The glories of a clean and organized house

First let me state that I do not have a clean and organized house but rather am striving to have one. I have exactly 2 days left of this reprieve from chemo to take back some of the darkest regions of my home. i.e. the linen closet, hand-me-down school clothes sorted out for the new year, my boys dressers, and my daughter's closet. All areas I typically try to avoid. Actually, the children's room is only entered upon them creating a path by which I can safely travel through bearing gifts of clean clothes.

At the end of last week a dear, dear, dear, (can you have too many dears) friend came and helped me organize my craft room. It was cleaned and organized 8 months ago and then slowly became things are brought to me to deal with and I'm too tired to think about this although it is my responsibility so please just take it to the craft room happens. Well now the room is over flowing with stuff. So Amy and I went though the stuff, mostly just reorganizing some of the storage and parting with a few things. There is so much more to part with but now that the room is clean and the dust has been wiped from the workstations I can go back and organize and truly purge. Thank you Amy and again I say Thanks.

Today, we worked on kids rooms. Levi got a new way to store his toys. We moved a different dresser into his room for his clothes and the old dresser has become the place for toys to go. As a result he has to put the toys away and the drawer has to close in order for it to be called clean. Harry's room is a little less dangerous. Mostly he needs a place to mount his guitars on the wall. Lauren's room needs the most work and it has gotten the most out of hand and it will change the most when we complete the loft beds. But it is forever a work in progress. If it could all be accomplished by the 15th of September I would be so delighted. (Not the painting in Lauren's room that she wants, but the rest.)