Watch K Clean! It is almost as good as watching paint dry!

[same_sky]

I will never have a house where everything is put away, but I am still tired of some of the stupid things scattered about my house. Most of these things don't have a home, or need some sort of maintenance before they can be put away, or I need to use them for something specific soon. I was frustrated about the state of things, so I decided to put everything chronically out of place in this large clear tub. I've been throwing things in there for three days. The rule is that I must put away at least one item from this box per day, preferably more. To keep me honest, I will share my tub of shame with the internets, and I will document my progress as I go. I enjoy annotating photos upon occasion so this is as good an excuse as any to do that. :) It's a sign of my boring nature, and grown-up-ness, that the reward I get for doing this work is the work itself being done. Also, I plan to use this tub to store my fabric in because I am sick of seeing it piled in bookcases. We shall see if this works.



I haven't yet started putting things away from the box, but I did organize and put away all of my sewing papers and patterns as a direct result of this project. It is cleaner in there than it has been in months. I've also put a lot of things away instead of taking them to the box.

p.s. Once, I turned to M and said, "I CAN'T LIVE LIKE THIS ANYMORE." about our messy house. He has not yet let me live it down. Me and my melodrama, we are never apart.

Comments

[carrieb.livejournal.com]

Your house was so neat when we were there that I can't imagine it full of clutter. I guess it was company clean, huh? *lol* Our house is an embarassment of clutter.

[blue-eyed-girl.livejournal.com]

So, you've given me an idea ... most of your diapers are all-in-ones, right? If you're really serious about getting rid of some of the smaller ones, I might be interested in buying some from you. I have a stash of Imse Vimse cloth diapers from when Tage was a baby, but they're the pre-fold kind that you have to put covers over, and I never had especially good luck with them. I always wanted to try all-in-ones, though. Are you interested?