Organizing Part 2

I got so many things done today! I still didn't have the important documents that I needed, so I went to work on the area under my writing desk because I remembered sticking a couple stacks of papers down there. **Confession: If you haven't figured it out already, I'm a TERRIBLE stacker...** anyways! this is what it looked like: 

I always sort everything into piles before I actually start putting things away; it's much easier than constantly walking back and forth around the house. I had a lot of piles this time, but I was also able to add a couple more things to the Yard Sale Box and the recycling bin. Here's what my piles looked like:

A lot of it was just relocating things to other areas of the house (stacking!), including on top of my writing desk, which is mountain of horror. The box sort of under the table was the one that I had to repack with office supplies yesterday, but I figured out a solution for that! I grabbed an empty bin and arranged everything neatly inside; I was even easily able to get something out of it later in the day! Tah-Dah!

The stack of things on the dining table was a bunch of frames and stuff. One was just relocated to a new pile because it needs to be fixed, but I'm missing a piece. I was able to fix a broken mirror, though. The glass and back had separated from the frame, so I hot glued the glass back in place, screwed on the back again, then nailed it in as well because the screws were kinda stripped. I also used Elmer's glue on a corner that was coming apart, so I'm letting it cure overnight. I really hope everything holds up!

You can see the little golden nails that I hammered in.

I also was able to hang our temple marriage certificate and frame a picture of the DC Temple to start my "Temple Wall," which is a project I've been wanting to start for a few months now. I can't wait to get more pictures and frames to fill up the wall.

And I relocated our FHE board that use to be on that wall to the living room.

And I got all this done before lunch!

I was still missing a couple things I needed, so in the afternoon I tackled the next most likely stack: my computer desk.

I'm just letting it all hang out! ;)

I made my piles again, while Annabelle watched Nick Jr. on my computer and Joseph played one of his Xbox games.

I was also able to fix the doors on our TV stand because one was starting to fall off and it was missing the actual locking mechanism inside, so Charlie kept taking the game disks out.

I recycled another chunk of papers, relocated a few more things, and straightened everything that needed to stay on my desk.

I have a lot of reminders, which are the green Post-It's, and the stack of papers on top of the books are the things that I need to "get to."

I have no idea what I'm going to attempt tomorrow, maybe nothing because our schedule is a bit full. But I'm proud of what I accomplished today.