My dd REALLY wanted to spend the night with a friend and I'd had enough of the room that looked like it had been through Hurricane Katrina (minus the rain and flooding...unless you count the damp towels on the floor under the dirty clothes Yuck!). At midnight last night, they finally "dropped" into bed...with a spotless room!! VICTORY!!! She even drug her friend down to her room to show her when they came to pick her up. I still have to go through their drawers and pull all the clothes that don't fit or they don't wear, but for now, I was satisfied enough to move on to...the BOYS ROOM.
When I walked in I was all "pumped" to get it as neat as the girls room...but when you "wade" and sort through Legos that are knee-deep...under a foot of clothes that should have been taken to the laundry room...most of which are the 12yo's...it kind of takes the wind out of your sails after a few hours. However...We persevered and now he's working on sorting the last of the Legos (and probably wishing that he could just throw them out). I went though his drawers to clean out his clothes (that he insisted still fit even though they were 2 or 3 sizes too small). Now there's enough room to put all the clothes in there that he'd somehow hidden in his bed (top bunk...where I don't usually venture...I'm still wondering how he slept in there with them and still kept them folded). He had a big smile on his face when we got them all put away. He was really unhappy when I told him what we were doing, but he was a trooper...even though he wasn't nearly as motivated as his sister...but he wasn't spending the night with anyone, so I guess it wasn't as urgent for him. Now that it's done, I'm guessing he is not quite so unhappy that I made him work a little.
Well...I was just taking a "sanity break" ...back to clean out the other ds's drawers...
WTG! Your post last week inspired me to do some organizing and decluttering too. Saturday morning, I straightened my living room bookcase. I really need to go through clothes too.
...when you start to get really irritated with your house enough to purge all the junk....and maybe some things that aren't "junk", but are about as useless as junk. I had to stop yesterday (Sunday), but I may let the kids do "light" school this week so I can finish up the bedrooms...then it will be on to the school room. Uugh...what do I get rid of there?!?! I love my miniature library, just not the fact that it looks more like the city dump than the library.<sigh>
Glad that it inspired you to start decluttering too. It'll feel so good when it's done. :-)
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Yuck!). At midnight last night, they finally "dropped" into bed...with a spotless room!! VICTORY!!! She even drug her friend down to her room to show her when they came to pick her up. I still have to go through their drawers and pull all the clothes that don't fit or they don't wear, but for now, I was satisfied enough to move on to...the BOYS ROOM. 
He was really unhappy when I told him what we were doing, but he was a trooper...even though he wasn't nearly as motivated as his sister...but he wasn't spending the night with anyone, so I guess it wasn't as urgent for him. Now that it's done, I'm guessing he is not quite so unhappy that I made him work a little.
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