......Here Goes Nothin'!

Today Whitney and I got our hands "dirty" and started organizing her house. The main goal today was to tackle the pantry. I was so proud of Whit, she threw away two large garbage bags full of "stuff" including some expired canned food, old school papers of her kids and other things that sometimes get neglected or overlooked, like dried out play-doe and an old Jelly Belly dispenser. She also started a donation box for all the items that she has and doesn't use or want. It was really nice to take everything out and start from scratch.

We decided that instead of keeping all of her cleaning supplies in the pantry, we would move them to the laundry room. Whitney also started memory boxes for each of her kids so their art work will have a nice storage space. While today we made a lot of progress, we are not quite finished. We are still planning on getting some cute baskets and buckets for some items so that things look more neat and tidy. While my sister is in no way sloppy, it did feel really good to get things more organized and I think the end result will be fantastic!

Before                                                                                  Progress

Before                                                                                Progress

Before                                                                Progress

It's interesting, whenever I start organizing and going through things I start to realize that less really is more. There is something very attractive to me about being a minimalist. I feel like I am far from one, but the older I get the nicer it seems. Maybe that's because the older I get and the more kids I have the more stuff I acuire whether I want to or not! :)