Well the school holidays are nearly over, i promised myself at the beginning of the holidays i'd put my head down, bum up and make an attempt to reorganize and de-clutter the house. I'm happy to say that i have managed to achieve. Horrah!
Never mind the fact that most of it has happened in the last three days, i have still managed to get through quite a lot.
I cleaned out and sorted the toy room. I donated two garbage bag's of toys to the Salvo's and threw out two bags of rubbish. Everything is now organized into boxes and sorted out. I also cleaned and sorted Charlee's room (for the hundredth time) i'm not holding my breath that she will keep it clean for long, because she never does, but it is tidy for now.
I also relocated my entire work desk, computer and "office" space out into the sun-room. I've been wanting to do this for ages. It was previously all in the dining room which was great for when the kids were younger because i could supervise them while working and i could also remain in the center of everything. However now that they are older i've found that it's just not practical for me to be there anymore.
The kids don't need constant supervision and now that charlee is at kinder 3 days a week (and will be heading into prep next year) most of my computer work is done wile she is away anyway, so my desk and computer were just taking up valuable room and creating a distraction and temptation to procrastinate.
I'm now hoping that because it's all separate i can go out there to work when i need to, and also walk away and do other things when i need to, without constantly having to walk past and be tempted to sit and surf. It will also now be easier to keep the kitchen clean because my work would always inevitably spill over and start to take over the dining table and kitchen. I'd have orders waiting to be packed laying all over the place, invoice and forms on the dining table and numerous letters spilling over everything. it was just disorganized chaos.
I feel so much better about the way we are using our space in general now. Everything feels more open. I always felt like we were not making the most of our space. We really have a fairly small home and it seemed so cluttered all the time, but now the kitchen has been cleared out, we have our dining table set up in a usable way and space to move around freely.
ok i'm waffling now, can you guess i'm a little excited LOL...
Anyway, we are heading to the zoo tomorrow with the kids. It's meant to be only average as far as the weather is concerned. Which is frustrating considering it has been fairly mild and pleasant here for the past week. But we promised them a while ago that we'd take them and this is the is the last weekend we have free for a while.
That's all i really have to share at the moment. Life in general is just plodding along like normal, Nothing new to add. Will be back tomorrow or sunday with photos from the zoo no doubt.
