The Office Project...Cont.

BEFORE...

My dining room table doubles as part of my office 5 out of 7 days a week (I always clear it for Sunday dinner)...

along with the floor in the dining room...

and one of the hall closets...

some of that is the husband's office too...

and here is the rest of his office on the counter in the family room.

AFTER...

My space is on the left and the husband's is on the right.

I organized my little heart out.

Everything has a home!

The husband likes to pace himself with many of his projects...it took him exactly 24 days to unpack his little duffel bag from our vacation last month.

Which is why I couldn't wait for him to organize his space before taking the after picture.

(Sorry forgot to take a picture of inside the closet...trust me, it looks great!)

This took me all day...I started at 8am and finished at 9:30pm.

The husband and the kids were a great help.

I ended up organizing a lot more than what you see here because we were also working on clearing out my son's room downstairs, a few things in the little girls room and the dining room.
I didn't finish getting the little boy moved down with the big boy so I'll have to push that to Monday's project.

And order is restored to the dining room!

If there are others out there who like to pace themselves D has a great story for you!

Years ago a man was concerned about finding time to move the large woodpile out by the "privy" nearer to his home. He just couldn't find the several hours it would require to do the job due to his many cares as a farmer. Finally one morning an idea occurred to him. Each time he visited the "privy" he could carry an armload of wood back to the house! Within a few weeks the woodpile had been moved--what had seemed like the impossible had been accomplished.

See you Monday!

The Home Office Project!

This day did NOT go as planned.

I did not get my way, I apparently have a 48 hour bug.

Our office manager had the day off so the husband was going to be in the office--but the husband woke up in worse shape than the wife.

So the wife (that would be me) spent 9 hours in at the office.

Which is why I am posting this at 10:00 at night.

I decided to call in the troops and bribe them to help since they had the day off from school.

BEFORE...

This is just one area of my 11 year old's room--the worst area.

He's the cutest little pack-rat.

I completely gutted and organized his room a year ago but I should probably do it once a month.

Our 2 boys each have their own rooms and have decided to share my oldest boy's big room in the basement, which gives the husband and I a room for an office!

Oh how we need an office! (I'll post pictures of our current "office" areas later)

The kids took everything out of my 11 year old's room and relocated it to the living room.
They even took pictures for me!


AFTER...

This was what I came home too!
They cleared out everything but the bed.

D says we all work better with incentives. So give your children lots of them until they're mature enough to have their own incentives and know the value of work and accomplishment.

Such a productive day!
And all it cost me was a pedicure for the 13 yr old and Heath, Strawberry Cheesecake, and Cookie Dough shakes for the 11, 8 and 5 year old.
(Hopefully the 13 year old will soon be mature enough to have her own incentives...she costs me a fortune.)

I hope to finish up the office and move the little boy downstairs with the big boy tomorrow...yes, I know it's a Saturday but it shouldn't interfere with any family fun or break any commandments.