Organize in 5

I have linked up to this website before but here are several posts about simple things that will only take you 5 mins to work on getting organized http://www.getorganizedwizard.com/blog/category/organize-in-5/ why don't you have a look and see if you can knock one or two out today

Clean Out 2010 -- Kitchen Part 3

 I finished with the clean out of the kitchen today. I had waited till John was home since I knew it would take a while so I need reinforcements with Harrison. I took out EVERYTHING out of the cabinets, which is not all in this picture. wiped out the cabinets, tossed a few things and have several things to swap out or take to goodwill, and put everything back in its new home. And in the picture below, after this shot, took out the plate colors I don't like so this is a big deal in my house.

In our sun room we have another set of cabinets FULL of dishes, and serving pieces, I also went through those today.

Clean Out 2011 -- Bathroom

Next project on the clean up in our house was the bathroom cabinets, drawers, and under sink. Again I took EVERYTHING out and threw out what was old or not used. Wiped out with a damp cloth Then put everything back.

We have tile walls in both bathrooms so while Harrison is taking is bath from time to time. I will shut the door and not turn the fan. Once it gets good steamy I wipe down the walls, it works great.

Clean Out 2011 -- Master part 1

Yesterday Harrison and I cleaned out under my bed. We have tall beds so there is storage space there and who is not always looking for storage. Under the guest bed I have totes with wrapping stuff, Harrison's Lincoln logs, etc. But I wanted to clean out under the master bed. We took EVERYTHING out and Harrison went under with a wet towel. Now all that is under our bed is a boot box (of John's) and my old flute (which I can't every decide to do with).

While we were at it I also went through all three drawers of my night stand and the basket of goodies (aka junk) on my night stand and it is gone now and all the drawers are cleaned out and we tossed about half of the junk.

Clean Out 2011 -- Kitchen, spice cabinet

A clean out project yesterday was to clean out the spice cabinet. Again I cook A LOT so I may have more spice than the average bear. So I took EVERYTHING out wiped it off with a damp rag. and washed out the cabinet.

The above picture is all hte keepers.

And this is the toss pile, never use, out of date, or able to combine with another bottle.

And put it all back again. This is easy to do in less than 30 mins.

Clean out 2011-- Kitchen Part 2 the wash down.

I spend LOTS of time in my kitchen like HOURS a day. And I spent LOTS of time cleaning up the kitchen. We do have a table in the kitchen but the counter you see is all there is. It is a tight fit for someone that cooks as much as I do, but it does not stop me. This is what our kitchen looked like when we moved in the walls and all woodwork were also the same color as the cabinets. Two years ago we did a little refresh on the kitchen (I could not find a picture with the stainless oven in)

This room gets nasty, with all the cooking, crafts, and my laundry is in the kitchen :( so today for the clean out of 2011 I washed all walls, cabinets, lights, baseboards, fan, etc. Now I still need to clean out a few cabinets, then my kitchen will be done for now.

CLEAN OUT 2011 -- Kitchen part one

Do you have drawers full of this stuff... Last week I took a hour or so and took out all these kitchen tools, washed them, cleaned out the drawer, got rid of the things I don't use and put everything back up. I also did this with my silverware drawer. Then I moved to cabinets that I store snacks etc, and the Harrison cabinet, med., cups, etc.

Here is some more guidance http://www.getorganizedwizard.com/community/organize-5-actions/732-reorganize-kitchen-cupboard.html

Have you done this lately?

CLEAN OUT 2011 -- computer part 1

Last night while watching a movie with John I worked on cleaning out my favorites on the computer. This may not be an item that everyone needs help with but my was a mess. I have loads of blogs, gluten free, cooking, apriaxia, speech, etc etc etc websites saved so I went to each one saved and deleted about half of them. This took me a while but will make it easier to find what I really need in the future. I still need to get up to date on saving pictures but that is for another day.

Let me know if you have done this too...

CLEAN OUT 2011 -- some reading

some ideas on WHY and HOW to simplify your life. http://www.getorganizedwizard.com/blog/2010/12/but-i-might-need-it-one-day-how-to-stop-making-excuses-get-organized-declutter-simplify/

2011 CLEAN OUT --- trash bag

I am bound and determined to get this house cleaned out and organized over the next few weeks. We have WAY too much stuff and I am worn out from cleaning, picking it up, and moving it. So I am going blog about some of the steps I am taking not to show everyone what I am doing but in hopes it will keep me accountable and keep me going. No our house is not nasty, we don't have things piled to the ceiling but I feel like ALL I do is CLEAN and PICK UP. Some people just have the gift of keeping things neat NOT MY FAMILY, so I am trying to clean out and stay that way.

I recently found a new blog http://www.getorganizedwizard.com/blog/ (they sell products too) that is really easy to follow and easy steps. I used to look at www.flylady.net and they have some good ideas but it was just TOO MUCH for me. It seemed to just add more work to what I was already doing.

One ideas (which I do this fairly often anyway) is http://www.getorganizedwizard.com/blog/2009/04/get-organized-mission-1-fill-a-hu-u-uge-trash-bag/ is to simply get a trash bag and take it through your house, and don't stop till it is full. I just walked through the house grabbed trash, broken toys I saw laying about, opened every closet, I tossed a couple rolls of wrapping paper that I had been saving but really did not have enough on them to wrap anything larger than a DVD, metal hangers, John left laying on the floor, emptied one bathroom trash can etc. you get the picture. I did this one Sunday after I was dressed and waiting for it to be time to go to church, so see it does not take much time. I probably took more time blogging about it than it took to fill my bag.

So grab a bag and fill it up. THEN CLOSE it and TAKE IT OUT no looking back. If you want to you can leave a comment that you did it too if you want a bit of accountability too.