Habit #1

I think overall I faired pretty well at this habit. I made sure to put things away at night and keep things off all the surfaces. My fireplace mantle that is usually a disaster (I didn't take  before pictures) has been nice and empty and clean! It's actually so bare I think it warrants a trip to Ikea or Bed Bath & Beyond. :-)

Ignore all the empty frames please.

Now to see if I can just keep it that way! I think every 4-6 weeks I will post a revist to the previous 4-6 habits.

Habit #1 Before and After

Here are the main cluttered spaces in my house. Things rotate, but this is pretty much the norm. Lets change that! I still have to clean off my kids cluttered spaces in their rooms.

Craft stuff, Bread, and Random crap thrown in my decor table bowl.

All gone!

Bowl in it's rightful place

Dishes, Sugar (?) Steamer, and part of dinner 

I want to get rid of that salt shaker, but it still has so much salt in it! lol

Record Player in our living room.
We moved all of our pics for Xmas decor during the holidays. No clue where the all went!
There was a new shoebox sitting her for about 2 weeks before I cleaned it off.

Kids bathroom. It's bigger than mine so I do my hair in here. And leave that there EVERYDAY. No clue why there is a pen in here.

Extra Xmas gifts and a bunch more CRAP.

Laundry and my own PERSONAL crayons and coloring book. I am a kid at heart. :-)

New Habit #1 Keep Counterspace/Tables Clean

For my first habit I will be keeping my counterspaces and tables clear. This is a huge one for me. I usually dump my purse on the kitchen counter and it stays there until about 10:30 at night when I go to bed and move it into the livingroom in the drawer where it belongs. I sometimes do quick crafts in my kitchen and I then push all of the stuff to the side where it's not in the way and there it stays for a few weeks days. So my goal is kind of to put stuff in its place, but as there are several places I tend to just dump things I'll start small (in the grand scheme of things) and keep things off of the counters/tables. This includes the bathroom and my dressers. I said small not tiny. I'm usually pretty good with keeping things off the counter in our main bathroom, but the laundry room and my bedroom sinks are usually a giant HOT MESS. Mousse, dryer lint, broken vaccumm pet hair cleaners (whitsles off to the side)... Whatever shouldn't be on the counter usually IS on the counter. For my first day I will just make sure that EVERYTHING is cleaned off each space before I go to bed tonight. Of course I will take pictures so I will know where I came from and so I'll never want to go back. Pictures to come tomorrow!