Ooooh Snap!

What to do, what to do?

I need some declutter-izing-a-zation!

We moved to Bozeman a couple years ago and love it! Even though we have lived in our home for a couple years and love it…we still want to find a better flow. While packing our home in Billings, I go rid of a ton of stuff! I downsized my closet, my craft supplies, the kids stuff, my husband cleaned out a bunch of unneeded garage stuff…

Still this family of five has so much stuff! Not only did we still move with far to much we also have managed to accumulate a ton more! HAAAALP! I like to thrift shop. Ok!!! I love to thrift shop! (Don’t judge) I feel like my usual thrift shopping trip is usually just clothes for the kids and a random thing to help me organize the house better. All of this junk came from somewhere though. I am not going to take all the blame either!

Recently (this last weekend) my husband surprised me with some really amazing new furniture pieces to help us declutter the dining area (it also triples as the office and my craft area). That gave me a place to better store and organize my craft supplies, sewing machine and Cricut!

We sold the desk and got rid of the small bar. Stuff is leaving the house! Yay! I also sold the desk and chair for over twice what the husband said to list it for! Winning! Those things gone still left me with heaps of things to home though…

It caused me anxiety! Not going to sugar coat it. I almost cried. We pulled everything from in, on and around the desk to the dining table. I had two carts of craft stuff as well as my machines to fit into the furniture. Then the bar…Oh and I had to now get our file cabinet into the entry closet that was already full! Holy balls of stress!

Guess what! It’s all coming together. My moment of anxiety has (mostly) passed and the house is falling back into normalcy. Only a more organized normal. A more breathable normal. A mommy friendly normal. Aaaaaand ALL of my craft/sewing stuff fit in two of the pieces and I now have an empty craft cart (I’m going to have to fill it at some point ).

The hubby sorted and got rid of a ton of clothes and shoes. I have to try on all of my pants and figure out what all of his stuff we can sell! So…yay… We are making progress but mother of pearl its been a several day poop show and emotional rollercoaster! Should it be this hard to just get rid of shit? Maybe. Or not. I guess that all depends on who you are.

Just before all of that… I cleaned my pantry. There are still things I need to streamline in there! I just took Christmas down as well and had those totes sitting in the dining room for a couple days. Did I mention I’m not currently on my meds?!

I was given the go ahead to get more baskets/boxes to organize the craft cabinet.  I have stuff sitting here and there that I still need to find a home for. I’m really trying not to burn the house to the ground, say “woopsies” walk away and start all over!

I honestly have a passion for cleaning and organizing but a lot came at me all at once! At no fault of anyone I got over-freaking-whelmed! I have to keep calming myself and remember that this house will have such a better feel when its all done and put back together.

Oh! The trees are still up, not decorated anymore but lights on and standing. Husband likes them up till end of January. I compromised and took all the décor down including undecorating the trees. He gets the pretty lights still and I can start putting the house back together.

So…I have several things I use to organize. Most of them are boxes or baskets. I’ve acquired most of them through the market place or the thrift store. Dollar stores are great places to get stuff as well! Target has had a few things for cheap in bullseyes playground! I like to get stuff when I find it for cheap! Even if I don’t know exactly what I’ll use it for at that moment. There is always something that I can clean up a bit or organize.

Man does it feel good to declutter a spot in the ol home! If it only starts with one drawer, that catch-all spot on the counter, your closet…one space can make such a difference! I really need to start taking before and after pics for you guys! If there is an area in your home that you struggle with let me know! I’m sure I have fought with it too. I’d love to help you work through it!

Take that small step and throw something out, give it away, sell it… I’m trying my hardest to sell what I can and put that money into savings. No matter how small the amount. It adds up. Not just money but happiness, calm and the peace you find when your surrounding are calm and peaceful! When you can find what you’re looking for or the thing you want to put away goes where it should. Peace. Calm. Happiness. Yes Please!

Pray, breath and free yourself! Have a great week all!