Keep Calm and CLEAN!

I few years ago, I discovered that spring cleaning in the winter was great!  I can get a lot of it done while the weather is cold and yucky and of course when the kids are in school.  So I start in January and hope to finish by the end of February with most of it.  Then when spring arrives, I just have to work on the outside!

It is the last day of the month and I am happy to report, all closets are cleaned out and organized.  All baseboards are cleaned, and all rooms are cleaned from top to bottom.  I just have the basement and garage which the basement will be done next week.

Then I organize and organize!  I love to have things organized and placed neatly where they belong.  However, I have 2 kids, a husband and a cat now.  Nothing is always in it's place all the time.  Now I am trying to place bins the kitchen pantry to organize it more and it looks nice.  Erik thinks I am OCD but the kids just throw things in there so if they have bins for each category, it will be easier.  Pictures to come when I am finished.

I also started an 'Important Papers' binder that has birth certificates, S.S cards for the kids, medical records (x-rays, and surgery info.), car title, jewelry appraisals, house warranty items.  This is for quick reference for us.  I saw this on Pinterest and thought it was a great idea!

Late last year I cleaned out my ugly bins and got matching white ones for my laundry room and placed cute little scrapbook paper and ribbon tags on them.  I am working on maybe getting cabinets and a new sink this year.