Kinfolks said Jed move away from there!

Minus one closet that I've been threatened with bodily harm if I touch, I'm completely through minimizing and purging and organizing in my house.  With the AWESOME help of my mother in law and sister in law, we've organized and minimized in literally every nook and cranny in my entire house.  From nightstands to junk drawers, from the laundry room to under the kitchen sink, from Paige & Addie's room to my closets, it's all been done.  We've filled up the SUV twice from front to back, floor to ceiling and my Tahoe's back end is completely full of Goodwill donations.  I'm still going to get in the attic and give it a good purging, but it was too cold today (shut up, Michelle!).  I did get the little attic cleaned out.  Oh and I have to go back and do a big organizing of ALL my printed out pictures (Container Store, here I come again, I'll try to contain myself).  And I do have to finish the filing projects I haven't looked at in forever, but that's part of that closet I'm not allowed in without Aaron.  So maybe I'll get there tomorrow.  I've taken to singing, ahhhhhhhhhhh, every time I open a closet door now.  My closets sing, even if it's only me that can here it.  I know my junk drawer looks great because little Addie opened it today and goes "wow, who did this?"  I had to laugh.  Paige flipped over her newly organized closet and her's wasn't even that bad before.  Everything has a place.  Martha Stewart would be so proud!  

So, once the next closet and office are all done, it's on to decorating.  Paige and Addie's rooms aren't getting too much of a makeover, but somewhat.  Paige is getting a new desk and chair and a new chest of drawers and getting rid of her wardrobe.  It's just not functioning like we need it to.  My SIL found nicely priced ones of each so those will be ordered shortly.  They are both getting new wall paint and curtains.  Oh and Paige will get a bulletin board like thing.  A few lamps and accessories and they are done.  

The guest bath is getting new paint, new shower curtain, paint treatment on the cabinets and a few pictures and rugs.  Nothing major, but I bet it will be a huge change.  

The office will be getting a makeover, but I don't know any details on that yet.  Definitely some curtains being added, but that's as far as I've gotten.  The biggest changes are going to come to the kitchen and living room.  Depending on tax returns, I'm hoping to get new countertops and appliances.  And I'm in desperate need of drapes on the HUGE wall of windows on the back of the house in the kitchen/living room....will change that room completely.  Our kitchen is not bad, don't get me wrong, it's just very builders grade and nothing I'm in love with.  Very basic.  We're staying here for a long time (have you seen interest rates??? you need to check them out!) and I want to love my home, not just like it.  And eventually the master bath is getting gutted.  Ripping out the bathtub and shower and replacing it with a HUGE walk in shower.  Tile in place of the busted up linoleum.  New countertops and maybe cabinets, but we'll have to see.  So in the beginning it's curtains, curtains and more curtains.  I've been here over 4 years and have exactly 3 sets of curtains in the whole house....one cheap Ikea set in my bedroom that I don't love, one black set in each of Addie and Paige's rooms, mostly to block out light, but they do match.  

So, as long as I manage to stay employed over the next 6 months, big changes are coming to my house!!  

Nothing else is new here.  I'm insanely behind at work from being sick for so long so tomorrow I'm going to continue crawling out of that hole.  Was hoping for a lazy Sunday afternoon, but not looking good right now.