It's a manic Monday and already my day has been spent inside my closet digging through the chaos my lovely family has placed in there. Did I mention that my closet is a 7x7ish catch all for anything that may go in there. I did have it cleaned up at the beginning of the year and it was lovely. That lasted about a month and it just kept getting worse and I put it off over and over well now I can't, I have to put back all the Halloween decor. Yup that's right all holiday decor goes in my closet along with all the winter clothes and my own things. Which is how most of my stuff wound up on the floor next to my side of the bed and in front of my dresser. That area is for another day. With Christmas coming up I wanted a spot I could wrap presents in peace or hide gifts till I was ready to wrap. Slowly I'm purging my clothes, finding items I forgot I had so it's like Christmas just for me. I was very lucky to have a good friend bring over some hanger space savers and fabric hanging shelf which will come in handy for all the storing of seasonal gear and those just not ready to admit weight loss defeat yet clothing items. Yup I still have quite a few that I'm just not ready to say goodbye to. Which leads me to my next project, cleaning out the yard sale that we never seem to have clothes. I have bags upon bags of clothing taking up space in my house and garage. I think in the next week I'll invite all my friends and family over to pick through it for free and then freecyle the rest to get it gone. As much as I could use the money earned from a yard sale I'd love to have room more. One day I will down size every thing and enjoy a simpler life till then it's just me and the black hole areas.
Last night I had already started work on my very unorganized pantry. It's amazing how many groceries I have bought but hadn't taken stock of. I have pages of items and most of them I'm in need of while other items I am so well stocked on I was amazed at how much I had. Yup the log is filled for the winter months to come but we still need a few of those pesky extras that we don't keep on hand all the time. The reason for the keeping a well stocked home, I'm tired of the what should I make dinner nights along with the this sounds good halfway through the recipe find out I'm missing something meals. I have been striving to be more organized with my life and monthly meal planning is a must now. Pretty soon I'm going from Domestic Goddess to major on the go sports mom and I need some control or I'm really not going to have the energy to get out of bed. I'm slowly finding things that may work for me and getting them ready, next month is the big reveal and the plan is a good one if everyone gets on track. Which is as easy as talking to a lion in a meat suit LOL.
That's it for now, I'm off to finish the closet purge and enjoy a night of quiet with the kids.
