40 bags update

So the Lenten season has come to an end & so does my 40 bags in 40 days project. I tried my very best to get rid of one bag per day but sometimes it was all I could do to attempt to fill a bag once Mason had gone to bed. Some days I got rid of 3-4 bags so it made up for the days that I missed. All in all I am happy to report that my house has been downsized from ALOT of junk & clutter & it makes me feel SO much better having gotten rid of so much crap!

As promised, here are a few pictures of what I have accomplished these past 40 days! First up, the freezer. We have a chest freezer in the basement but for some reason I find walking down there too much work so everything I buy that needs to be frozen goes in our small freezer in the kitchen. Everytime I would open the door something would fall out so it was way past time to organize it! 

Before pic on the left - after pic on the right! SO much more space & nothing falls out when I open the door - YAY!! I ended up getting rid of 2 grocery bags full of old, frozen, unedible freezer-burn items!

Next was a couple of drawers in the kitchen that have become "junk" drawers. Nothing all that important in them other than lots of "junk". You know - the drawers you throw stuff in when you clean up just to get it out of sight or are having company over?! Well, in the past 10 years these drawers have accumulated lots of stuff so it was time to organize.  The before pic is a chaotic mess & the after pic is much more organized with a bunch of stuff thrown out - 1 grocery bag worth. There is even a little bit of room in the back of the drawer for more junk stuff!

Here is the 2nd cabinet drawer I cleaned out. Everything in this drawer got put away in its appropriate place but the majority of it got thrown out - another grocery bag full! Now I have an empty drawer waiting to be filled!
After cleaning out the drawers, I tackled the closets. I ended up cleaning out 4 closets & got rid of 4 garbage bags full of clothes for Goodwill & another garbage bag of junk that got thrown away. I also cleaned the cabinets under the bathroom (2 grocery bags full) & kitchen sinks (2 grocery bags full)& packed away all the clothes that were getting to be too small for Mason (1 large bin full).

Even Shane got in on the fun. He took our very messy, cluttered computer desk....

....& turned it into a clean, neat & tidy area as well as painted it black & gave it a fresh new look:

Getting rid of all this stuff has been so very good for the mind & I am blown away by all the stuff we got rid of. Now I don't have to worry about A&E showing up at our house wanting to film an episode of Hoarders :)