an update

So, I promised an update, and as we have been making semi-regular trips to the thrift store to drop things off, it seems like now is as good a time as any to do one. We are still not even close to done, but Easter's not here, either. Let's see, what have we accomplished in the last week?

I started on my fabric, but did not get very far. Currently, I keep all my fabric either extremely neatly folded in under-bed plastic storage drawers or balled up unfolded in a pile in a corner of the bedroom/on the loveseat/living room floor. When I do get around to organizing, it has to be just right, which is probably one of the reasons why so much is not organized- the very thought of that much work either exhausts or intimidates me. But, I'm conquering that and working on it anyway, which is why I picked out a bunch of fabric from various house piles and started neatly folding and sorting it. I'm getting to the place where I can actually sort cottons from canvas and almost two of the drawers are folded.

We also made some headway in terms of laundry. The sweaters will likely get done this weekend, as we had three days in the high 70s/low 80s this week (crazy, wonderful weather), but the tanktops, pajamas and socks/unmentionables were completed. The t-shirts are very neatly folded and all fit in one drawer but still must be pared down (with Mark's help).

neatly organized but still too many.

I tackled above the fridge and the freezer in a cleaning frenzy last week and am very pleased with how both have turned out. Similarly, Mark worked through his music binder (although he needs more page protectors to finish the job). Still, I think that can be crossed off the list. 

spice jars in background will be repurposed for sand. new spice jars are just a little too large for our current rack!

Our sand and spice collections are linked projects, as the plan is to purchase new jars for the spices (*we* have broken several since we got married), and recycle the old spice jars for the sand collection. We ran into a snafu, however, when we realized that the new jars we bought did not fit in our old spice racks (which I hate anyway). This has been an area of much discussion/internet research, as our kitchen is T-I-N-Y, and the spice racks have to hang on the walls (but we have cinderblock walls and cannot install anything heavy). I am fairly certain that I want to now build a new spice rack (and I'm liking this one), so perhaps we can look at this over the weekend.

All in all, we are well on our way.

1. bathroom medicine cabinet
2. underneath the bathroom sink
3. Moses' toys & treats
4. tea 
5. cloth napkins
6. cookbooks 
7. media cabinet 
8. DVDs
9. important papers drawer 
10. magazines 
11. tanktops
12. pajamas
13. T-shirts
14. fabric... dun Dun DUN
15. silverware drawer
16. notepads/journals/notecards
17. under the kitchen sink
18. unfinished projects
19. sweaters
20. books
21. dishes/kitchen cabinets/above the fridge
22. pantry
23. socks/underwear
24. paperwork: filebox
25. shoes
26. the massive mound of sewing stuff eating our loveseat
27. holiday decorations
28. camping gear
29. patterns
30. ribbon
31. sand
32. spices
33. our cars
34. jewelry
35. Mark's music folder
36. medicine drawer
37. towels
38. tool box
39. china hutch
40. freezer