A January Challenge....

I saw it online.  And, I KNEW I NEEDED it.

A challenge to do something every day to declutter and get organized.  What a great plan and Idea.

So, I found a 30 day challenge online that seemed to fit my needs and attacked it with vigor.  Some days were really challenge;

THE FRIDGE!  YIKES!  THE MEDICINE Cabinet: YIKES!  My OFFICE!  YIKES!  But, worst of all: THE SPICE CUPBOARD!  I knew that would be a bugger, so maybe that's why I saved it for the end.  Actually, I saved it for the end because I was waiting for a shelf thingie to come.  It came in the nick of time.  So, today on January 30th, in the pretty early hours, I went for the spices.

I did what they say to do: TAKE EVERYTHING OUT!

That's just a bit intimidating to have all those spices out on the counter lolligagging around.

Then I began putting them back in place.

I finished.  But, then RAH said it wouldn't do and since he does MOST of the meal prep, he should get to fix it the way he wants.  And, he certainly improved it.

Here's the before and after results:

BEFORE:

Now, let's see the after, which Allen helped immensely with:

Alpha-betized, of course from the former librarian,and the most used spices front and center; lesser spices in the back, but still visible if need be?

The trick is, how long with it stay this way?  Allen put the ones he uses in the front; all the duplicates and rarely used spices are on the top shelf in the back, but he can see thru the little holes to see what is in there.  So much better than before; I give it a month....

Then, here's the office before and after:

And, once again, here's the question; how long will it stay this way?  Maybe this might last longer; I give it two months....but, oh man, it's so good to have things organized.  If only all my home were like this.  

But, in the January challenge, I did get a few things cleaned out.  

HA HA HA.  RAH asked, "Where did you put all the stuff?"  And, that, is where I have to tell the truth, "Well, some of it I just moved to another place in the house!"  Ha ha...all organized, of course.