I have to many shoes

I might have not posted in two days but I sure worked!
I must admit I am really tired tonight and I am having some issues trying to come up with witty ways to talk about my shoe triumph. But sadly I am just not into it. So I will give you a small photo essay of the cleaning of the closet and the organization of the shoes.



The above is half way through the closet clean out....you can see little Aryeh trying to help me. I did not take a before picture because I was trying to be careful to let him sleep....but that was not happening so I gave in. Notice all the stuff!



And then.....tada clean closet ready for the shoe project the next night.




Now I must say, the shoe project really was overwhelming. I am not entirely done but I need a to build up my energy to finish. I have finished labeling and putting about 20 shoes in boxes. The sad part....I havent gotten to the shoes I ware right now.....whoops? And its more then 20 shoes. Some boxes had two pairs in them.
This was a pile of the boxes, as I went to take the picture they fell....


I also found that there were 6 pairs of shoes that need to be fixed. I only took in 3 to the shoe maker today because I did not want the shoe maker next to my office to think I was crazy.

So for now I put all the shoes in boxes in the closet- summer shoes, flats, and pumps, and when I get the shoes back from the shoe maker I will try to finish this off. I think I have another 15 or so pairs.....oy this is bad bad news.

When I was cleaning out the shoes I found that I had a MUCH harder time letting go of shoes then I did clothing. Clothing I had very little issue with just giving away. But I had a hard time with the shoes. If the shoes were still 7 1/2 they went in the give away bag without question. But other wise something was hard about it. I was so connected to the shoes that even the ones I know I will NEVER ware again I put in boxes in the closet. It was odd....I dont know what it was about the shoes that made me want to hold on to them where as the clothing I was able to go through with not problem. Humm...something to think about.

Anyway.......to the closet!!!

And I am BACK!

I am BACK everyone! I mean I was always here but I am functional again. It was such perfect timing during my little experiment to show how little miniature disasters can really throw you off and how much time it takes to get back to normal. I was 100% out of commission all week last week. I mean if I went into the kitchen that was a huge accomplishment.
So now I need to pick up where I left off....and things are almost worse then before!
Last Friday I had done so many little things all week that the house was still in order by the time Shabbos came, I was calmer, the world seemed right. This Shabbos I could barely get out of bed let alone make sure the toys looked nice in my direct line from the door space. I started feeling overwhelmed, like this was it....I am done....my life is ruined and I will never see the light at the end....an organized life....ever.

Then my fever cleared and I realized I was being insane and talking in tongues.
But really I realized that I had a miniature disaster. It was a set back, something that happens all the time.....it happened this week and it will happen again.

So I had thought that last night I could start my shoe project...but I realized I needed to get my general life together before I could do that. I need to go to the market, to Target...maybe Michaels (BTW I am DONE shopping for Crafts for the next 2 months...REALLY) And I needed to give myself the chance to get things together...get life back on track.

So TONIGHT....Ladies and Daniel......even though we have A LOT of TV to watch (White Collar.....a new Netflix DVD of Modern Family....) I am going to spend 10 min on my closet floor to prep for the shoe boxes. its really bad so I need to so just a little at a time.

Thanks for sticking with me everyone (most of you are related to me so you have to) and here we go......

Still under the weather

Still to out of it to do anything on my list......I am going to change my calendar and push everything up a week and get back on it starting Monday! (Maybe Thursday but I dont want to push myself.)

Thanks everyone for your support!

Minor set back but I wont be derailed!!!

Ok so I got a cold. Like a full all out, in bed, shakes, no holds bar cold. My Mom( Thank you!!!) is going to go get me Advil Congestion (because I am a sucker for adds and ANYTHING Advil) The cold has gone into my sinus.....at least I am used to that kind of cold.

Anyway because I was shaking and in pain and totally not functional last night I did NOT start the clean out closet/ shoe project. However- I am home today and due to crazy snow coming I think I will be home tomorrow. So my goal is to still be done with this project by the end of the week. And if not, I will just push everything off a little bit. I will NOT let this miniature disaster set me back! I WILL keep up my progress!

The up side is that today I am home on my own and I can eat as many candy cane oreos that I want! Daniel does not seem to think that these are good for me when I am sick...but I mean the mint helps clear out my sinus! and I am drinking tea! So there!

However to keep my readers (aka Elizabeth, Cheryl and my Mom......) her is a picture (poor picture) of the "vintage mirror" I made on Sunday. Enjoy!!!

Linen Project- DONE!

I am happy to say that even though I woke up this morning sick as a dog and totally not functional I DID get my lien closet DONE last night!

I was crafting a lot yesterday and Daniel was worried I would not finish my goal....but I did! It took me about 45 min.

My first task was to bring all of the linen from the coat closet to the basement.....this is what the pile looked after I was done organizing HALF of it:




I have come to a conclusion....even though I am a bit of a Linen A Holic I think I have ENOUGH LINEN! At the time of cleaning the closet out I had 4 beds in the house made....which ment that EVERYTHING I was organizing was EXTRA. Now the ONLY other time I need anything is if we have guests or the kids have stomach viruses and we need to change the sheets a lot. Other wise I need a set on the bed, a set in the wash and a set in the closet......right now I have a set on the bed, 3 sets in the wash and 2 more in the closet. Today Daniel, who is even MORE of a linen a holic then I am, asked me if we should pick up just a few sets of sheets for the guest bed.......just in case....in case of WHAT? A zombie apocalypse? And if so how will more off white queen size sheets help us? No I say....we do not need anymore sheets! However Aryeh only has one duvet cover, and since he DOES in fact need two of those we got him a new one today......and now I am DONE! Unless we throw linen away no more is coming into my house!

My label maker is MIA at this time but when I find it I will mark where everything is in the closet. Right now it goes all pillow cases (and two duvets) on the top, queen on the second shelf and twin on the third with 3 down comforters on the bottom.

Next to the closet I have two bins, one with extra pillows and mattress covers and one with a feather bed that we put on top of otherwise not comfortable beding situations.

So let me present to you (fan fair!!!!) The linen closet!!!! (please note it is organized even though it doesnt look like it is)

Kid Zone one.....done!

I am astonished that I was able to complete the goal for today.I was ready to admit that Fridays are just not the day to take on some crazy goal. However the moment presented itself so I thought....eh lets go for it. And I got through it! My before picture for some reason did not save...but it was BAD news. It was also a prominent place in the house. It was directly in the sight line of the front door. It was VERY bad feng shui to have that messy. I mean I assume it was.....I can't imagine a crazy pile of books, broken toys and old issues of Newsweek are good for my silver, wood, money area (yeah no I haven't really figured out my house re feng shui......but my Mom could do it.....so maybe that will be a goal....You up for it Mom?)

I did get a little over whelmed in the middle of the clean up. Ariella kept deciding that some of the displaced toys were NOT in fact trash but useful. So rather then throwing out all the homeless crayons Ariella gave them a loving home in her crayon box in her room. I am something of a crayon destroyer. When I see them in the mix of junk they just get trashed.....I can't deal with putting them away and actually caring about them. Crayons hide in terror from me.....for I am the great Crayon Trasher!!! GERRRR! Only to be defeated by my nemesis Ariella the Crayon Lover who saves all crayons (unless they are broken, those she doesn't think work and therefore I can throw those out)

anyway here is my lovely after picture....lets see how long this lasts!

Linen project 2/3 done!

Tonight we almost had to change our plan, when I got home I still had not gotten the contact paper to line the linen closet shelfs. I was going to switch and do tomorrows project tonight, but low and behold our friendly neighborhood UPS man arrived!

So I went to embark on my goal for night three......and this is what I faced:
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Not half bad right? I did a quick wipe off with some lysol wipes- I knew where they were btw because I had organized the cleaning supplies thank you very much.

So 20 min later this is what we got:






Tada!!!! When I was done Daniel asked me "Do you want me to bring down the linens?" and I said "Nope! not tonight, not in the plan......just this...." And then I had movie night with my Mom.

I am going to cut this short because Aryeh is attacking the keyboard!