pictureless desk

I didn't take any pictures but I took twenty minutes just and cleared a STACK of crap off my desk. I have organized things that need to be filed (I'll do that tonight) and have a decent size trash pile. I feel really good about this monday morning so far!


Where is everyone??? Come back! Post to us! Let's motivate each other. Remember it doesn't have to be huge massive projects. Just ten things. Walk around with a laundry basket and pick up ten things that need to GO or just sit in a "trouble spot" with a trash can at your feet!

Cheers!

The Island... aka "the catch all"

We bought this island so that we'd have more counter room in our kitchen... HA. It's NEVER used for extra counter space in the way I see an island being used... for cooking, food handling, grocery setting down.. nope. It's used for mail dumping, paper dumping, coloring dumping, random things we don't know where to put them... NO MORE!



I took everything off the top and put it on the table to sort it out. I did the same with the cabinet. I am keeping the art supplies in the cabinet for now mostly be/c there isn't another place for them currently. But I'm considering getting some kind of shelving for art/puzzles/games since we seem to be breeding those things.

Here are two things that really don't belong in here but haven't had another "home" until TODAY. One is a BAG full of different icings and sprinkles and birthday candles. The second is a safety kit.

Here is a stack of just papers needing to find the trash can.

Here is a stack of junk needing to find the trash can...
play-do scissors (we don't even have any play-do!)

And TA DA! The after:

Desk take 3

I spent about a half hour at the desk last night dealing with this stack on the top shelf. It was not something I'd planned to do yesterday but my husband needed to hook up our new-to-us (used) printer! So I needed to clear everything off for him to get to the old one and set up the new one. This one has a SCANNER feature, oh baby! I spent a lot of time going through the papers, deciding what was worth keeping or trashing. I ended up with a decent size trash pile. Among it all, I found missing CDs. Nice to know they aren't lost for ever. I added them to my binder promptly instead of setting them somewhere else to be forgotten. Overall, still a slight stack of things that just don't have a home elsewhere, but I'm really pleased with the results! Lots gone and what's there is stacked in categories instead of just being a heaping pile!

Before:

And after!

more papers

Today, as I've been working on my desk, I decided to tackle the insides of my Bible carrier. I should have taken a before picture, but didn't think about it. However, here's the amount of trash that was pulled out of it. Candy wrappers, old sermon notes, thank you cards to people that didn't get delivered (nice huh?) Thank you cards from people. Notes with people's phone numbers on it, not one but TWO empty note tablets. ...

Here's the after picture, nice and slim, instead of bulging so badly it was almost painful to zip the thing. Not a huge chore, but something that needed dealing with. I'm pleased.

desk papers

As many of you do, I can't stand the paper piles... our "office" desk is in the kitchen, so it's a eye-sore for sure. I have tackled some of it this morning. The rest will wait.

This is the desk (anyone see my printer under there?)

this is the pile of TRASH

This is what will be dealt with later.


And this is what's better:

Look, I can open my printer now! and what is that? I can get a tissue without having to first lift a pile out of the way! ... oy... This will be an ON GOING battle for me be/c it's right by the door we enter/exit the house and it's my dumping ground. It will be a mental challenge to keep this straightened, but maybe I can make a more honest attempt now, posting it on here.