have been bit!

by the organizing bug that is ;)

i was taking some photos of the surfaces that really drive me mad- the corner table/phone table in our hall, the table/cupboard/benchy thin in our kitchen, the tops of cupboards and cabinet in the spare room, even the top of a speaker in the lounge, not to mention the over filled bookcase too. well then the batteries in my camera died so i cant upload them to either tomorrow or monday now.

anyway- in the kitchen there is a particular space of cupboard that just gets SO messy... i didnt get to take a pic of the before shot seeing the batteries died- but will do an after one and add it monday ok.. so for the time being picture this. a cupboard on the wall, two doors, and inside 3 shelves. the top shelf was pretty bare on both sides. the middle shelf was chockers with baby bowls, cups, sippy cups, lids all that sort of plastic gear. the bottom shelf? it was horrid! to the left was all the bottles(girls are down to one bottle so dont really need them there now- not being used as often as they once were), as well as their medicines . to the right- a baking dish that i was using to "store" (and i use this term loosely) medicines , syringes for the girls panadol/teething relief, teething gel, droppers that came with the boxes of panadol etc when they were sick, my tablets, old scripts.. those baby bottle stopper thingys- you know- to stop milk leaking?
there was SO much junk!

now? top shelf - have the now EMPTY baking dish up there
middle shelf- a few tins of food, and neatly stacked plastics
bottom shelf- bottles are gone and into a container that is at the bottom of the pantry- neatly! , have thrown out the bulk of the droppers (only kept a few for using with food colouring) and have thrown the bulk of the syringes too(only kept about 4 different sized ones). the medicines are now in a small slice tin (was dodgy- so would not eat anything off it ) and the old scripts are now in the bin. all other medications are stored neatly.

to some this wouldnt mean much- but for me? i feel so much better for it. and it was a big deal to me.
im so proud for getting that space organized! :D

i have decided the next thing to tackle will be SURFACES! (all the ones i photographed... i might just add those pics to each post as i complete it actually- do a bit of a before and after thing...)


i remember seeing an ep on OPRAH, that Australian guy (forget his name) that helped all the people with hoarding problems. he said each day take out one bag full of junk. but the rule is you cant bring anything more into house. so i think i will take this on board too. then once i get this house in order- then can start a craft room for me. (at this point i dont have a space for me. but a thinking of making it the smaller bedroom opposite the kitchen...)

anyway thats enough jibber for today!