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| texdane |
Posted - Jan 05 2018 : 07:48:07 AM
Hi Girls!
This winter is one of the worst that I can remember! So, I have been taking a little time here and there and organizing! At Christmas, I organized the closet that has my gift wrap supplies. Cleaned and organized everything in there. Made Christmas wrapping a breeze and fun. I have organized several drawers, etc. Every week I will organize something else, big or small. Sometimes things just need to be redone, even if we organize. So, let’s motivate each other and post here what we have done! Don’t get overwhelmed, do a little at a time. 
This week: I cleaned out the fridge, freezer and pantry. Got rid of “mystery frozen food” and anything past its date. Check your cans! They can expire, too. Made a list of what I was missing, and meal time has been a snap!
Farmgirl Hugs,
Nicole
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| debbieklann |
Posted - Mar 04 2018 : 6:11:33 PM
Gae, I just got mine also...isn't it gorgeous? The pictures really make you hungry! I can't wait to try out some of the recipes!
Debbie Klann
Farmgirl Sister #770
2018 Farmgirl of the Year
"Well behaved women seldom make history"....Laurel Thatcher Ulrich |
| GGBQuilter |
Posted - Mar 04 2018 : 5:44:39 PM
TY Denise~I am trying to stay busy organizing and cleaning as well. Northeast is recovering from the big storm, we received LOTS of rain. Forecast shows more snow for Wednesday! Hoping Wednesday will be a sewing room day! Just received my MJ Wild Bread book............so exciting!
Gae
Farmgirl #7534 |
| jmcraftygal |
Posted - Mar 03 2018 : 11:19:03 PM
Thanks for the great ideas ladies, I can't wait to try some.
Farmgirl #7553
Living a creative life.
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| levisgrammy |
Posted - Mar 02 2018 : 06:53:35 AM
Congratulations Daizy! Nothing like being a Grammy!
Welcome to the forum GGBQuilter!
I started my Spring cleaning and yesterday spent time decluttering/ organizing my pantry. It tends to get messy in there quite often but I still have some things I need to purge. I am going to try to sell some of the items. Hoping that goes well.
~Denise
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| debbieklann |
Posted - Mar 01 2018 : 1:20:44 PM
Nicole, it sounds like your t shirt pile was like mine...you inspired me to clean mine out yesterday! My closet looks SO much better!
Debbie Klann
Farmgirl Sister #770
2018 Farmgirl of the Year
"Well behaved women seldom make history"....Laurel Thatcher Ulrich |
| texdane |
Posted - Feb 25 2018 : 10:42:43 AM
Cleaned out a t-shirt drawer. Are you guilty of the same? I will buy new t-shirts, then save the “old” ones in case i garden, or need to paint...then I end up with dozens of old, stretched out, worn out, stained shirts and no room for the ones I do wear. Sent some to Goodwill, made rags out of the others.
Farmgirl Hugs,
Nicole
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Farmgirl of the Month, Jan. 2013
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| texdane |
Posted - Feb 15 2018 : 07:55:42 AM
Great idea, Diana!
I organized my linens. Got rid of ones too faded or worn to do anything with. Even vintage linens last better than nowadays versions, right?
I have a few other “spots” to thin out and organize. A drawer here, cabinet there. Need to organize our camper stuff, too, when not in use.
What’s next, girls?
Farmgirl Hugs,
Nicole
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Farmgirl of the Month, Jan. 2013
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| GGBQuilter |
Posted - Feb 14 2018 : 6:37:44 PM
Diana, what a great closet idea! Sounds like Friday will be a rainy day so I hope to keep busy with more organizing/clean out. Have decided to empty a dresser in the main bedroom and switch it with a dresser in my sewing room, the main bedroom will be without a second dresser but that is fine since the goal is to have less! Dresser style is different, storage space will be better for the sewing room. The dresser from the sewing room will go into the garage until it finds a new home. Have a gal in mind who may need a dresser for her beautiful new daughter's bedroom. It is amazing once you start moving items around how additional new ideas start coming to mind!
Gae
Farmgirl #7534 |
| Red Tractor Girl |
Posted - Feb 13 2018 : 06:55:38 AM
Diana, that is a clever and useful idea for figuring out what clothing has past it's use! I am going to try that myself because sometimes, it is hard to remember when you last wore an item.
I am continuing to clear out kitchen cupboards and have sold some big items that are no longer used on Ebay. It takes time but I am feeling encouraged as each piece leaves. Here in Florida, we have hit much warmer weather patterns, so now I am motivated to get into my closet and move out clothing and make sense of what is left for the long upcoming warm months ahead.
There is also much more that needs to be done in various rooms but it all takes time as some of the items are good quality and were expensive. Finding new homes for still usable items takes more thought than piling it all in the car for the thrift store or the dump.
Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
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| debbieklann |
Posted - Feb 11 2018 : 4:24:11 PM
Diana, that is a GREAT idea!!!
Debbie Klann
Farmgirl Sister #770
2018 Farmgirl of the Year
"Well behaved women seldom make history"....Laurel Thatcher Ulrich |
| gramadinah |
Posted - Feb 11 2018 : 4:21:32 PM
Every year about Christmas I take all my clothes and turn the hangers around, facing the other way. As clothes get worn and hung back up the hanger is put back correctly. So when the next year's Christmas come along all the clothes that the hangers are backward get sent to the thrift store.
Viola cleaned closet.
Diana
Farmgirl Sister #273 |
| Sobyn |
Posted - Feb 11 2018 : 09:29:03 AM
Well I got the Christmas stuff organized and put away last month and got the boys' clothes sorted, organized, and the stuff not currently needed stored. I do still need to organize the baby's dresser and the girl's clothes (although they do some of that themselves). I also need to do a major organize/purge of the kid's rooms and check my list to see what is on the schedule to be cleaned/organized this month.
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| janamarieje |
Posted - Feb 10 2018 : 2:50:41 PM
I am so proud of everyone's accomplishments, and although I am making some progress it is far from what I envision for the place. I have thinned out and donated four shelves of books off the 15 shelves, but I would like to thin out more. I emptied and donated more fabric then I want to admit out loud, but I still have more. I need to go through my scrapbooking collection and all the closets, dressers, desks and kitchen in the next few months, before tackling the garage.
Jana
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| texdane |
Posted - Feb 10 2018 : 11:22:32 AM
Daizy...congrats! How exciting!!! You must keep us all posted. What a blessing!
GGBQuilter, welcome! Congrats on your new retirement!
So...I have organized a major storage closet, and that felt great! My daughter has been organizing her room still, and bathroom. Great progress. I really need to go through my closet but I am waiting for a bit of a thaw as I don’t want to try on spring/summer items in the dead of winter.
Hubby recently cleaned his closet out.
Cleaned out a junk drawer. Also cleaned off my desk, as from time to time that needs to be done.
The closet will be a big one...
Farmgirl Hugs,
Nicole
Farmgirl Sister #1155
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Farmgirl of the Month, Jan. 2013
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| debbieklann |
Posted - Feb 10 2018 : 07:48:46 AM
Congratulations, Daizy!!! You will love being a grandma. We just had our 4th, our first granddaughter. It doesn't matter how many you have, they are all special ! There's nothing like sitting and holding one for hours.
Debbie Klann
Farmgirl Sister #770
2018 Farmgirl of the Year
"Well behaved women seldom make history"....Laurel Thatcher Ulrich |
| Daizy |
Posted - Feb 10 2018 : 05:52:45 AM
Hay there. I'm off to get a few more tubs to put away and store the remaining Christmas items that are still laying around. Then its pay bills and hit the guest room to make room for baby item storage. I'm going to be a GRAND MOMMA !!!! My DD lives in a 5th wheel and has little storage and with baby showers and items being purchased they will need a space to store items until time for use. We are very excited. Its our 1st grand baby. TaTa. Hugs.
Hugs and prayers, Daizy #1093
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| Bluedog355 |
Posted - Feb 07 2018 : 9:31:51 PM
Hello GGBQuilter! You and the others seem to have good action plans underway :) I've been reading FLY Lady emails, trying to get myself into the habit of getting a little bit of decluttering each day. I'm thinking with spring around the corner, getting things done will feel great!!
Diana
Farmgirl #6578 |
| GGBQuilter |
Posted - Feb 06 2018 : 7:35:36 PM
Greetings! I recently retired and also enrolled as a Farmgirl. My first goal is to organize the entire house! We have lived in our home for 28+ years and if we should decide to downsize to a smaller house, it would be nice to know exactly how much space we would need. We have collected our own 'stuff' as well as items my folks gifted as they cleaned out! The kitchen was my first room, and last evening I decided one more change to the dishes is necessary, maybe tomorrow after some quilting time, while a snow storm rolls through. The guest bedroom is good to go, just need to finish binding the quilt (quilt is on the bed). Next up will be two bedroom dressers and the master bedroom will be finished. My sewing room is an on-going project and it will come together when I finally finish sorting through the quilting magazines. The dining room and three season room are both in order. The basement will be the final area to focus on. I am determined to stay on track so when the nice weather arrives I can spend time outside working on yard projects. Two hail storms rolled through last May with a tree landing on the shed and professional help was needed. The list was long, so when the crews finished we were still cleaning as fall arrived. Keep in mind that our unorganized areas didn't happen over night, so clean up isn't going to happen in 15 minutes! A little time each day and the projects on the list will disappear!
GGBQuilter
Farmgirl #7534 |
| Joey |
Posted - Feb 03 2018 : 5:35:39 PM
I'm cleaning out. Went from a 5 bedroom house to a small 2 bedroom doublewide mobile home. I had 5 storage units and am now down to 2 units. Still have much more to go. I like the idea of writing monthly goals. Never thought of that, so thanks. I think I will start there.
Well behaved women rarely make history.
Farmgirl #5554 |
| 1Anne |
Posted - Jan 30 2018 : 12:04:26 PM
I'm reading all the comments on getting organized and thinking about where I should start. I think about this a lot!! But wait, we just got 5 inches of snow and my snowshoes are calling to me!! Maybe I'll start a project tomorrow... I'll have to think about this!! LOL :-) Anne
Yes, in God I trust. |
| AnnieinIdaho |
Posted - Jan 24 2018 : 2:05:46 PM
Ha, nothing like cabin fever and being under snow for weeks at a time that makes even closet cleaning exciting! Yes, I too cleaned every drawer, cupboard and closet. So now when I take to the outdoors under sunshine and greenery(yes I am counting...uh several more weeks to go),the inside is all done and no worries. I will frolic outdoors for months! Over the Christmas holidays, when I am making all the fixings I usually put up in the freezer homemade chicken pot pies, enchiladas, homemade broth so I can just do quick soups, my ham bone went into making a huge batch of split pea soup for the freezer. I experimented and made a brandy, dried fruit ice cream, and of course peppermint ice cream. My biggest excitement was to see the linen closet all organized. Yippee. I bet you all even re-organized your Christmas decorations this time around too. Hee hee! Annie
"The turnings of life seldom show a sign-post; or rather, though the sign is always there, it is usually placed some distance back, like the notices that give warning of a bad hill or a level railway-crossing." Edith Wharton, 1913 from 'The Custom of the Country'. |
| levisgrammy |
Posted - Jan 23 2018 : 2:03:50 PM
Debbie,
Yes! It isn't that they want to save everything but they don't take care of their stuff and put it away.
~Denise~
Farmgirl Sister #43
"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path." Psalm 119:105
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| debbieklann |
Posted - Jan 23 2018 : 07:56:17 AM
My husband likes to joke that I'm not happy until I throw something away every day! Haha! I'm going to join you girls. Right now I'm working on a cabinet in my office. It's one of those that is about 4 feet deep and things can get pushed way to the back. I'm wondering what kind of surprises I'll find.
Does anyone live with family members who want to SAVE everything?
Debbie Klann
Farmgirl Sister #770
2018 Farmgirl of the Year
"Well behaved women seldom make history"....Laurel Thatcher Ulrich |
| levisgrammy |
Posted - Jan 23 2018 : 07:41:36 AM
I have been doing this over a period of time. It seems there is always something to purge and organize. I need to purge before I organize because I tend to organize everything and end up getting rid of nothing.
This is a good time with the start of a new year to get the house in order because before I know it there will be outdoor areas to organize and purge.
~Denise~
Farmgirl Sister #43
"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path." Psalm 119:105
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| texdane |
Posted - Jan 22 2018 : 05:38:33 AM
Organized the storage closet.
Biggest feat: Getting my teenager on board to organize her room. To inspire her, we made her room look spiffy with a new rug from Ikea (needed it, the other one was from her nursery days, and it was TIME for it to GO), and a strand of lights with little purple flowers. So far so good, she is working at it.
Farmgirl Hugs,
Nicole
Farmgirl Sister #1155
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Chapter Leader, CT Simpler Life Sisters
Farmgirl of the Month, Jan. 2013
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