Small Victories!

This weekend with the help of my parents, we heavy-duty cleaned the girls’ bedrooms.  During this process we found many different boxes and bins being used to store the girl’s art supplies.  It was a little bit of chaos.  Years ago I had created this storage box for the girls art supplies and it worked well for the time being.  However, over the years they have accumulated a lot more and the box just wasn’t cutting it anymore, which explains the extra boxes and containers being used to store everything.

So my hubby and dad went to Shopko for me and picked up a solution to bring a little order to their art supplies. After a little assembly, we now have a new “art cart.”  Each drawer houses specific art supplies.  One drawer for color pencils, one for scissors and tape, one for stickers, etc.   So far the girls love it and I love that we were able to get rid of some more clutter.  Not only did we get rid of some extra boxes from their rooms, we were even able to clear out two baskets out of our entertainment center in the living room. 

The new "Art Cart"

I have been posting to this blog for a year and a half now and I think that it has made a big difference in our home.  The process of getting rid of clutter and bringing more order into our house has been a slow one but it is so great when you can see progress, even when it is as small of a victory as an “art cart!”

An Unplanned Project

While attempting to mash potatoes for supper last night, the masher slipped and potatoes flew everywhere!  Most of them fell between our stove and the fridge, of course, landing where I could not reach them.  So the fridge needed to be moved.

We've lived in our house for seven years and the fridge has never been moved. It's one of those projects that I always intended to get done but never got around to it. Now it had to be done!

Here is what was discovered in my next half hour:

• a bouncy ball
• a polly pocket doll
• a couple of the girls art projects
• A, J, & Z magnets
• a red popsicle (fun fact, I don't remember the last time we had popsicles in the house)
• a very thick layer of dust bunnies
• and of course, potatoes

So I guess I should thank the potatoes because the area under my fridge has never been so clean!