organization

I am being driven mad by the amount of stuff we have in and around our house. I spend hours outside tidying and prettying up the garden because I know that my efforts there will not be destroyed by a kougra hurricane every day.

This week though I got stuck into action ... enough is enough.

Kougra is home with me and we are both sick but I am determined to sort our house out one step at a time.

I have been trying to reuse and recycle and not waste things ... but it has meant that I have ended up with piles of bottles and useful containers of all shapes and sizes in assorted piles around the house.

I cleaned up a big 90L box that used to hold rainwater ... but developed a split in the bottom, and I am now using that as my useful box. Anything that I plan to keep for artworks or recycling into something else, will go in here but once I have a couple of each type of container ... or once the box gets full I will be throwing out any excess I have.

I have also started throwing out bits and peices of Kougra's things the minute I think they are no longer required.

We have also started a tidying game in the evening ... it was slow to take off but has increased in popularity now that both of us and a timer are involved.

What happens is I set Kougra a task and she gets to choose how many minutes she thinks it will take her. I set the timer and if she finishes first - she "wins". I then set her two more tasks ... ones that will have the most impact as far as tidying the loungeroom is concerned.

Then Kougra chooses 3 tasks for me to do in a certain amount of time ... and between us ... we get the living areas of the house looking pretty respectable!

I have also got piles of different things that I need to deal with, either putting things away or deciding what to do with them... I started by clearing a few of my downstairs piles and am encouraged by my success so far.