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Challange for week of 9/5/05...office

post #1 of 25
9/6/05 at 5:13pm
Thread Starter 
Ok the challange for this week will be our desk/office area.
Lets declutter our desks, but bills where they go, pick up those scrap pieces of paper and file anything that needs filed. If you need to get something to organize it, do it! :

Be sure to post your progress!!!!
Hugs
Jessica
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post #2 of 25
9/6/05 at 5:17pm
EWWWWWW YOU HAD TO PICK MY WORST SPACE!!!!!!!!!!!! OMIGOD!

LMAO

OK, so it is a challenge!
post #3 of 25
9/6/05 at 7:10pm
Thread Starter 
It is one of my worst spots too and one I am tired of looking at be a cluttered mess. Plus mine sits in my living room so even if I don't want to look at it, its always an eye sore!

Be thinking of a place for next week if you have a suggestion!

Hugs
Jessica
post #4 of 25
9/6/05 at 7:54pm
Well, we don't have an office area right now, but I did empty out a big box of stuff that used to be in/on my desk (2 houses ago). I threw out & shredded tons of old receipts and paperwork.

Including an old movie stub - "Rising Sun" from 1993. : Yikes.
post #5 of 25
9/6/05 at 11:15pm
My office area DOES need some work, but I have got to focus on my bedroom this week- it's atrocious! I can't even relax, so that has to be first priority..

So can I still do the challenge?
post #6 of 25
9/6/05 at 11:38pm
Ok, I'll try, but don't expect a lot out of me. :LOL

Most of the random stuff in our office is DH's, which just makes me not want to do it. :LOL

Maybe I'll just do *my* desk...
post #7 of 25
9/7/05 at 12:18am
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by mama2babybeans
My office area DOES need some work, but I have got to focus on my bedroom this week- it's atrocious! I can't even relax, so that has to be first priority..

So can I still do the challenge?
You are always welcome to be a part of the challange. Just adapt it to fit your needs. I too need to work on my bedroom, It is on the list for my things to do as well.
Hugs
Jessica
post #8 of 25
9/7/05 at 2:07am
So happy to see this thread/challenge!

You couldn't have picked a better place for me to start organizing. In fact, the office reorganization has been in-progress for over a month. Now, it is finally time to get all the shelving up and start putting everything in its "home". If only I could get DH motivated to help I'll let you know of my progress in a couple days!
post #9 of 25
9/7/05 at 4:55am
Ooooh, count me in too!

I don't have an office, but I do have a cupboard with all my filing which needs to be done just chucked in there. It usually only gets done once every 6mths.

OK, that can be tomorrow's chore...
post #10 of 25
9/7/05 at 10:07am
Perfect spot to start...except yikes it is Wednesday already. I am going to do some stuff today and then post my progress yay!

Once again, this is a great idea
post #11 of 25
9/7/05 at 3:44pm
Great idea!

The desk was on my list of things to work on tonight!
post #12 of 25
9/7/05 at 3:45pm
We don't have a desk per se (ours are small with just computer on it) so I went through our filing cabinet instead - I managed to shred an entire large garbage bag : of papers! I'm so happy - you can actually fit your hand in between the files now without getting paper cuts...still a little more to do on it too (I left DH's personal file with his paystubs etc for him to deal with - he said he'd do it tonight)

Thanks for the idea
post #13 of 25
9/7/05 at 9:58pm
Well I only had filing to do - AND IT'S DONE!! I hadn't done it since I was nesting before my dd was born 5mths ago. So a bunch of crap got tossed and new stuff filed. Yay!
post #14 of 25
9/7/05 at 10:12pm
report from my desk (ot strange things that have no business being around my business):

a ring pop (which I am now eating)
bus scheduiles for every rout except the one that actually goes by my house
supper dishes
a corn cob doll
diaper rash ointment (my baby has been potty trained for nearly a year)
an open bottle of vicks
a cadrd for a new mom that I bought because it was funny 3 years ago and have never given anyone
6 tin boxes from Ikea which while pretty contain copius amounts of misc. crap (like pretty tiny junk drawers)
numerous DVDs and CDs
a mangled puzzle peice and
3 bottles of lotion without lids.

OFFICIALLY CLEAN!!
post #15 of 25
9/7/05 at 11:57pm
Just checking in so I don't lose this thread. I'll get to work tomorrow. My computer desk is pretty clean, so I think I'll work on the bills/misc. paper area tomorrow and then hit my sewing table (yikes!).
post #16 of 25
9/8/05 at 12:46am
Thread Starter 
Ladies you seem to be doing great.
It was on my list of things to do today but then I didn't get to it, go figure. I may still get to at least part of it before bed tonight but if not it is first thing tomorrow on the list.
This week is getting away from me tho and I still have clean out my car and get ready to go out of town friday thru saturday night. UGHHH why can't I seem to get AHEAD?
post #17 of 25
9/8/05 at 9:26am
I didn't get to it last night either : . I made bread and baked some sweets instead :LOL .

I will get to it sometime today though!!
post #18 of 25
9/8/05 at 10:28am
ooo, ooo! I have been working on this. I got a handing file folder thingy the other day and labeled a bunch of files-- Homeschool Info, a folder for each child , one with my name, one with dh's, Catalogs, Museum Memberships, Phone Diretories, School Correspondance, Current Bills, Art Ideas, Articles, Recipes, Dogs, Medical, etc. I was able to organize, and sweep a whole lot of needed crap off my desk. The hanging file is nice, too, it's black metal and kinda cool. Cheap, from Office Max.
post #19 of 25
9/8/05 at 2:48pm
I got started last night. I finally went through the 2 bags of documents that needed to be shredded/recycled that have been sitting in a corner for at least 2 years. I found, though, that a lot of the stuff need to be filed rather than shredded so I had to do that too. All I have left is a small pile of stuff that I'm not sure what to do with.

Next stop, the desk!
post #20 of 25
9/8/05 at 9:46pm
Update!

DH is putting the shelves up for the office as I type this. This is HUGE as they have been sitting around for my DD to crawl around for over two months. This will greatly help with organizing the clutter.

I did my part too in going through 2 of 3 boxes of papers - filing, tossing, shreding. One more box to go and the floor will be clear. Then it is on to the desk ! And then organizing my large collection of art supplies :

But I'm making progress...
I hope it is going well for all of you. I can't believe it is already Thursday.