Progress

On January 2nd, I was sitting down at the computer to post a New Years Resolution post. I was interrupted by a call from Randy telling me Mom had been in an accident. Of course I had no idea, at the time what exactly that would mean for our lives. I spent the next several months visiting the hospital and not thinking about the organization I had planned for 2008. Well almost 9 months later, I finally started to get things organized in our house. My first project was Macie's room. This mostly meant cleaning out her closet. It had almost all the clothes she has ever owed as well as clothes my sister has handed down that are way too big. There were also some baby items we are no longer using and just a bunch of junk. It took several hours while the kids were at school, but I am finished. Of course I now have lots of stuff to move to the basement from the guest room.

Here is what the closet looked like this morning.

Here is the half way point. There were probably 100 extra hangers in her closet. They are all laying on the floor here.
The finished product. I know, she has way too many clothes. I tried to put all the summer clothes in the back. I think she will still be able to wear some of her dresses again next year. One of the hardest things about organizing the kids clothes is having to pack away everything they have outgrown. They have so many outfits I have loved and I hate that they can not wear them anymore.
This is what Macie thought of her organized clothes.
But, this is who she gave credit for the work. (Not really, I just like the picture of her kissing her dada)
Next up is probably Carson's room. But, I really need him to try some things on for me. He will not be happy about it. This summer he has been wearing some size 2 shirts and shorts. I think 3 years is all I am going to get our of them, so I can at least pack those up.