12 to go...

I'm not much closer to my 40 goals yet, but I think I'm maintaining what I have fairly well.  As a mother, wife, PTA mom, and teacher, I'm pretty good at multi-tasking (my friends will probably say that is an understatement), so today while the boys were at soccer, I cleaned out the back of my car.  My Thirty-One order had arrived, and I couldn't wait to reorganize with my new goodies.

Before...
I try to keep bags in the car for grocery shopping, towels and blankets for cold and rainy soccer games, and extra clothes for anything from a last-minute running date to muddy mishaps with the boys.  It was getting a little out of hand, though.

After!!!
I love the large utility tote so much that I have two :)  Today's new additions were organizers that fit inside the totes so that when I pull out one thing, the rest won't fall out.





When I grow up, I want to find a job organizing other people's lives.  How great would that be?  It's such a great feeling to see the end result of a disorderly stack of papers sorted into neat files or a pile of miscellaneous junk you don't know what to do with organized into labeled boxes and bins.  Just put me in a cluttered room with a label-maker!

Today was an especially happy day because my new washer and dryer arrived!  I was able to complete three loads of laundry in the time that it used to take me to do six...and contrary to what the lady at Best Buy told me, I think these cycle a lot quicker than my old ones.  My favorite feature, besides the obviously spacious drum, is the count-down timer. 

Well, I've only thought of one more...

#28 weed my garden at least once a week - this summer, after five years of neglect, Brian finally gave me the go-ahead to hire a real landscaper to help minimize the front garden.  This house has way too much for me to handle, and I'm way too dependent on my mother.  Now that it's done, I need to make sure I keep up with it.

See you tomorrow!