Tackle It Tuesday - Cleaning the Work Space
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For Tackle It Tuesday I am cleaning the shelves in my office area. Along one wall I have two built in desks (one holds my computer and one holds a TV) with shelves above each. They were getting pretty out of control so my tackle for this week was to clean them up so I can actually see what I have there and work more efficiently.
Here are the before pictures:
As you can see it is a mess. There are tons of books with many being ones I need to get rid of. There are baskets of products I need to review for the NatureMoms blog, photo albums, ankle weights, papers and bills my hubby needs to look at, stuffed toys, and loose electronics like my iPod, my shuffle, my cell phone, and a back-up hard drive.
Here are the after pictures:
I got rid of a ton of books (going to Freecycle) and organized the rest with the bigger books, the Arizona and Italy travel books and maps, and Harry Potters going on the top shelf. On the second shelf there are marriage and parenting books, environmental books, food books, and others. The bottom shelf is reserved for my Bose iPod sound dock and all the books I still have to review for my other blog. I have waaaay to much on my plate. There are also about a dozen magazines…Kiwi, Mother Earth News, Alternative Medicine, Yoga Journal, etc. that I have yet to read. I also put my cell phone, digital camera, and TV remote on that shelf.
On the top shelf I have put photo albums and empty baskets (nothing in them now) 
The middle shelf has several eco board games my kids and I have been reviewing as well as some stuffed toys and two money jars that I put loose change in. The bottom shelf has a basket with smaller products I still need to review…soaps, lotions, teas, toothpaste, etc. and a basket of paperwork my husband needs to look at next time he comes home. I am glad I got that done today!
Oh…and if you were wondering, the shelf on the very top was not part of the tackle. That just has snow globes and shot glasses from around the world that I have collected.
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- Posted in Family Life, TidBits on October 23rd, 2007
October 23rd, 2007 at 3:35 pm
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October 24th, 2007 at 2:11 pm
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November 3rd, 2007 at 3:41 pm
I thought the before pictures were the after pictures, lol. You don’t want to come to my house. Trust me.