Okay so I have been MIA. But I have a good excuse.
well. kind of.
Since Jon has been gone, I have been letting a lot of stuff slide. The house being the MAIN one. The laundry is unbearable, the unorganized nature is giving me unnecessary panic attacks and my head just hurts when I walk in the door.
I know that sounds kind of extreme, and it probably is, but I'm a hypocrite. The kind of person who thrives and preaches on organization and cleanliness, but just can't find the energy (aka lazy) or just the motivation to get stuff done. Until it hits me like a ton of bricks.
I started with the office. Guys, it was seriously ridiculous. We have a two bedroom apartment and the "office"/spare bedroom, was just being used as storage, "quick, throw it in there and shut the door, people are coming" room. And it shows. Boy does it show.
I had boxes and bags of items that I either bought for the future needs or had attempted organizing one point and gave up, bags of stuff still unopened from our move back in SEPTEMBER and just utter and complete disarray. It was making.me.crazy.
So I began going through the boxes and the bags and everything in the main room and separating and throwing away. This took down the mass a.lot. It was like a breath of fresh air! Which got me even more motivated!! It was on from there.
I then separated everything into groups as in crafts, cleaning, kitchen (embarrassing), computer...etc. At this point my second bedroom was pretty open and I actually had a floor. I looked around and thought of potential space for things we want to incorporate (ie. craft tables, desk, cubbies...) and obsessed over my floor needing to be deep cleaned. Bad.
My dogs kennel is in there and is his own apartment. I'm not kidding. This room is about 11'x11' and his kennel takes up at least 1/4 of the ENTIRE room. We are the process of un-crating and praying by Fall, he will be completely out of that God awful building. Although, it has been very sweet to us and saved our furniture on numerous occasions ;)
But like I was saying, I have been BUSY. After the office was pretty much as far as it could go, I moved to the master bedroom. Again, I had a little designated area of craziness. I sorted, organized, cleaned and was able to breathe. Yet again.
Its really nice to be able to do that, let me tell you.
Still to do: closets in both rooms, both bathrooms (I need nearly everything in both!), getting my full bed set (only have the shams and comforter now- still need: 2 Euro shams and the quilt!), and setting up my living room/dining room/kitchen area just the way I like it.
I know I've lived here since September and we only want to live here for another year, but I want it to feel like home. Plus, I want it comfortable for Jon when he's home for R&R!
(Pictures to come next.)
