Home Organization Challenge

One of my goals for this year is to organize my home by going through a 52 week organization challenge.  When you think of organizing your whole house it sounds like too big of a project.  Where do you start?   That’s where this 52 week project has been great.  It breaks down your home into manageable tasks.  In the last 10 weeks our group has worked on organizing the following areas in our homes:

Kitchen counters and sink
Kitchen cabinets and drawers
Pantry and food storage
Refrigerator and freezer
Recipes
Recycling/trash cans
Coupons
Meal planning/buying groceries
Address and contact info
Mail

Not only have things become a little bit more organized but I've been able to get rid of some clutter, created some new habits and have a great accountability group.  I am definitely looking forward to the rest of the 42 weeks! 

If you are interested in joining the challenge, you can at anytime!  Just let me know and I can add you to our group on Facebook.

Clothes Overload!

The question below came up on my Facebook newsfeed today from another page I follow and it made me realize I'm in the same boat. So, I pose the question to all of you. What do you think is a good amount?  Comment here on my blog or on my Facebook link.

I've gotten a couple of questions about what is a reasonable quantity of clothing to have for kids, so I'm posing them together: 

Reader question 1: I want to know what is a good quantity of clothing to keep for a child. 10 pants, 10 shirts, etc. We get a lot of hand me downs, which I LOVE, but sometimes it seems like my kids only wear a handful of items. I am running out of drawer space and it makes putting away laundry a nightmare! I always have a hard time passing on items that my 2nd daughter might wear in 4 years! 

Reader question 2: My girls have way too many clothes. What is a good amount to keep? They always have 2 or 3 baskets of laundry to put away with clothes still in their closets! Help please!

Even Josie is overwhelmed by all the clothes!

Heading to the gym!

Tonight marks my return to the gym! I have tried working out at home and I am successful for a little while but then my motivation fades. I have figured out that the only times I have been consistent with working out is when money is involved...sad I know, but true!

In the past it has been Biggest Loser contests that have motivated me. This time it is my gym fees! I work for a great company that will reimburse me a percentage of my membership fees if I go to the gym six or more times during the month. Because I have worked there nine years, they will reimburse 90%! That would make my gym membership less than $5 a month! So that is my motivation for the next 18 months...to make it there at least six times a month in order to get my money back! Now I'm asking all of you to keep me accountable.  Now, off to the gym!