{"id":1022,"date":"2008-07-20T23:21:49","date_gmt":"2008-07-21T03:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/?p=1022"},"modified":"2018-11-12T14:41:53","modified_gmt":"2018-11-12T19:41:53","slug":"conquer-the-clutter-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/conquer-the-clutter-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Conquer the Clutter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-234 aligncenter\" title=\"conquer-the-clutter\" src=\"\/\/happytobeathome.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/conquer-the-clutter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"220\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I have been so busy Conquering the Clutter, I haven&#8217;t had time to blog about it. Last week I cleaned out my <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/conquer-the-clutter-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">school cubbies,<\/a> <\/strong>so the next step was the school bins. These bins hold books, papers, and other resources for homeschooling that we are not currently using. Every once in a while I decide to clean out the bins, but usually I have three or four bins and I never get them all done. This time I was determined to finish the job. I started with two large Rubbermaid totes and a cardboard box.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/dscf00022.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1024\" title=\"dscf00022\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/dscf00022.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"437\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As I started to clean out, I found papers from 2002, lots of them. And these weren&#8217;t papers I should have saved. Math worksheets, coloring pages with two scribbles, things of that nature. I finally sorted through all of our homeschool stuff and it felt great! I ended up with one large garbage bag full of trash and one empty bin.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/dscf0006.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1026\" title=\"dscf0006\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/dscf0006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"318\" height=\"425\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">One thing I couldn&#8217;t bring myself to throw away were all my planning books. They remind me of our first years homeschooling, when things were easy, and I was younger :).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/dscf00034.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1034\" title=\"dscf00034\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/dscf00034-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">After I finish with our school books I moved on to the playroom. This room has never been officially organized, and is always a wreck, I guess that is why it is a playroom?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Before<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/dscf0014.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1036\" title=\"dscf0014\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/dscf0014.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"427\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/dscf00131.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1035\" title=\"dscf00131\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/dscf00131.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"426\" height=\"319\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">After<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/dscf00052.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1039\" title=\"dscf00052\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/dscf00052.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"443\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/dscf00035.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1038\" title=\"dscf00035\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/dscf00035.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"426\" height=\"319\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/dscf00023.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1037\" title=\"dscf00023\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/dscf00023.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"424\" height=\"318\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As I am uploading these pictures, I realize we still have way to much stuff! I have a van full of toys\/ clothes to drop at to Goodwill this week, but I am realizing I can get rid of much more. It is just so hard to decided when you have a lot of kids and they play with almost all of the toys!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I have started several other clutter projects this weekend and I am hoping to finish them up in the next few days. I will update this post as I finish projects. I also hope to finish the garage soon since we have been working on it since June.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To join or read more Conquer the Clutter visit <strong>Happy to be at Home. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/hh_signature_green.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"163\" height=\"20\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been so busy Conquering the Clutter, I haven&#8217;t had time to blog about it. Last week I cleaned out my school cubbies, so the next step was the school bins. These bins hold books, papers, and other resources for homeschooling that we are not currently using. 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