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07/08/2008: "We are getting F.A.T..."

Every day take 10 minutes and “push your chair out and stand up.” Then file, act and trash, or FAT, as it’s called in organizer lingo. File what needs to be filed, act on the things I need to act upon and trash what needs to be trashed.
And so we are...throughout the whole house. I will add- bins are my new best friends!

Here we have the food closet- organized.

Then the laundry room- out went the 48" rack (went to the garage) so we can move and use the room- then we cleaned the shelves and put in shoe racks.

Then the garage! We finished painting the walls, put up the trim and base board, we put the 48" rack along the wall, added a 36" cabinet for appliances, got more bins and put a a curtain. We added a shelf under the stairs, added another shoe rack and hung the broom, mop and squeegee.

Moving on to the hallway closet. It has become the home of my scrapbook materials (way too much).

Now I am working on the Cd's. They take up 2 walls in my too small den so I came up with a new solution. Place them in cd bins. Each box will hold 160 Cd's in paper sleeves (they are on order) and then I will store them in the bottom of a closet. We are going to rip out the carpet and put in a wood floor, build in a counter top desk and book shelf. Still working on the design. We want it to fit both Linda and I at the same time.

Before we rip out the den we want to finish the bathroom with a new vanity and mirror, a new toilet and a new floor (not sure on this yet).

This is how I spent my summer vacation- teaching 2 days a week to pay for it and the other days working it.

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My house has so much clutter right now- out of one place and where to go? We have been doing the trash thing a lot (though this means Good Will for us).
I wish I could just work on this till it is done but I have class Monday and Wednesday and it is kicking my butt. New material, tough topic, harder than I thought it would be. So, one day at a time.

La said on Wednesday, July 9th @ 01 :07 PM CST