New challenges for a New Year. Bring on 2010

I was a tad slack in typing up the monthly challenges I had in 2009.

My challenge for January 2010 is to de-clutter and to minimise household chaos.

I'm also going to renew my challenge last year of reading one chapter every night from the BOM. A yearly challenge that one. Successful so far. It's not a very tough challenge though (not as bad as the next one...)

Here's some ideas I found (on the Simple Savings website - see 'links') to de-clutter:-

DECLUTTER/CLEAN ALPHABET
A – architraves, archiving, address book, appliances, appointments
B – banisters, brooms, brushes, batteries, books, blinds, beach gear, belts
C – cornices, cook-books, coffee mug collection, candles, cushions, coasters
D – draught-stoppers, dishwasher filter, dust-buster, dress-ups, drinking glasses
E – eiderdowns, egg cups, emails, earrings, eye-glasses
F – filing, frames, fans, fridge shelves, footwear
G – garden tools, globes, games, glove-box
H – hats, hairdryers, hampers, hoses
I – iron cleaning, ice cube trays, invitations
J – jars, jelly moulds, jewellery, journals
K – key collections, knitting patterns, knick-knacks, keyboards, keyrings
L – laundry cupboard, linen, light-fittings, lampshades
M – moth balls, mouldy bits, moving furniture, make-up, medicines, maps, menus
N – necklaces, notices, naps in the afternoon
O – ornaments, open packets,
P – piles of paper, pens, piles of piles, purses, platters, pet stuff, peg basket,
Q – quilts, questions
R – Rsvp’s, recyclables, recipes, rugs, receipts
S – sewing supplies, skirting- boards, sports equipment, stamp collections, suitcases
T – telephones, trays, toys, tickets, toiletries, tax stuff
U – underwear, umbrellas, under anywhere, utensils
V – vases, vanity cases, Venetians, vegetable gardens, vinyl records
W – warranties, wallets, worm farms, wrapping paper
X – Xtra time for ourselves
Y – yards, yarns,
Z – Zzzzzzzzzzz ( napping, see N)

An entire alphabet dedicated to de-cluttering and cleaning. You tick off the things in the list you have sorted through, and decide whether or not to keep said items, clean them, find a home for them etc.

A motivational help to get me some organised chaos (except I'm having a break on Sunday):-

ORGANISED CHAOS
(Sung to the tune of A Partridge in A Pear Tree)


On Monday 4th of January, ClutterCath said to me:
One load of washing and ironing will help you to have OC

On Tuesday 5th of January, ClutterCath said to me
Two clean floors, and one load of washing and ironing will help you to have OC

On Wednesday 6th of January, ClutterCath said to me,
Three dusted shelves or cupboards, two clean floors, and one load of washing and ironing will help you to have OC

On Thursday 7th of January ClutterCath said to me,
Four cleared surfaces, three dusted shelves or cupboards, two clean floors, and one load of washing and ironing will help you to have OC

On Friday 8th of January ClutterCath said to me,
Five sparkly windows, four cleared surfaces, three dusted shelves or cupboards, two clean floors, and one load of washing and ironing will help you to have OC

On Saturday 9th of January ClutterCath said to me,
Six things decluttered,. five sparkly windows, four cleared surfaces, three dusted shelves or cupboards, two clean floors, and one load of washing and ironing will help you to have OC

On Sunday 10th of January ClutterCath said to me,
Seven new recipes, six things decluttered, five sparkly windows, four cleared surfaces, three dusted shelves or cupboards, two clean floors, and one load of washing and ironing …………and now you all have some OC!