It's Feb 1 and time to report on January's challenge. Over Christmas, Jill and I decided we were going to get organized... I got home from ABQ and started typing up my list of things that I needed to do to get my life in order. Lots of things centered around our house - we moved in but never all of the way. We have enough space here that we've just sort of been able to ignore the unpacked areas and live in the pretty areas. That HAD to change.
Also, since we had a guest in our last house for nearly a year, a lot of things that were supposed to be organized and stored in that room just sort of STACKED. So naturally, when we packed, we just packed stacks. And then when we unpacked (sort of), we still had stacks. So lots of stacks to go through...
More things on the list are still related to moving into a new house. We haven't really had a system or any storage for our bathroom/toiletry items. (Again, making me batty!) We have a storage room downstairs, but it's not put together and lots of things are just thrown on the shelves and taking up more room than they should. And Christmas? Don't get me started. How to pack Christmas back up and where to put it?
So these are the types of things that made it onto my list. Those and a million-of-the-other-things-that-have-needed-to-be-done-and-make-my-eyelid-start-to-twitch-when-I-think-about-them-so-I-try-not-to-think-about-them-and-the-twitch-goes-away.
The very best part about these monthly challenges is the fact that I do them with Jill. We don't always do EXACTLY the same things, but we try to do things that are related. When we talk, we check on each other, and update each other, and get excited about each other's progress. When we finish talking, we're each inspired by each other to go out and do more! It's such a great cycle to be in!
So in that spirit, I'll share my list, hoping that maybe it inspires someone to get motivated.
Because guess what? Even though I didn't finish everything, it feels GOOD!
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January:: Get my life in order (things in bold are done)
The very best part about these monthly challenges is the fact that I do them with Jill. We don't always do EXACTLY the same things, but we try to do things that are related. When we talk, we check on each other, and update each other, and get excited about each other's progress. When we finish talking, we're each inspired by each other to go out and do more! It's such a great cycle to be in!
So in that spirit, I'll share my list, hoping that maybe it inspires someone to get motivated.
Because guess what? Even though I didn't finish everything, it feels GOOD!
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January:: Get my life in order (things in bold are done)
- Get desk put together
- Donate glasses
- Get project room put together (mostly, but not enough to call it finished)
- Buy 2012 calendar and go thru the year with Dude.
- Hang photos down the hallway and get excess frames put away (still need Cox family photo ordered and Balagna tees)
- Sort through 2011 photos – rename, sort, delete, and store
- Sort through 2010 photos – rename, sort, delete, and store (halfway done)
- Clean out Desktop (pretty good except those 2010 photos)
- Clean out work email/Clean out personal email
- Rearrange work office
- Clean out work desk/ Clean off personal desk/ Create a memento box
- Clean off work shelves (ugh, NOT done. Must finish this week)
- Record and throw away old paint colors
- Craigslist items that have been waiting on it…craftsman desk, dog door, doorknobs, work table, big basket, big photo
- Sort wrapping paper, bows etc. and store permanently (still waiting on the box shelf to be hung in the storage room)
- DI items that have been waiting on them… (umm, they’re in the car. Does that count?)
- Clothing challenge – DI the remaining (this did not happen. But I haven’t DI’d a lot…)
- Clean out basement living room
- Restore items that have been waiting in the basement
- Get basement living room set up like a living room (not done at all. But at least it’s totally empty).
- Get bathroom shelves sorted out – find a place for everything
- Get Christmas taken down and put away
- Find good storage for Christmas that can be permanent (waiting on box shelf so the trees have a place)
- Go thru boxes in Project room
- Go thru boxes in basement (there’s one box of electronicals but I’m gonna say that’s for Chad to do)
- Clean out fridge and freezer
- Get last year’s bills sorted and filed away
- Deal with stocks/Cash out AG Edwards/Cash out WM (ugh. Still need to call on this one)
- Get ready for this year’s taxes (just waiting on the rest of our tax forms. Does that count?)
- Deal with Honda expiration
- Deal with Element payoff. (decided not to go ahead with this. Will happen in Feb)
- Order and install
· Entryway light
· Kitchen sink light
· Bathroom Upstairs light (and it's beautiful!)
· Bathroom mirror - Sort through old house leftover items – get garage items completely sorted
- Find permanent storage place for bicycles
- Shred mountains of shreddable papers
- Sort nightstand items
- Sort desk caddy items
- Plan a vacation.
- Create entryway area
- Hang empty box storage in storage room
- Add top to desk
- Get backyard shed area cleaned out and looking a little less whitetrashy
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So there you have it. Lot of things unbolded, but even the unbolded things are pretty close. I'm pretty happy with the progress and with the shape our house is in, especially compared to January 1st. I hope that with a semi-restful February challenge, I'll be able to finish this list this month!
