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Week #6 Organized Home Challenge: Trash and Home Recycling Center

February 6, 2012 1 Comment

Here we are at week 6 of Home Storage Solutions 101′s Organized Home Challenge.  And I haven’t completed week 5.  I’m heaving a large sigh over here.  Thankfully this week’s trash and recycling center challenge should be a snap for me since we already have a system in place.  Hopefully.

I still haven’t completed the freezer organization because it is still acting like temperamental teenager.  I might just do it anyway and if it completely flips out on me, then I’ll slam it shut and sob in the corner.  I feel like doing that today with all the ironing and filing I need to address.

Must think good thoughts.  Be positive.

Have you been working on any of the challenges?  I’d love feedback on your own progress! ;)

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Week #5 Organized Home Challenge: Organizing Recipes and Cookbooks plus an update on last week’s challenge

January 30, 2012 5 Comments

I have mixed emotions about week 5 of Home Storage Solutions 101′s Organized Home Challenge.  We are still working in the kitchen: organize recipes and cookbooks.  I have all the tools I need to organize my recipes so I’ve been looking forward to addressing this area of my kitchen for ages.  However, I have hundreds of recipes to organize and a gazillion cookbooks I can’t seem to get rid of (I’ve tried.  Really, I’ve tried to donate half of them, but ended up donating 2).  I’m starting to sweat already.

This week’s challenge talks about the “fantasy recipe” category: all those recipes I’ve torn out of magazines or printed from websites that I’ll likely never even try.  Boo.  Continue reading

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Week #4 Organized Home Challenge: Organizing Refrigerator and Freezer

January 23, 2012 3 Comments

Whew, this is going by very quickly for me just like January has flown by!  How is it the 23rd already?

It’s week 4 of Home Storage Solutions 101′s Organized Home Challenge.  This week’s challenge remains in the kitchen: organization of your freezer and refrigerator.  I’ll admit I didn’t quite complete last week’s challenge, but I’ll tie up those loose ends tomorrow and no harm done:)

I like that each challenge offers storage solutions, tips, and ideas and this week’s challenge has two downloadable cheat sheets: one for refrigerated food storage guidelines and one for freezer storage times.

Reading through the challenge has me itching to get started this instant.  I try to clean and wipe down my fridge each week, but I’d love a deep clean.  Plus, my condiments are threatening to overtake the fridge real estate and it’s time to oust a few of those spacehogs.

Does your fridge or freezer need a little tlc?  Let me know how you’re doing!

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Week #3 Organized Home Challenge: Organize Pantry, Spices & Food

January 16, 2012 2 Comments

Can you believe that we are already on the third challenge of Home Storage Solutions 101′s Organized Home Challenge?  I’m enjoying these challenges particularly because they set me up for success.  When I only have to focus on a very specific area each week, I’m not overwhelmed and I see the light at the end of the tunnel.  I’ll be honest–I MUST see the light or I’m likely to bail.

This week’s challenge continues with the kitchen and focuses on the pantry, spices, and food areas.  This means I’ll be decluttering, categorizing, and organizing, and taking inventory of food areas…I thought I did this before the holidays, but I have a feeling that I did a pretty skimpy job.  So here goes…

Love to hear about your progress as you join me in the challenges.  How are you doing?  Talk to me!

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Week #2 Organized Home Challenge: Kitchen Drawers & Kitchen Cabinet Organization

January 9, 2012 3 Comments

It’s time for the second challenge of the Organized Home Challenge:  The Kitchen Drawers & Cabinet Organization.  I started this last week since I had already decluttered my cabinets in the fall, so all I have remaining is under the sink organization (yuck) and I need to find a shelf for my spice cabinet that fits (many don’t fit my space properly and I have a lot of spices).

Love to hear about your progress as you join me in the challenges.  Are you working on the kitchen or did you choose another challenge and tackle another room/space in your home?

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Week #1 Organized Home Challenge: Kitchen

January 3, 2012 3 Comments

I woke this morning with two things running through my mind.

1) It is the official start to my new year.

2) Jeff Ashton is running for state attorney (in a state I don’t live in and have no connection to, but still had it on my mind.  I won’t get into it, don’t worry).

So let’s focus on what actually impacts my life:)  Today is my new year!  We were out of town for a week and returned home last night.  That means today is the day I kickstart my 2012 goals and that means diving into the first challenge of the Organized Home Challenge:  The Kitchen–my favorite room in my home.  Or any home, for that matter.  It is, after all, where food is.  No surprise that my love for kitchens runs deep and strong.

I have residual Christmas and holiday clutter in my kitchen and it is making me itch.  So this challenge comes at a perfect time.  No excuses, I’m starting this today and I hope I’ve completed it by tomorrow.  I did some kitchen organization a few months ago so this should be a quick task for me.  Fingers crossed!

Love to hear about your progress as you join me in the challenges.  How is your kitchen working for you?

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