Well, I may only end up being able to get through the whole acronym every two days but we'll aim high and see what happens!
The Projects
ORGANIZE: Gathered all winter wear to one location to be washed, dried, and stored for next season. In my case, the location will have to be a mountain beside the wood stove, just outside the bathroom/laundry room. Actual washing will have to wait until after our next water delivery day. Now we are down to one coat and one vest each instead of layers upon layers of coats, vests, snow pants, and snow suits.
BEFORE: Back door coat hooks
BEFORE: Front door coat hooks
Pile of miscellaneous winter gear piled under front door coat hooks.
AFTER: Back door coat hooks
AFTER: Front door coat hooks
SIMPLIFY: Created a reading basket for the living room. Dwayne and I often have multiple books and magazines on the go at one time, and they often end up scattered around the room. This way they are all in one place, ready for whenever we are.
Book basket
CLEAN: Vacuumed the black shaggy area rug in the living room. I don't have a before and after picture for this one. You can use your imagination. Black carpet + 4 kids + spring mud season + lots of tiny Lego pieces + 1 daughter who loves to shred paper + snack crumbs = 1 carpet that is not so black. Hooray for vacuums! Speaking of which, I bought a little Dirt Devil cordless vacuum today for getting into nooks and crannies, and for reaching up high to vacuum off the dust bunnies accumulating on the log beams.
AESTHETICS: Cleared off coffee table, shone it up with glass cleaner, then added a baby and silk floral arrangement.
Can you spot the baby on the couch? There's quite a mountain there...
Ahhhh...after!
MUCH easier to find the baby now. ;) Don't worry, the baby was only up there so I could vacuum!
RELAXING: We watched "The King's Speech" tonight. Quite interesting. I confess to being as interested in the architecture as in the storyline. Reading "Girl With A Pearl Earring" before it has to go back to the library and it's home on the other side of the country. I'm also working on another loaner - "Homeschooling for Excellence". Don't you just love inter-library loans?
Perhaps I'll read more than one page tonight.
