YOU CAN'T ORGANISE CLUTTER!!!!!
Sheesh Woman, get it into your head, it just doesn't work!
One of the reasons - and it really is a little reason - one of the reasons our house is always such a pigsty is thatit's such a LITTLE house, really only made for two....or two and a baby at a push. There are 5 of us living here.
Even with minimal belongings it would be a bit of a squash.
But we are NOT minimalists.......far, FAR from it! All 5 of us - even my husband who always declares none of the mess is his (on account of never being here! Lol!) - have WAY too MUCH "STUFF" !
There's.....
School "STUFF" (Me and Sprogs 1, 2 and 3)
Guide "STUFF" (Me and Sprogs 1 and 2)
Camping "STUFF" (All of us)
Travel "STUFF" (DH)
Not to mention all the usual household "STUFF" like bills, toys, decorations, clothes too small for one but too big for another, the DVDs/CDs and even videos, the cameras and photos and all the rest of the "STUFF" !
I once found an acronym for "STUFF" on a blog somewhere -
Something
that
undermines
family
fun
And I have to say, in our house (notice I said "house" and not "home" sigh!) it really does.
Just now, as I tried to tackle one of the MANY, MANY bags of
"STUFF" in my living room, without throwing anything away, it occured to me.... The ONLY way I'm going to get rid of this "STUFF" is to first SORT it (Teaching, School x3 Sprogs, Guiding - me x2, Sprogs x2, Kids x3, household and DH) and THEN thin it out one area at a time.
So, Plan .....ohh, must be U or V by now! (because I have it on very good authority that "Plan B" is always 'go to the pub'!!), is to hit the new idea this evening and tomorrow,
We'll see!
However, today I've ........ cleaned the kitchen sink, done (most of) the dishes, done a load of washing (though it does still need hanging out), spent some time with Sprog 2, home with Chicken Pox, chased a few emails for Guides (....and got sidetracked by the computer!) and found some bits and pieces ready for trotting to the bank tomorrow.......so it's not ALL bad!
AM
