January

I can't believe we are almost to the end of January!  I swear the older I get, the faster life goes.  Although there are definitely some days/weeks that seem to never end.  We have just been doing our usual things this month.  I still haven't caught up from that first week of this month when everyone was sick.  The house is a totally disaster and I'm trying my best to avoid it as much as I can.  It's driving me crazy though, so I need to get busy and take care of it. 

I have decided to set aside this month and next month (we'll see, I might need March too, lol) to go through all of our junk and get organized.  I've already taken about 6 bags of extra "stuff" to DI, Can't wait to get the rest of it gone.  I tend to be a packrat...saving things in case I might need them again someday.  Problem is, I'm not organized enough to do that.  I can never find what I need when I need it, so I end up wasting tons of time looking, and then usually just give up and go buy what I need.  It's really beginning to weigh me down.  It's depressing to look at a room full of clutter, piles, boxes filled with who knows what. 

Last week, I decluttered the bathrooms (started small!) and playroom, I've been working in the office now for about two days.  I'm not spending huge amounts of time doing it because I know I will get bored or tired or overwhelmed and just stop.  Then it ends up worse than it was before I started!  I am eventually going to get this place together and then I plan on having lots of lovely time to finish projects and make things I've been wanting to make.  I personally think nap time should be a break time for me instead of "hurry up and cram as much cleaning into this time as I can."  I'm excited!

Here is what I've been working on for the last little bit.  My desk area is awful! 

Before:

After:

Still not done, but it's a big improvement!  The pile of junk on the far right side of the pic is actually Steve's desk, not mine, that's why I didn't clean that part up.  Our desks are up against each other.