cushion covered...

CHECK.

Decluttering Progress...

Okay... so far we have...

cleaned and reorganized the pantry...

and the kitchen cabinets and the laundry room...

donated a few unused dishes.
cleaned floors, and wiped down cabinets...

went through our dresser drawers and dusted...

donated a trash bag of clothes.

cleaned out some old bathroom items,

 and scrubbed the tub/shower and sinks...
(can't wait until we can redo these bathrooms)

cleared out some stuff from the craft room...

now I can get back to some projects.

wiped down the computer and desk area...

went through the canning pantry closet and reorganized...
(I think we have enough jars...)

cleared out some clutter from the china cabinet...

went through last years receipts and am ready to file taxes.

washed windows...

LET THE SUN SHINE IN!

finished another dishtowel...
I know there are still some pink lines there, but I'm calling it done.

decorated the January mantel...

(have always loved this saying)
cleared out and donated some of the books in the living room...

getting ready to recover this cushion...



have the paint and brushes ready to get back to remodeling the entry way...

How are you doing on your decluttering?

My WORD for the year...

People seem to pick a WORD for the year, is this in place of resolutions?

Anyway I always thought "I don't have a WORD for the year..."

So this year when I started going over some things I wanted to accomplish for the year I realized "I DO HAVE a WORD for the year..."

It is  "CLEAN" 

That is my WORD for the year...

Since I am trying to follow not one or two but THREE 

different Home CLEANing and de-cluttering blogs and 

also I am going to try and change up the way we eat to 

what they call CLEAN eating, which I take as more 

fruits and vegetables, I realized I had a WORD after all.

If your interested in following along here are the 3 sites 

I'm following...

1. Fly Lady    I have followed her for several years now, as she says " You are never behind, just start where you are"  She has a wonderful system to get you started with just 15 minutes a day.  
2. Apartment Therapy     Started a system for the new year, "The January Cure" gives some quick, easy and great advice. It's not to late to get started.
3. My Simpler Life    by Beth Dagis, I have also been receiving her weekly emails with little reminders of way to simplify your life and treat yourself too.  She has a downloadable DECLUTTER CALENDAR, which I am following also.

Since we did away with the cable company last year we watch a lot of PBS on TV.  So we have gotten into watching CREATE TV.  It is a wonderful channel which has craft, cooking and travel shows.  I recently started watching, Christina Pirello on Christina and Christina Cooks.  She teaches healthy cooking, which I realized we could incorporate into our menus. Follow along with her One Healthy Thing.

I hope everyone is staying warm through this latest cold snap, it's 14* here this morning... Get out your buckets and your rags and trash bags and let's get CLEANING!

It's a good way to feel better and stay warm.