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Thursday, January 6, 2011

Organizing Challenge - Day 1, 3 and 5

Sooo...I started out behind and am still behind (but only by 2 days as of today). But I managed to get Day 1: Junk Drawer, Day 3: Tupperware Cupboard and Day 5: Under the sink (eew)...Here are my before and after pix. Now I just have Day 2: Desktop and Day 4: Linen Closet and whatever tomorrow is (hopefully something easy)

Not to mention...I *STILL* have to take down Christmas and finish a Christmas project. Ugh...but my kitchen is getting organized. LOL Nevermind that the rest of my house is neglected...I have 3 clean, organized areas!

While each of these areas took me only 15-20 minutes each to empty, clean, organize...I tend to then move onto another cupboard or area, which takes me hours! It is kind of like that book, "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie"...ha ha. But realistically, this just takes a few minutes and is inexpensive. I bought a bunch of crates and storage stuff at the Dollar Tree and Big Lots for cheap (no one will really see it anyway). I bought rolls of the shelf liner paper at the Dollar Tree for, uh, a dollar! I have to go get more so I can line all 12 of my kitchen drawers. My pantry is on my list...and I am sure it will be on the 21 day challenge...but I have to paint the inside of mine, so I am hoping to get a jump start on that this weekend - ha! (after I take down Christmas and put up Valentine's Day). DAY 1: JUNK DRAWERS: This is embarrassing and gladly no one every showed up and attempted to open these two drawers - they are at the far end of my kitchen and not easily accessible...although accessible enough for us to shove stuff in!


DAY 3: TUPPERWARE CUPBOARD


Hopefully this new system will help Princess not just shove lids wherever in the drawer (which I couldn't even open all the way) when she empties the dishwasher. And, I even freed up a drawer...what will I ever do with that?


DAY 5: UNDER THE SINK


Well, this is the *the* gross-est places in my kitchen, and I typically ignore it. But I got all my new Shaklee products this week (they are all natural, non-toxic for a clean, healthy home), so I felt compelled to throw out the old stuff and get this area cleaned up.


Check back tomorrow or the next day for more updates!


If you want to join in the fun, check out the link to A Bowl Full of Lemons...she has a ton of great ideas on her blog!


~alicia

1 comment:

Lisa said...

Looks great! I need to get kids back to school and go back to work to make time to organize. Does that even make sense?