Well, here I am–a fifth of the way through this challenge, and I still feel like I have a LOOOONG way to go. Of course, that’s partly because the last couple weeks my challenges have been pretty small (so I haven’t noticed as much of an overall difference in our apartment), but it’s nice to …
50 Weeks to Organized: Week Nine
Okay, I’ll confess: I’m a bit embarrassed to let you see the before shots on what was in my purse. I knew it had gotten bad (really bad), but I guess I was still in a slight state of denial because I had somehow let it get to this: And, if you really want to …
50 Weeks to Organized: Week 8
I was just remarking to Matt that I don’t seem to realize how much I need organization in my life until I see the Before/After pictures side by side. Take this last challenge, for example–in my head, I was thinking that our kitchen drawers really weren’t too bad. (Well, I knew our main utensil drawer …
50 Weeks to Organized: Week 7
Well, I knew it would happen eventually–a week when I really didn’t want to buckle down and get organized. When I didn’t want to face my “stuff” for two more seconds. When I just wanted to sit down when I had a spare minute (a rare oddity) and watch a movie and eat red love …
50 Weeks to Organized: Week 6
Ever since I knew I would be doing this challenge, I have been looking forward to being able to finally organize our pantry and food storage. Like, I’ve been literally counting down the weeks until we’d be able to afford the massive shelf it would take. (For the to-do list for organizing the pantry, go …
50 Weeks to Organized: Week 5
So this last week’s challenge was all about organizing my recipes, and although I knew I needed to go through all mine, I didn’t realize how out of control it had gotten. I mean, by the end of it, I had gotten rid of over TWENTY-FIVE cookbooks and cooking magazines. That’s just crazy. And as …
50 Weeks to Organized: Week 4
Even though we regularly (okay, every 3 or so months) clean out our fridge, I was still a little wary of last week’s to-do list. I mean, I knew there were containers hanging out in the back that had been there since skinny jeans started becoming big, and I was a little nervous to find …
50 Weeks to Organized: Week 3
If you remember from last week’s post, this week’s challenge was all about clearing the clutter from the countertops in the kitchen. Since the kitchen is THE place to be in our apartment, it is also the place that tends to accumulate junk the quickest. A few things were immediately apparent: *I needed a place …