Playroom to Gym...

So I was talking about my dilemma about the kid's playroom well it was bad. I was cleaning that room a lot. Since I had enough with the mess, cleaning, and the toy breaking that I decided to make it into a home gym. So this is what the play room looks like everyday when the girls go to bed. (Which was really ticking me off.)

So I cleaned it up. I took apart everything that needed to be taken apart, bagged all the toys, threw away all the crayon pieces, and Ta-dah! There is a floor there. Who knew? Yep all those boxes and drawers had labels and pictures to tell the girls what goes inside so the room was easy to clean. 

So what did we add? An exercise bike, a computer desk, my desktop (hopefully I'll be able to fix it soon), and an ottoman to sit on (since we really don't have a desk chair plus the ottoman fits under the desk nicely).
The baskets have Pilates items, weighted vest, resistance bands, wrist and ankle weights, small medicine ball, and a jump rope. Because I am totally going to jump my fat happy butt in an upstairs room. Like I even know how to jump rope. I look like a lead ball trying to skip. We also put in and over the door resistance trainer. We are still deciding if we are going to take the big desk and the computer stuff out and just put the TV and Xbox on the smaller corner desk. Which means I'm still trying to convince J of this idea. I would have taken pictures after we got the Xbox but I think you know what it looks like. I had to convince and lie to my husband to hide the silly thing so he would have known something was up if I didn't take pictures of the "finish product".

 So what's next you ask? I really don't know. I got an armoire for Christmas that I am planning on turning into my sewing/craft storage. I have been buying pieces slowly but surely to organize it. I love seeing them on pinterest and I thought, "I can totally do that!" So will it be my armoire? A sewing project? Another decluttering? Recipes? Who knows. Stay tuned til next time!

sadness supreme....

well our internet is down. im not happy about it either. so my once our internet is up and running i will post pics of our new work out room. also i cant use my shift or alt button on this phone. sorry to the grammar police. so hopefully ill have my net up and running by friday. wish me luck.

No I'm not dead......

So long time, no post. Well to be honest we have had a crazy last 3 weeks. On one of the mommy forums I am on, a mommy said something about a challenge to get rid of 2012 things in the year 2012. REALLY?!? Who has that much stuff just chilling in their house? Obviously me, since I thought, "YES! I can totally do that!" Well you would be surprised as to how much stuff you might actually own. So I am proud to say my garage is finally down sized! In just the garage alone I have gotten rid of:

29 Books
13 Cds
22 Empty cd and dvd boxes
3 Photo albums that had nothing in them
8 Broken picture frames that I swore I would replace the glass or glue the corner
300 Articles of clothing!!! O_o I didn't know we had so much! Most of it was rags, kids clothes and mismatched socks. I know why did I have mismatched socks in my garage? I don't know...
5 Back packs
1 Elliptical machine
2 Dvd players
1 Entertainment Center
1 Dresser, which I am totally kicking myself in the pants since my little one just broke hers!!!
1 Book case with no shelves
100 Holiday decorations
For a total of 486 items NOT including trash, which yes there was packaging stuff, boxes and the like.

Now for the house:

43 Books
13 Cookbooks
1 Shelving unit
2 Crockpots
27 Pieces of kid's dishware
30 Articles of clothes that no longer fit just my husband or me (and I plan to get rid of more)
14 Nick knacks around the house
18 Pieces of glassware
That comes to a total of 148 items inside my house and a grand total of 634 unwanted/unused items around my house!!!

I know, huh? I still have a lot to do! What the heck is this chick doing up and 0338? What am I doing up this early you ask? Well I am getting a start on the kitchen and getting a load of laundry done before my young ones wake up because today I am going through their clothes and getting rid of all their toys. BEFORE I get any hate mail let me say this, my youngest daughter (Boo) has destroyed all her big sister's (Lily) toys. Ever last one. I do not think it is fair to let Boo keep hers and make Lily throw her broken ones out or to give Lily all of Boo's toys. So away they shall go. The only ones not broken are a couple teddy bears and the Leapster Explorer. So more shall be purged from my house later today.

How did I get side tracked with this you ask? Well we had gotten the garage done one weekend and that Monday while Lily was at school I was dusting the book shelves and the books when I thought, "I don't read these at all anymore. I know the books by heart. Why am I keeping these?.......Goodwill it shall GO!!!" And it started. Slowly but surely as I accomplished my daily chores/routine I gathered up items and would take them to Goodwill each day.


Why is she donating them instead of having a garage sale? I would love to have a garage sale and get back some of my money but this is what got us in the clutter mess to begin with. I would rather take things straight to donations then have the problem I am having now. I have a completely great deep freezer for sale on Craigslist. It has been there for almost 3 weeks and no one will buy it. I have answered annoying emails about measurements, weight, color (even though I have a picture), cubic footage, etc, etc, etc. I just want it gone. My husband (J) and I went through this stuff awhile ago and agreed we would have a yard sale when he got sometime off. It never happened. He would forget which stuff was for sale, so would I, and by the time he had a day off it was too cold. This stuff has been here over a year. So new rule the crap goes or I do. He chose me. I WIN!

So since I have the forethought this time, I will take a picture of the dirty chaos that is the playroom before and the playroom after. Since there will be no toys I have decided to turn it into our gym/computer room. If you have stuck with me for this long, I'm going to wrap up with this (FINALLY) I hate clutter, broken or unused items so I am getting rid of them this is the reason I have been gone from my blog, my mommy forum and my personal life. I challenge my hundreds of loyal close followers to purge 2012 things for this year. Look I've only been doing it for 3 weeks and I have gotten rid of 634 things. This chick is crazy if she thinks I'm going to do that!!! Too much you say? Fine try 12 items and leave me a comment with what you got rid of, please. This is Ronnie saying, "Good night and good day."