I was going to write a post all about my frustration with the amount of time it takes to take care of all of this STUFF we have in our lives. January is the time when this hits home because we usually have a bunch of new and spiffy stuffy that we’ve accumulated during the season of giving – stuff that now needs to be put away in the already bursting closets, shelves, and cupboards. This intended tirade was brought on by my spending quite a bit of time last week going through the boys’ clothes (just the two boys!!) and sorting, organizing, downsizing and incorporating their new clothes received for Christmas and from a coworker of Michael’s who gave him 3+ large bags of clothes for the boys. It didn’t take all week, but I began it on Monday and had clothes in piles on Monica’s bedroom floor the entire week while I sorted, laundred and re-sorted again to make sure I had the complete picture before going through and counting pants, shirts, outfits, church clothes, etc. to see of what I had too much. Of course, by the time I was done, many of those clothes originally in piles on the floor had been worn and thrown in the laundry – so now I probably won’t be able to fit them into their drawers again when I finish the laundry this week!!! The conclusion of the matter – the boys have TOO MANY clothes.
But my friends at PinkPeppers are already addressing reorganizing/decluttering and probably doing it with more charm and wit than I can come up with, so I’ll just post a photo of my project for the day. Those of you who have been to my house may remember the disaster area in my home involving the coat rack and shoe pile right inside my basement slider? If you don’t remember, that’s good. But today, I solved the problem (I think) by buying baskets, sorting through all the shoes, vacuuming around and under the entire area and setting it all up again. And viola!
Better come see it quick, before it gets messed up again. 
It looks great! =)