

Weekly Goals For 8/13/12 - 8/17/12

1. Do daily routine everyday
2. Organize pantry
3. Organize dishes
4. Do 20 loads of laundry
5. Organize fridge 
6. Organize freezer
7. Throw out all the junk in the junk drawer
8. Organize junk drawer
9. Declutter cabinets in kitchen
10. Organize pots and pans 

God Bless
Heather

Starting A Daily Cleaning Routine

I have made up a daily cleaning routine and I have been using it for about 2 weeks now. It has been working so far. I am not the cleanest person obviously. I am still battling at housework. The daily cleaning routine has helped me keep the house in order since we moved in. We just recently moved into a bigger house we were living in a 2 bedroom apartment and now we have a 3 bedroom house so it is alot more room and alot more cleaning. With the routines I created I can stay on top of the things that need to be done. I have 2 kids and I find that if I do this every day that my life is a lot more better and the family has been alot more stress free. I seen a change in attitude in not just myself but my girls and husband.

Even when I skip a day I don't get overwhelmed cause as long as I keep up on most days it still stays pretty clean and presentable. I am so amazed that I do not have to hurry up and clean the whole house or be embarrassed when someone comes over. I hope that this keeps up it has been working really good for me so far.

My cleaning routine is:

Make beds
Clean toilet and wipe down sink and mirror
Pick up bathroom
Do dishes
Pick up kitchen
Clear and wipe off stove, counters and microwave
Wipe sink out
Clean up living room
Straighten nightstand
Take out trash
Empty dehumidifier
Pick up toy room
Straighten Raena's room
Laundry

Do you have a daily cleaning routine?


God Bless
Heather

Playroom Organized

I tackled the playroom yesterday. It was the worst room in the house. Since that was the room where we kinda shoved everything that didn't have a place when we were moving. So I decided to go ahead and get it done since all the sudden I have like a butt load of energy. I wanted a little room just for Raena to play and let her imagination go wild. She has a very good imagination. I was so grateful that my best friend came over and helped me and we got it done in like 4 hours. It was a long day. Well she had her boys here as well so little pit stops were much needed in between.

We literally went through every toy and toss what was broken and trash. Then organized the toys into categories and then we put everything into stations. Like all the books together, baby dolls and accessories together, her balls together and so on.

So here is the pictures. Sorry I forgot to get the Before shots before we moved everything. So just imagine the things in my kitchen was crammed in the room.

Now here is the playroom after we organized it....

This would be her kitchen set and grocery store center

Dollhouse section and in the pink container is all the stuff for her dollhouse

This holds various stuff from her coloring book and crayons to little action figures

Table and chairs

This is one of her closets which just has shelves 

 Top Shelf: Has some container I didn't use

Second shelf: Stuffed animals

Third shelf: Blocks, stuffed animals, Doctor kits and balls

Last shelf: Books and puzzles

Floor: Baby dolls and accessories

Bag on the door is all the pretties as I call them their is bracelets, toy hair stuff like a toy straighten and blow dryer, sunglasses and etc.

Her pretty handbags that I hung up behind her door

I linked up to:
Organize & Decorate Everything
A Bowl Full Of Lemons

God Bless
Heather

My 2012 Organizing Goals

Here are my 2012 Organizing Goals.

July:

1. Declutter the top of the cabinets
2. Declutter the top shelf of the cabinet
3. Put all cans in one cabinet
4. Go through freezer
5. Declutter nightstand drawer
6. Clear off top of nightstand
7. Clean out under the bed
8. Clean off one bedroom shelf
9. Throw out all the junk in the junk drawer
10. Organize the jink drawer
11. Get rid of your hair products you don't use.
12. Toss expired medication
13. Go through one bathroom drawer or shelf
14. Go through one bathroom shelf
15. Go through one bathroom shelf
16. Go through one bathroom shelf
17. Go through one storage shelf
18. Go through one storage shelf
19. Go through one storage shelf
20. Go through one storage shelf
21. Go through one storage pile
22. Go through one storage pile
23. Go through pictures

August: 

1. Go through your knives
2. Go through your foil and plastic bags
3. Clean out one of your kitchen drawers
4. Empty your fridge and clean it out
5. Clear off your dresser
6. Declutter one bedroom shelf
7. Declutter one bedroom shelf
8. Declutter one bedroom shelf
9. Put away books
10. Declutter your desk
11. Go through printer stand
12. Clear out one pile
13. Clear out one pile
14. Clear out one pile
15. Put up artwork
16. Declutter living room end table
17. Declutter 15 minutes
18. Go through toy room

September:

1. Clear off end table
2. Clear off living room stand
3. Declutter utensil drawer
4. Clear off one kitchen stand
5. Clean, organize and declutter microwave area
6. Clear off kitchen counter
7. Declutter belts
8. Declutter purse
9. Store out of season clothes
10. Declutter clothes
11. Declutter clothes
12. Clean out underneath the bathroom sink
13. Declutter bathroom knick knacks
14. Declutter bath and shower area
15. Spend 15 minutes decluttering any room
16. Spend 15 minutes decluttering any room
17. Get rid of cleaner you don't use
18. Do a quick pick up of the rooms you already decluttered
19. Find a home for anything that don't have a home
20. Do some deep cleaning

October:

1. Declutter living room knick knacks and dust
2. Go through living room entertainment center
3. Go through pot lids
4. Go through pantry food
5. Toss old seasoning packets in the kitchen
6. Declutter extra mixing spoons
7. Declutter old cook books
8. Clean off kitchen counter
9. Discard old make up
10. Turn ratty towels into rags
11. Got through linen closet
12. Go through paper pile
13. Sort through toys
14. Declutter laundry room
15. Go through Raena's room
16. Go through playroom
17. Clean off dresser
18. Clean under the bed
19. Go through the playroom
20. Clean out glass/dishes cupboard

November:

1.  Clean under the kitchen sink
2. lean off kitchen counter
3. Clear off bathroom shelves
4. Sort through paper pile
5. Go through 5 file folders in filing cabinet
6. Go through 5 file folders in filing cabinet
7. Pick up front entrance
8. Go through baking supplies
9. Declutter closet (Bedroom)
10. Declutter closet (Raena's room)
11. Declutter closet (Toy room)
12. Declutter closet (Toy room)
13. Go through books
14. Sort through paper pile
15. Go through your email
16. File your file papers
17. Finish up any kitchen cabinets you haven't already done
18. Clean out fridge
19. Clean out freezer
20. Clean off TV area

December:

1.  Corral the remotes
2. Straighten the living room
3. Clear out a corner
4. Empty off a chair
5. Take an hour and declutter the messiest room
6. Organize pantry
7. Declutter cleaning supplies
8. Clean off stove
9. Declutter bedroom floor
10. Go through toys
11. Go through shoes
12. Take care of one pile in any bedroom
13. Spend 15 minutes in your messiest room
14. Declutter kitchen
15. Declutter bedroom
16. Declutter Raena's room
17. Declutter Toy room
18. Pick up entryway
19. Spend 15 minutes sorting paper
20. Declutter what we already did

My 2012 Goals

I thought if I wrote out my plans for 2012 maybe I would have a better success rate.  There are a lot of things I did change about myself and make better but there are some BIG things I still need to accomplish.  I hope by writing it down on my blog that hopefully someone will hold me accountable!

Home:

1. Downsize
2. Clean the house & keep it that way
3. Catch up on ALL laundry
4. Paint the inside of the house
5. Redo our bathroom floor
6. Make dinner every night
7. Ger rid of all the paper & old mail in the house
8. Keep car clean and organized
9. Wash our carpets

Health:

1. Keep taking my medications regularly
2. Drink more water

Family:

1. Spend more family time together
2. Get the girls Baptised
3. Get organized

There you go a list of my goals so now I have no excuse for them not being done cause I cant use "I lost the paper I wrote them on" ha ha.

God Bless 

Heather