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Hello all!!! This is my Anti Procrastination post. If you'd like to be encouraged in getting those pesky little jobs done, please go see Mary over @ Canadagirl and join us! : }

I did it!! Thank you, girls, for the wonderful words of wisdom and encouragement last week. I took 15 minute increments and worked on it!! And a BIG thank you to my wonderful friend mansemamma for that last little push last week. Thank you my sweet friend!! ; }

Here are the boys' desks BEFORE...

Cooper Kids. He must get that from his dad! : }

Kung Fu Panda's. I can hear it...'That's not messy.' Oh, but it is. He's just hiding it. You can't see it, that's all. He must get that from me. he he he

Cooper's AFTER...You can actually see the bottom of the desk! Whoo Hoo!!

See? I told you. This is Panda's AFTER!

I even spent time doing the first weeks lesson plans...

Kinda blurry, but it's there. I still need to order English for Cooper Kid and Writing Strands for Kung Fu Panda.

Do you even know how good this feels?! Whew. I'm in the last leg. Hmm, I wonder what I'll tackle next! : }

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Hello all! Welcome to Anti-Procrastination Wednesday!!! If you'd like to join us in encouraging each other to get those 'yucky, hanging over your head, I'll get to it later jobs', please go see Mary over @ Canadagirl!

I got nothin' this week!

I could tell you it's been a week full of science and 50 states co-op stuff. I could tell you my hubby is in Tn for 4 days and I didn't want to spend time cleaning. I could also tell you I had my first week of MIT prayer. But these are just excuses!!! I certainly have the time for the important things. You know, like blogging, chatting with my bloggy friends, or going to a Talk-A-Latte conference and chatting with my new bloggy friends there! Hi Valerie!! he he he

I'm ALMOST done!!! Gift bags and cleaning out their desks. Simple right?! HA HA HA HA

If it's so easy, why can't I just get to it? (insert HUGE sigh here! )

Oh well. Next week!!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

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Hello everyone!!! I'm glad you stopped by today!! If you'd like to hop on board for some encouragement in doing those yucky jobs, stop by our host Mary's blog, Canadagirl, and join us!!

I DID IT!! I'm ONE, yes ONE, step away from being completely ready for new books and the new school year!!!

We usually school through the summer and take October off to rest, play, and plan. Well, this year was different in that our co-op started before we were even done with the '07-'08 school year. Where did my break go?  Oh well, that's the adventures of home schooling!!!

My project was to clean up my desk area, the bookshelf and the boys' desks.  Here is what I did this week...

I completely reorganized my desk area. I took out computer games, cd's, unused books and unused paper. I love all the space it's now giving me!!!

Here's the other area I worked on this week...

I'm so excited!!!!! I have empty bookshelf space!!! (Knowing me, it won't last long! : }  ) I was able to pull out an entire tote full of books we are no longer using!!! (Hmmmm, I think I hear another AP project comin' on!)

This only leaves me that last step... THE DESKS!!! My wonderful and amazing hubby suggested the boys do their own desks!!! Hey, that's an absolutely SPLENDIFEROUS (like that word, Shani? : } ) idea!! That's what I think I'll do!!! Hey, does that mean I'm done?! he he he Just kidding!!!

My last step is the 'start of school gift bags' and the new books all ready to go!!! I hope to get those ordered this weekend!!! WHOO HOO!!

Thanks for stoppin' by. Until next time...

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Hello and welcome to Anti Procrastination Wednesday!! If you'd like to join me and others in encouraging each other to get those pesky little projects we keep putting off done, please go see our wonderful host Mary over @ Canadagirl!!!

Has it been a week already? (here you insert a visual picture of me hanging my head, hands behind my back and scuffing my foot in the dirt) I didn't get ANYTHING done this week. : {

I must ask, in all humbleness, for an extension. Not only do I feel I will not get it all done by next week, but we are financially unable to get all the things we need ordered at once. We are going to piece meal it out over the next few weeks. Hopefully by mid-October we will be up and fully homeschooling!

I have a pretty extensive list of things set up for the '08-09 school year so piece-mealing it out works for me. We'll start the subject as soon as the book comes in. We, technically, have already started school this year. We are doing a 50 states and Apologia science class with our co-op which started Sept. 15th.

I appreciate all of you who are encouraging me along the way. Some days that's what helps me get these 'projects' done!! : }

I'll have great progress to report next week!!!

Until then....

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Welcome to another Anti Procrastination Tuesday!!! Thanks for stopping by! I hope it encourages you!!! If you'd like to join me and others in our quest to encourage each other in getting to those nasty little projects that we continually put off, please go see Mary over @ Canadagirl for all the details!!

Well, I have my friend solidrock for helping me get some of my project done this week! Thank you!

She made a suggestion last week to work on it in 10 minute increments. That way it wouldn't be overwhelming. Well...I not only did it for my project, but for other wonderful housekeeping 'projects' as well.

Here is the end result...

Not only was I able to clean out the cart, but I sorted through the baskets on either side of the TV and gave it a new home.

After getting out...

 that's two, count them, TWO bags of garbage...JUST FROM THE CART!! WHEW!!! (Boy, am I glad that parts done!!) I now have this little treasure...

... six empty drawers!! WHOOO HOOOO!! I can be excited today. Hard tellin' what I'll find to fill 'em up with!!

It's one step closer to the goal!! YEAH!!!

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Hey, this is Anti Procrastination time!!! To encourage other ladies, please go see Mary over @ Canadagirl!!

Um, ah... I've been procratinating on posting 'cuz ... well, I haven't done very much. Oops!!

Hey, I moved the cart of 'stuff' out from under my desk and put it in the middle of the loft. I thought this would motivate me to get at it and get it done. Hmmm, not so much!!

Maybe I'll have more to share next week!

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Hello all!! It's that time again...ANTI PROCRASTINATION TUESDAY!!! If you'd like to see what the other ladies are doing and would like to encourage or join us, please go see Mary over @ Canadagirl and check it out!!!

Let me tell ya, this is a hard one to post. I fought myself on this one. You see, we school through the summer and take September off. I've been looking forward to a little break. We'll start again the first of October. WHOO HOOO!! A little vacation, RIGHT?! WRONG!!! EVERYONE else is on a different schedule and ALL ~ I mean ALL ~ the programs and things my kids love to do are starting back up again. What happenend to my break? It's sliding down a slippery slope and I can't catch it!! UGH!! Oh well!!!

I started thinking about the start of school ~ that's a shocker, huh ~ and when I wanted to start. Oct. 6th sounded good. Then the panic set in. C'mon, you ALL know what I'm talking about!!! "Oh no, what am I going to do? I don't have enough time to research or order or write out the curriculum."~THAT panic!! : } Then I  took a gander at my desk and the bookshelf and totally lost it!!!

See what I'm working with here?

(He he he ~ yes, that's Mary's blog up on my computer!! " }  )

So here we have it....this is my next AP project!! I need to have this cleaned out, reorganized and ready for the next school year by Oct. 6th. That's our first day of school!! Oh, and I want to make the first day fun this year so I'm going to use some of the ideas I've found here in bloggyland ~ gift bags or boxes for my kids with their school supplies in them!! I've already purchased the supplies so that headache is out of the way! :} I just need to create a great gift bag or box for them. Hmmm, seems to me I now have the perfect area to do that in! Maybe this AP project thing isn't such a headache after all!! : }

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Hey, guess what time it is? It's Anti Procrastination time with our wonderful host Mary!!! If you'd like to join in on the fun or you'd like to encourage us in our projects, please go see her over @ Canadagirl!

I'M DONE!! I'M DONE!!! I'M DONE!!!!

I have officially finished my Anti-Procrastination project!!! Whew!!! THAT was a challenge!!! Thank you Mary for challenging me to get this done!!!

Here is a picture of the trash that I cleaned out of there...

It may not seem like a lot, but this was all junk that needed to go. I didn't realize this was all in there!! :{

These next pics are of the drawers that are under the table top. They were jam packed and disorganized.

Did you notice that there are empty shelves and spaces? That just means room for other stampin' tools!! he he he Don't tell my hubby! He'll panic! :}

And the finished product....drumroll please....

AND THE CROWD GOES WILD...

Well, maybe not wild, but my hubby likes to walk by the garage door and open it up 'cuz it looks so nice now!! Before when we opened it you'd see all the 'stuff' piled up on the counter and it was a constant reminder of what needed to be done!! Now I can use it to my hearts content!!!

I think this calls for a short break to celebrate and then onto the other AP projects I seemingly found while doing this one!! UGH!!!

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Hello all!!! This is an update on my Anti-Procrastination project!!! For other updates please go see our host Mary @ Canadagirl and check out and encourage the other ladies in their projects!!!

I am almost done!!! This truly surprises me. When I committed to Sept. 2nd I thought two weeks was a great time frame. What I hadn't realized was that I didn't have either weekend to work on it. I was at a conference last weekend and this weekend I have out-of-state guests coming in for four days!! I knew this when I set that date. What was I thinking?!?

On the positive side, this little morsel of wonderful realization has motivated me to just get it done!! I hope to get it all organized in time to 'create' for Christmas!!! I have been having a wonderful time traipsing down memory lane as I have found some wonderful pictures from when my kidlets were little!!! This has made it all worthwhile!!

I only have a few small bags left to go through and then to put everything back together!!! YEAH!!!

I just want to encourage everyone else who is participating to keep up the good work!!! All of our hard work will pay off in the end!

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Here is my first 'No Procrastination' challenge!!! If you'd like to encourage other friends, please go see Mary over @ Canadagirl and join us!

Ok. My hubby has challenged me by cleaning out his part of the garage and now it looks fabulous. Mine? Not so much. I have a shelving unit we inherited from his G'Pa last year. I wanted it to organize my stamping stuff. Well, here is what it looks like...

Can anyone see the tabletop? I can't!!! How am I supposed to stamp and create wonderful works of art on this? Oh, that would be why the creative juices haven't really been flowing. Yeah, that's it. (Can you hear the sarcasm here?)

Sept. 2 sounds like a good date. That's two Tuesdays from now.

I hope to have the tabletop cleared off. The drawers cleaned out and the shelves organized!!!

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