Home Beauty

"Homes that have a spirit of refinement and beauty will bless the lives of your children forever."

-Ezra Taft Benson

More than 10 years ago, this quote was handed out on a cute little scrapbooked paper at a Relief Society something. I still have it and was on my fridge for many years. The thought has stuck with me all these years. Funny for someone who just can't figure it out and stay on top of cleaning....and doesn't enjoy cleaning.

But I'm determined and one day I hope my home will have that spirit of refinement and beauty and my children will be blessed because of it.

It came from this talk

and I highly recommend taking the time to read it.

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6 large bags of clothes and blankets to a friend.

5 more bags (or equivalent to) in my car headed to the DI.

Brings the total to 15 bags down.

25 to go.

And A LOT more rooms/cupboards/closets to go.

I'm not sure I can keep going.

I hate cleaning.

But I LOVE to get rid of things.

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And here is is. The problem with having it so unorganized for so long is the accumulation of cake mixes that I couldn't see so I didn't know I had. (20 of them. Yep.)

May not look that clean but it is organized and we've got a pretty good food supply right here.

Now I am excited to see what meals I can come up with now that I can see all my food.

FOUR big bags today.

All from the pantry.

Two to the garbage.

Two to recycle.

Organized.

There is a floor.

Feels good.

40 days update

I am falling behind.

*I cleaned out my hot pad drawer. Washed them all. Got rid of 3.

*Got rid of 23 items from my closet. Hung everything else up.

*Cleared out all of Leah's stuff....again.

*Cleaned the cabinets above my washer and dryer. Cleaned the laundry bathroom.

*Cleaned out the dishes cabinet in the kitchen. Decided the medicine cabinet needs a day to itself. Haven't done it yet.

*I have not done any big project yet and I need to get on that. I feel like my house is getting worse, not better. That is not a good feeling.

*Guess I'll go find something to do right now so I feel like I've done something.

HOW ARE YOU DOING?

Master List

I think I need these on my counter before I get started.

1 Laundry room

2 Black dresser

3 Master Closet

4 Master bedroom

5 master bedroom

6 master bedroom

7 master bath

8 Little boys room

9 John's room

10 Girl's room

11 Kids bathroom

12 Front room

Kitchen:

13 pantry

14 desk

15 fridge/freezer

16 cupboards/drawers

17 Family room: desk and shelf

18 Garage

19 garage

20 garage

21 Game room

22 Play room

23 Short storage

24 Cold storage

25 Bookshelf in game room

26 Green room

27 green room

28 green room

29 green room

30 blue room

31 blue room

32 blue room

33 blue room

34 garage

35 garage

36 under kitchen sink

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38

39

40

These will not be done in any particular order and it will be tweaked as I go.

I am so excited to get started!