Can't Stand It Anymore!

My room has been getting on my nerves these past couple of months. It is one thing when you've first moved in to have things in chaos and I even understood the busyness of Thanksgiving & Christmas getting in the way but now that spring is here I feel the need for wide open spaces, no clutter & clean surfaces. It could also be my nesting instinct kicking in full force as we approach the finish line in this pregnancy. Whatever it is I can hardly stand it anymore. I am determined to have it clean & in order so I can relax when Baby comes. I don't know about you but I find it hard to relax when I'm stuck sitting with a view of chaos.

Sweet Pea helped me with my closet recently but there were still boxes to unpack. They had been shoved in there to get out of the way (and out of sight) for awhile. Plus then I piled up a couple more boxes in sorting. I have one gift box & one box for clothes that need to go into specific bins which are presently buried in the garage. I'm glad to have the gifts all in one place. It was very handy for Sweet Pea's birthday. Of course in addition to the boxes are the piles I am busy sorting. How come when you try to clean it ends up making a much bigger mess than you started with? Eee gads.

Today I couldn't take it anymore and dug in. I'm proud to say I worked on my room every minute I was conscious. Lol. Yes, I did have to take a short nap or I wouldn't have made it. Sweet Pea & later Boo Bear did help me a little. Mainly running things to different rooms. I'm very happy with the results. I still have the 2 boxes that will need to be put away later (the clothes & gifts) but they have to wait until the shed is built and the garage is sorted. A domino effect if you will. Other than that I have only one, big box to unpack, a paper bag full of papers to put away (ugh), some wrapping paper to stick in the attic, and some shelves to find a home for and have Dave put up for me. Not bad at all! I'm a little afraid of the big box as I have no idea what's inside waiting for me. I'm praying it's not a ton of odds & ends. Oh, I forgot to mention I also dusted & vacuumed in here tonight too! Yay! And I can even see surfaces of furniture again! I'll post finished pics when all is complete. For now here are some of the "in progress" pics I took earlier in the week.

This makes me shudder when I see it. Doesn't it remind you of the show "Clean House"? Yikes!


Of course the cats HAVE to be in the middle of everything. Here is Pixie/Romeo checking out the wire cubbies.

Sassy enjoyed hanging out in the unpacked box.


Thank God Sweet Pea can think in the abstract. I am completely lost when it comes to putting these cubbies together. Aren't I sad?


We even had enough for her to set up some in the other side of the closet. They are awesome of inexpensive storage.

All ready to be filled with organized things.

My gift box & clothing box I mentioned. The smaller box is breakables that I have no place for until I get shelves up. The giant box is the one we unpacked today. Full of odds & ends! What a hassle! It has a matching twin and I was using both for nightstands these past months. How glad I will be when they are gone for good.

We can see the floor! Can I hear a "Hallelujah?!?"

I love, love, LOVE these cubbies! I also love the photo boxes. We bought these at Michael's around Christmas on sale. I am using one for memorabilia, one for photos, one for a mini-office supply, one for coupons & one for receipts.

One step closer to being ready for Baby! The floor is even clearer now and I can get in and out of my room without bumping into boxes. I'll have more pics soon. Hopefully of the finished product. It won't be fancy like the HGTV shows but I don't care. (Personally, I find them unrealistic anyway unless you have a giant wad of cash to invest.) As long as it's clean, organized & spacious I will be a very happy girl!

Wednesday Already?

We're all sick here & trying to rest and recover while at the same time getting ready for Christmas and continuing to unpack. Quite a tall order! Last night everyone went to bed early. I tried but as luck would have it still couldn't get to sleep until after midnight. At least I have my naps, right?

Two things I hope to accomplish today are cooking dinner & unpacking some boxes of books. Sweet Pea finally found the two cookbooks that I had brought with us in the van. The point of keeping them out was that I could have them as soon as we moved in but somehow that didn't work out. I'm thankful she found them. I've been lost without them! Now I just need to find my Betty Crocker cookbook & Betty Crocker cookie book and I'll be all set. Dave put up shelves in the family room Sunday night. Now that there is a place for them I have been unpacking books. It takes longer than I thought it would because I am organizing them & trying to decide which go together, whether I want them in the office or upstairs and which need to be kept out of reach of little hands.

All the kittens and cats are snuggled up on my bed for a nap. Boy, I'm tempted to join them! But seeing as it's only a little after 10a.m. I guess I'd better hit the shower instead. It's days like this that I miss caffeine! Lol.

Stomping Fun

Friday we did some more unpacking downstairs. Sweet Pea was a big help putting things away. The boys favorite job was to smash down the paper once it was folded and placed back in the empty boxes. Bugs did it a couple of times and then because he & Elvis kept bickering I sent him outside to play with Boo.

This is fun!

Jumping up & down!

Big Sister helps him into the tall box.

Smash! Mash! Smash!


I think we got 4 or 5 more boxes unpacked on Friday. Yay!