It's a beautiful day here, sun is shining and I'm getting ready to put a load of laundry out on the line (another way to save money!). I've been spring cleaning like mad. I'm very proud to say that I have not given in and bought outrageously expensive storage, bins and the like. I think that is one of the biggest mistakes we make while organizing, to buy storage before we even know for sure what it is we need to store. How many times have we had the wrong size tote when we needed it? Maybe the kids have a toy collection that could be put in a basket or box, and we go out and buy something to get it home and discover that you can't put the lid on it when it houses said collection? Or maybe it's so large that the kids are tempted to put other toys with it while cleaning up, defeating the purpose of organizing it in the first place. And who knows, maybe once the cleaning and purging are done, you will find you don't need more storage afterall... whether the storage "solutions" are too big, too small, or just plain not needed, they cost a lot of money to buy, and then you have to find space to put the containers!
I am not done with the playroom yet. It's March break and it's impossible to purge that room with both kids at home with me. I put things into piles, and have four little hands sneaking the items back out of the piles. Even enlisting their help doesn't work as they get so distracted that it ends up being an even bigger mess! I'm not getting rid of all that much actually. I am going to put a lot of it in storage, to bring out in 6 months or so, starting a rotation of sorts. I've always intended to do that, but have never gotten it quite right. Either I've put away the toys so long that they are no longer age appropriate, or I never get them put away before the kids take everything back out.
So here's to making it another week, pay day tomorrow and Spring Cleaning!
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