I realize it sounds insane to describe a car as cluttered as our is, except I've been in other parent's cars and it really does get bad quickly. You're mostly in the car with the kids, and so when you get home you've got them and the diaper bag and whatever stuff you went out to get and while you try to make a dent, it builds up. (Especially with a child who must, just must, bring her favorite toys with her.)
So today we went to the doctor and the grocery store, and so coming home we each had a kid and groceries and we scored a parking spot close, but not right by our house, so between each bringing a child in along with bags of groceries, that's exactly how the car continues to be cluttered.
Anyway, the point of this post was to say, as lovely as it was for Rich to bring in a small bag of trash, as I looked around the car today, I didn't see that it made any difference at all. Much work to be done!
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Originally inspired by Stimey and the natural nesting instincts at 34 weeks of pregnancy, this was (is) my attempt to reign in the havoc and impose some order.....before it's too late.
In 2008, begun with 6 weeks to go til baby Andrew was born, I had about 50 days for decluttering. My goal then, to get rid of 6 things a day, a la Stimey's The Junk Pyramid, meant 252 things gone from the house. With a little organizing thrown in, the hope was room for a baby and visitors, and clothes, and playthings.
I decluttered over 200 things. And since then, I've toyed on and off with restarting, but keep putting it off.
In 2008, begun with 6 weeks to go til baby Andrew was born, I had about 50 days for decluttering. My goal then, to get rid of 6 things a day, a la Stimey's The Junk Pyramid, meant 252 things gone from the house. With a little organizing thrown in, the hope was room for a baby and visitors, and clothes, and playthings.
I decluttered over 200 things. And since then, I've toyed on and off with restarting, but keep putting it off.
2010-2011, I indulged myself with a little shoe challenge - working my way through my shoe wardrobe of over 200 pairs. Managed to get rid of a lot, but still keep acquiring shoes at a pace of 20 pairs a year.
I've also done a poorly photographed food project (courtesy of Real Simple), which might sound odd on a clutter blog, but being organized enough to have family dinner every night is a big challenge.
I've also done a poorly photographed food project (courtesy of Real Simple), which might sound odd on a clutter blog, but being organized enough to have family dinner every night is a big challenge.
And now it's 2013, the clutter is overwhelming, the shoes are overflowing, and I'm back at it!
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2010
2011
black
blue
boots
bronze
brown
decluttering
discards
espadrilles
flats
flip flops
food
gold
green
grey
high heels
I covet
kitten heel
lace
lilac
loafer
low heel
mary janes
metallic
mules
multi
nablopomo
new stuff
nude
on the fence
orange
patent
pattern
peep toe
pink
platforms
pumps
purple
recommendations
red
repair
sales
sandals
seafoam
shoes
silver
slingbacks
slip ons
slippers
sneakers
strappy sandals
suede
t-strap
tally
toys
wedge
white
yellow
The Great Declutltering 2008
- Days - 53
- Total items gone - 226
- Goal - 318
Decluttering 2010!
Weeks: 3
Total items gone: 9
Goal: 21
Total items gone: 9
Goal: 21
Well, that was sad…...
Wouldn't it be nice if.......
- the front entryway was a welcoming place, with no excess boxes or paperwork cluttering it up?
- my clothes were organized to be easily accessible?
- we had a place for the baby to sleep and his clothes to be stored?
- all office stuff was moved into the attic?
- there was a play area in the basement?
- we had a place to store tools in the basement?
1 comment:
My new au pair got bored one day during nap and cleaned our blue car out better than it has ever been cleaned. It was awesome. I'm wondering if I should teach her how to drive the stickshift in the other car so it can get cleaned once in a while!
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