{"id":1161,"date":"2008-07-28T23:41:44","date_gmt":"2008-07-29T03:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/?p=1161"},"modified":"2008-07-28T23:41:44","modified_gmt":"2008-07-29T03:41:44","slug":"tackle-the-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/tackle-the-files\/","title":{"rendered":"Tackle the Files"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-234\" title=\"conquer-the-clutter\" src=\"\/\/happytobeathome.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/conquer-the-clutter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"220\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One major source of clutter in our house is paperwork. I am always hesitant to throw away documents because I never know if I will need them some day. Then I read this <a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/keep-or-toss\/\" target=\"_blank\">article <\/a>from my friend <a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rather-be-shopping.com\" target=\"_blank\">Kyle <\/a>and realized I was saving way too much. I decided to tackle our three file boxes. Unfortunately in my excitement I forgot to take many before and after pictures, but I think you will get the idea.<\/p>\n<p>I started with three file boxes that held files, Navy papers, and piano music, all intertwined.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/dscf00074.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1162\" title=\"dscf00074\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/dscf00074-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I organized each category into a file box, except the Navy stuff &#8211; which I saved for my husband to go through. I ended up shredding a ton of documents.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/dscf00092.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1164\" title=\"dscf00092\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/dscf00092.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"407\" height=\"305\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now I have my wooden file box next to the piano filled with all our piano music for the year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/dscf00083.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1163\" title=\"dscf00083\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/dscf00083.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"352\" height=\"470\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This week I will attempt to tackle this&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/dscf00102.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1165\" title=\"dscf00102\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/dscf00102.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"396\" height=\"527\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more tackles stop by<a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.5minutesformom.com\" target=\"_blank\"> 5MFM. <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/hh_signature_green.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-506\" title=\"hh_signature_green\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/hh_signature_green.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"163\" height=\"20\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One major source of clutter in our house is paperwork. 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