Before and After
Well, I may have time to start blogging again as I’m now done teaching for summer, but at the same time the kids are both home for the summer too so we’ll see what we get done! To start the summer “off right” I am doing a little late “spring cleaning” these next few weeks. My sister shared a great blog with me http://simplemom.net/spring-cleaning-day-one/ where they just finished a 10 day cleaning & decluttering time, so 2 of my sisters and I are starting this in our own homes, starting yesterday. They talk alot about taking before and after pics, so that is what I’m sharing below. Day 1 was a general decluttering around the home, to get ready for deeper decluttering, organizing and cleaning in each room the next few days. My main floor kitchen and living room area took me way longer than the recommended 2 hrs or less they suggested, but then I don’t have much to finish up today in the living room (the day 2 spot to focus on). We’re headed to the park this morning with friends, and I have some shopping to do this afternoon but I’m going to try to fit in some dusting of the living room, cleaning the windows and organizing the magazines & cds in there… we’ll see what I can fit in! Come along and “play” with Corene, Trina and I as we tackle our homes this week!!
The dining room table had been taken over by craft & paint stuff for “teacher gifts & cards” these past few days.
My counter is usually a dumping ground for papers, markers, etc - I need to come up with a solution for that as I clean it off and it just gets filled up again!
Looking into getting some new baskets/storage things for my little scrapbooks, cds etc today to freshen up this room a little. The good thing about our living room is that it is tiny, so it doesn’t take much to freshen up - we try to keep all the toys out of this room (they play here but then it all goes back in their room or downstairs) so it doesn’t feel overly crowded…