Playroom Perk Up

It's crazy. This whole experience of writing about getting rid of things and organizing is very eye opening. If you were to walk into my house, I think you would say that I was organized, orderly, and pretty darn clean. And I feel that way. BUT, my goodness, when I break it down closet by closet and cabinet by cabinet, it looks so different! Perhaps I need to do a better job! Granted, this is just a glimpse into my life and I don't show the good things. I'm only showing the bad. Why did I think this was a good idea to do this again????? Too late to turn back now. You've seen it all.

Anyway, today's task had to be done quickly and easily because I had my two little boys running around who desperately wanted Mommy's undivided attention. So, I tackled the cabinet I use in the playroom for a catch-all for diapering needs (I have two in diapers), meds, etc. This way, I could be in constant contact with the boys without them even knowing I was cleaning. They were playing and I was tossing.

BEFORE:

AFTER:

One cabinet, one drawer, one closet, and one room at a time. Sooner or later, it will all get done and I will relish in it!

bye bye cars

In sticking with your playroom theme Jackie, I went through and grabbed a box of cars from ours. They never play wtih the cars anymore. Matchbox ones sure, but the bigger "vrooming" ones, nope. So no picture, but I have a box of about 12 cars to give away.

10 Things, Playroom Edition

It's back to the basics today. Our playroom is beginning to be overrun with toys that are, by and large, not played with anymore. Here is a glimpse into our post-Christmas mayhem:
So, today's project was to grab 10 things from the playroom to either donate or sell at our future spring garage sale. Here they are:
1. Tool table

2. Building blocks

3. Horse

4. Teddy Bear (with beating heart to soothe babies)

5. An egg with a hatching dinosaur

6. A bop it game

7. A bee hive toy

8. A rolling turtle

9. A motorcycle

10. Piano

11---ooops, I counted wrong! A tambourine

They are already out in the garage in the garage sale area. See ya! Wouldn't want to be ya!

ten things from the playroom

Today was a "we were out all day" day, tomorrow will be the same, Saturday is filled from the time I get up until after the sun goes down and Sunday is normal church stuff but there's a meeting in the afternoon. I'm guessing I wont get any more purging time until Monday, so I wanted to at least get ten things out today. Dinner is in the crock pot, little people are quiet, so I took a laundry basket to the playroom and just added until I had ten things.

Here's the inside of the basket.

Here are all ten things laid out... the four animals which no one plays with went to a "sell" bag with other toys that have been recently moved out. The three non-working calculators (which were used as "cell phones") hit the trash. The pink throw up container from the hospital (which was washed and used in the play kitchen dishes) also hit the trash. And the two ancient speak and read things that don't work anymore also found the trash. I did keep the one that does still work, but I thought probably didn't need the two broken ones anymore.

Maybe not an awesome purging/decluttering day, but at least there are ten things NOT in my playroom right now. That is good enough for me for today. I'll be back Monday with probably my linen closet as the next project.