Week 21

 I was planning to tackle the closet floor on Thursday, but I signed up for an online class that would be at the time I usually work on Mt. V. I decided to listen to a podcast Wed. afternoon and get a head start on the floor. An ice storm Wed. into Thursday knocked out our internet so no class or anything online so lots of closet time. Not only did I get the floor done, but the black cart (Friday's task) and the safe area (Saturday's task). I also started on the baby chest drawers and top. Friday I caught up on the online stuff and went to a very long lunch and visit with a friend. Saturday I continued with the baby chest cupboard and started on the bottom wall shelf. Sorted through many notebooks. Sorted through a couple boxes of novelty pencils while watching TV. So pleased with the progress this week. Thanks ice storm!

So this week's plan is to finish the two wall shelves and continue with box and drawer sorting. I probably won't have much time Friday morning to work on things as I help Trixie get ready for her spring break trip. 

After this week, I'll have three weekends left. One weekend for the storage closet and one for the coat closet and one for cleaning up the mess of stuff from the closet that has migrated back into the office as I clean and sort. Every evening needs to include the sorting of a box or two.

I'll try to make the library timeline soon. That will allow my brain to noodle on it before April starts. 

Week 20

 I sorted and emptied boxes on Thursday. Consolidated the craft and office supplies and set those aside for now. I sorted the backlog papers and notebooks into four piles. Those will be added to the weekly list to work on. Friday's focus was the very top of my desk and the cubbies. Very dusty but looks much better. After a slow start to my Saturday, I did spend a couple hours, while listening to nine podcasts, cleaning my bookshelves. Every one was dusted and the cobwebs hidden behind were vacuumed. I did part with a few items. The loose categories are the Bible materials and craft books are on the bottom, then hard cover, soft cover, devotionals and small books. Randomly grouped by size. My collection of Bibles is on the top of my desk. 

I did start working my way through papers in my bottom desk drawer. I don't really want to tote those upstairs during TV time. It will have to be done as part of the weekly plan along with the filing cabinet. Some of the files will need to get moved to the storage area when I get to that. I did clean out the two little desk drawers a little while back, but I think some of the excess notepads can go in the closet so I'll wait until I get to that part. The cart will just need to be part of the backlog.

Next up is the closet. I'm three weeks ahead of the original schedule. Trying to figure out the best way to tackle it. I don't want to pull everything out, dust and put everything back. I need to go through all those boxes. Craft items will be sorted this summer. So I just need to consolidate until that time. Maybe I won't worry about sorting boxes the next couple days. Thursday I can tackle the floor. Friday, focus on the black cart which will also take care of my desk drawers. Saturday will be the safe and white cart area. Things to sort can be stacked next to my desk for evening review. That will leave the baby chest and the two upper shelves. This is doable.

Week 19

 Still ahead of schedule. Tried to sort boxes in the evening. The boxes in the orange chair have been emptied. Another box had craft items in it so that one will wait for the big summer craft sort. Not sure where to keep it until then. My church bag was cleaned out. A bag of papers was sorted. Most of the papers ended up in recycling. Still need to figure out how the backlog of papers are going to get done. Sorted a box of stuff last night. Those things just need to find a home somewhere other than the box. Still have seven boxes/bags in front of the bookshelf. Sorting those should probably be the focus for this week. Desk drawers, cubbies and cupboards are being added to the list. The very top of the desk should also be a focus this week. Sort and empty boxes, clean top of the desk and figure out what to do with paper backlog will put me in a good spot to clean the bookcases the following week. I think I will swap the coat closet and the closet on the schedule as the closet will have more boxes to sort. Getting to them early would probably be best instead of at the end. I'll do the storage area under the stairs after the closet. Hopefully everything that needs to go in there will be gathered. 

Thursday I did physical cleaning around the desk area and bulletin board. Friday I gathered items for the Animal Rescue Project and Household Hazardous Waste. Doc was going to drop off those things for me yesterday. He forgot to take one of the boxes to HHW. ?? I guess they wouldn't take the medications. I think I'll make weekly trips to the police station and drop them off in the Red Med Box. I'll just add that to my Tuesday errands. The office is going better than I had planned. Trying not to get bogged down with all the boxes and papers. It is going to feel great to get this done!

Week 18

 What progress in the first four days of the month! As it turned out, Wednesday was assigned the Mt. Vernon focus day. So after my workout, downstairs chores, and shower, I focused on section one of the office. Totally finished dusting, washing grocery bags, clearing items off the hooks, putting away stuff camped on the stairs and a good vacuuming. So already ahead and I hadn't reached my normal Mt. V days. Thursday and Friday I cleaned up section two which included the cubbies and shoe spaces and cleaned up the pile in the corner. Dusting and vacuuming finished those two days. Friday evening I sorted through the battery box and the magazine box. I'll read magazines and newsletters before naptime. Only things still needing attention in section two include the cart, the boxes in the orange chair and the overstuffed bag of gift bags. I did sort through the first four drawers of the cart on Saturday night. Added some things to the backlog. Saturday morning I spent the length of a podcast tackling part of the floor from section three. I added a list of boxes to my sort list. I think if I can physically clean the sections on Thur.-Sat. and sort a box during TV time each night and make a plan for what's left in the box after all the unnecessary stuff is removed should really keep me moving along. I guess I'm okay with paper items being added to the backlog. I just don't want boxes and boxes left at the end of March. I'll see how it goes as I'm way ahead on my timeline. At least two weeks ahead. Since it is an Eager Hands week, Thursday and Friday's focus will be cleaning around the filing cabinet and lower part of my desk and the bulletin board area. Drawers and cubbies will be added to the sort list. The boxes in front of the bookcases really need to be sorted. I don't want to keep moving them back and forth to clean the book area. Since I'm ahead maybe putting off section four until those boxes are sorted would be okay. I'm really pleased with the progress as I was dreading this area a bit. So much stuff crammed in here. Emptying boxes will really help as I have even more boxes to sort once I get to the closets. Just keep moving forward!