{"id":2713,"date":"2008-11-24T22:39:19","date_gmt":"2008-11-25T02:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehappyhousewife.com\/?p=2713"},"modified":"2008-11-24T22:39:19","modified_gmt":"2008-11-25T02:39:19","slug":"pre-christmas-de-clutter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/pre-christmas-de-clutter\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-Christmas De-Clutter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The month before Christmas I turn into The Grinch. I look around at all our stuff and wonder, how will we ever fit one more toy into this house? Why do we need one more toy? My kids have tons of toys, I then complain to my husband, threaten to cancel Christmas, and then the massive cleaning begins. This year I took the girls&#8217; room and the playroom. My husband took the boys&#8217; room, because honestly I am afraid of going in there most days.<\/p>\n<p>While everyone was at church and I was at home with our little lice lady (she is actually lice free, but I was playing it safe) I went through the house and collected all the toys I thought needed to go. I piled them on the dining room table. Only one toy was objected to by the kids and that was the Lincoln Logs. My six year old promised to play with them every day and so far he is two for two. Everything else will be headed to the thrift store.<\/p>\n<p>The girls room was just a mess from lack of attention. Many of their toys are still bagged up from the lice decontamination, so it was mostly shoes and random items that didn&#8217;t belong in their room. My littlest one is still sleeping in the pack and play because the sheets are easy to wash if we find any more lice. Normally she sleeps in the bed.<br \/>\n<em>Before<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/s533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/?action=view&amp;current=DSCF0353.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/DSCF0353.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" width=\"400\" height=\"299\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/s533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/?action=view&amp;current=DSCF0354-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/DSCF0354-1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" width=\"399\" height=\"299\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After<\/p>\n<p><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/s533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/?action=view&amp;current=DSCF0356.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/DSCF0356.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" width=\"410\" height=\"307\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/s533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/?action=view&amp;current=DSCF0357.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/DSCF0357.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" width=\"414\" height=\"311\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The playroom was a total wreck. I ended up dumping out every bin, cubby, box, bag, and shelf in the room. It took almost the whole day to finish the job. Now that it is clean I have locked the door and will not let the kids in :).<br \/>\nBefore<\/p>\n<p><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/s533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/?action=view&amp;current=DSCF0360.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/DSCF0360.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" width=\"431\" height=\"323\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/s533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/?action=view&amp;current=DSCF0361.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/DSCF0361.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" width=\"423\" height=\"317\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After<\/p>\n<p><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/s533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/?action=view&amp;current=DSCF0378.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/DSCF0378.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" width=\"444\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/s533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/?action=view&amp;current=DSCF0379.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/DSCF0379.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" width=\"371\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the playroom, a shelf in the closet holds all my school craft supplies. Some of the bins have not been opened for about a year. I decided to go through the bins and get rid of the stuff we will never use, then organize the bins according to their contents.<br \/>\nBefore<\/p>\n<p><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/s533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/?action=view&amp;current=DSCF0363.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/DSCF0363.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" width=\"392\" height=\"294\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Because it is no fun to organize without labeling everything, I printed up some fun labels for the outside of the boxes when I was done.<\/p>\n<p><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/s533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/?action=view&amp;current=DSCF0365.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/DSCF0365.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" width=\"398\" height=\"298\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/s533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/?action=view&amp;current=DSCF0366.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/DSCF0366.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" width=\"431\" height=\"323\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After all that cleaning, I needed to do something fun, so I decided it was time to move furniture. Does anyone else move furniture for fun? I actually had a purpose in moving things today, we need to find a place for the Christmas tree!<br \/>\nI moved the staircase bookshelves to the upstairs hall and the downstairs bookcase to the staircase.<br \/>\nWell, I didn&#8217;t move them, because everyone knows pregnant women shouldn&#8217;t move seven foot bookcases. My kids moved them. I love my kids!<br \/>\nBookcase to be moved to the stairway landing&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/s533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/?action=view&amp;current=DSCF0372.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/DSCF0372.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" width=\"373\" height=\"498\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bookcase on the stairs to be moved upstairs&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/s533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/?action=view&amp;current=DSCF0369.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/DSCF0369.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" width=\"378\" height=\"504\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The book movers (having lots of kids when you do a project like this is a big help!)<\/p>\n<p><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/s533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/?action=view&amp;current=DSCF0370.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/DSCF0370.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" width=\"344\" height=\"258\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Part of my muscle team of movers, not sure what happen to the two bigger ones&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/s533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/?action=view&amp;current=DSCF0373-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/DSCF0373-1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" width=\"391\" height=\"293\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bookcase that now sits on the landing<\/p>\n<p><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/s533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/?action=view&amp;current=DSCF0374.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/DSCF0374.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" width=\"419\" height=\"314\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bookcase that is now in the upstairs hallway<\/p>\n<p><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/s533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/?action=view&amp;current=DSCF0376.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i533.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee336\/anderbach\/DSCF0376.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" width=\"390\" height=\"520\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I decided to wait until the big man came home from work to move the piano. Maybe I&#8217;ll have pictures of that next week.<br \/>\nHopefully we can cut down a Christmas tree while we are in WV and bring it back with us this weekend. They are super cheap and are so beautiful compared to the ones around here.<\/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<p>For more tackles visit <strong><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/5minutesformom.com\" target=\"_blank\">5MFM<\/a>,<\/strong> and for more random gab visit <strong><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lazyorganizer.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">Talk about Tuesday. <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The month before Christmas I turn into The Grinch. 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