The new year is a great time to complete tasks like cleaning out your pantry. After all of the holiday cooking and baking and treats that come into the house, it’s a good idea to clean out, reorganize and rearrange. It’s also a good idea to go through food items that may have been sitting…
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Goals/Productivity, Home Projects
2019 Goals-Small Goals Results-Word of the Year
Before I get into my goals for this year, I want share the results of my December small goals. Holiday Cards-the goal was to send out about 50 cards to family and friends by December 17. Partial success leading to ultimate success. I didn’t get them sent out by the 17th but I did get…
Goals/Productivity, Home Projects
Organizing Update-Workout Clothing
Time for an update on one of the many organizing projects I have on my “to do” list! I have three drawers in my dresser that house my workout gear. One drawer is dedicated to pants, one to shirts and one to bras, socks and tanks. Over time, the drawers have become stuffed and it…
Goals/Productivity, Home Projects
CD Project Update-Making Progress
Yay! I am very happy to report that I have made significant progress on my ongoing CD project. I have removed all of the CD’s from the rack and have removed the rack as well. I have also written down the names of all of the CD’s and boxed them. The artist and CD name…
Goals/Productivity, Home Projects
October Small Goals
As I re-focus on my goals for the rest of the year, it’s time to look at how I did on my September goals and decide what my October goals will be. To recap from last month: September Goals and Results: CRAFT AREA: Clean out all seven scrap paper drawers and two boxes that hold die cut…
Goals/Productivity, Home Projects
September Goals-August Results
It’s time to review my goals from last month and look at what I’m doing for September. One of the things I’ve learned while engaging in this goal setting process is that if I don’t see it written down, I might forget what I planned to do. It’s not like I’m not doing other things. …
Home Projects
Hallway Refresh-Gallery Wall Update
After much hemming and hawing and a great deal of procrastination, the final gallery wall is done! I’ll let the photos do the talking but will tell you again that this hallway is really hard to photograph. It gets no natural light, is long and narrow, and because glass is involved my reflection is sometimes…
Home Projects
Drawer Organization (T-shirts)
If you’ll recall, one of my goals this month is to clean out and organize a couple of drawers in my master bedroom. I hadn’t decided which ones yet but my t-shirt drawer kind of made the decision for me. My t-shirt drawer has been over stuffed for a while now and one day I…
Goals/Productivity, Home Projects
Medium Organizing Project-Cabinet #2
Cabinet cleaning and organizing continues. Last week, I showed you how I cleaned out and organized the left side of a cabinet in my master bathroom. Today, it’s the cabinet on the right side. I am grateful that I have plenty of space to work with and am acutely aware that not utilizing the space…
Home Projects
Medium Organizing Project-60 minutes of fun
Last time, I showed you a “small” organizing project that you can generally get done in 30 minutes or less. Today, I’m sharing a bigger, medium-sized project that you can get done in about an hour. I have two large cabinets in my master bathroom that don’t get a great deal of attention. In fact,…
