i’m a huge fan of to-do lists. they keep me focused on my goals for the day and line up with my somewhat ocd personality. i’m sure everyone has a list of things they have to get done… but who can really keep up with them?? i do!
ah.. the joy of hearing my ball point pen hit the crisp paper with a numbered list of to do scribbles. there’s a feeling of accomplishment unlike any other. proof of a hard day’s work. write post on to-do list DONE. ah!
i do have a weakness though. house projects. they’re usually the most time consuming and somehow the ones that get moved around from list to list to list. someone out there knows what i’m talking about… hang the patio lights, fix the pantry door, spot clean the carpet, clean out the junk drawer…again!!! ugh!!!
enter out closets.
our closets never get the memo that we’ve moved for the SEVENTH time. since they’re only seen by ale and i (and occasionally grace) they never keep up with the rest of the house and somehow organizing them ends up at the bottom of our list again and again. they’re usually the place we throw everything in after we’ve picked up the living room, kitchen and bathroom…you’d be surprised what you can find in there…toothbrushes, paint, bath soap, dog food… eww!
well not any more my friends.
i was a bit reluctant to step into the abyss not knowing if and when i would come out but after much purging and hours of work: clean out closets DONE… hurray!!!
^^this is a very embarrassing before picture^^
^^little helper doesn’t miss a beat! side note- is it normal for a toddler to be so incredibly strong? this little lady is a beast when it comes to lifting things… maybe i just don’t know much about toddlers but she can lift this broom one handed while drinking milk!^^
^^after. it still could use a bit of tweaking but we’re not going for perfect here!^^
^^the “floating” bookshelf was genius! i used “s” shaped hangers to hold our “bookshelf” and found a lovely home for those extra books we’ve shoved in there… we also have close to 100 books in storage that we have yet to find a home for. i found this #3 a while back (when we became a family of 3) and wanted to find a neat way to display it. now every time i open the closet i’m reminded of our little family and how we’ve always made it work in the smallest of spaces.^^
^^hey why not tackle the bedroom closets while we’re at it? ^^
^^three hours later… tada! notice the helicopter on the picture on the right. that is one toy i can’t pry out of our home… something about wanting to be a pilot one day… maybe flying lessons are in our future?!^
^^this makes me so incredibly excited and i know i’m making my mom quite proud right about now^
are there any to-do’s you can’t seem to get around to?
