My Cleaning Frenzy

Do any of you have one of those rooms in your house that is your "craft room" that ends up turning out to be the "crap room"? It just keeps getting stuffed with stuff.

Well...

I have one of those rooms. I am a bit embarrassed to admit it, but I do.

I guess I should say, I did... until today! I went through my crap room and I turned it back into my craft room. As some of you might know, I started working full time about one year ago. Then I went to one day a week back in August (can I get a HALLELUJAH!) For some reason my house seemed to fall apart this past year. Usually I am a clean/organizing freak. It was all I could do just to keep up with the every day surface cleaning, let alone the deep cleaning and organizing.

I don't know how working moms do it. So a little shout out to all you working moms. You are AMAZING! I applaude you. It's hard enough for me to keep up with it all and I am home!(Working one day a week just doesn't count as working, you know?)

Anyway, I feel so accomplished. I feel soooooo much better! Over the last couple weeks I have:

-gone through my kitchen and scrubbed all the cupboards (in and out).
-organized my pantry
-organized the hall closet
-rearranged Oakley's and Jackson's room
-painted my front, garage, and back doors
-organized my food storage
-organized the hall closet in the basement
-and now, finally... taken care of that craft room!

I am not meaning to boast... I am just so happy about it. It is amazing to me how much better I feel. I mean, I actually feel like I am energized and motivated to do more. It has even motivated me enough to start sewing... yeah! (Now that I can actually use the space in that room)

There is still plenty more to do. And I am positive that if I spent 24/7 cleaning and organizing I would never catch up... I just figure this is a start and I am just taking it one day at a time.