Blog by Betsy Carstairs

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Clean it Up!

Oprah's guests are saying it's possible! Yes, for even the most disorganized and messiest households!! I've watched her makeovers, read the books and NOW this week it was time for me to take action!!!

Friday last I had a colleague take my phone calls and hired a friend to come over and keep me on track. I was amazed at what we accomplished!! Kitchen was cleaned, 1 hour of gardening transformed the backyard, then on to tackle my bulging closets. We took everything out and put half of the clothes back. We had 6, YES, 6 huge black construction bags full of clothes I hadn't worn for over 10 years. Not only had the styles changed in those 10 years BUT also my size. So NO WAY were those clothes even a remote option. After 3 hours of purging my clothes closets, we tacked the laundry room. Another 2 more garbage bags were filled AND we were finished. What a DIFFERENCE these 8 hours made!!! I now have room in my closet to find the clothes I like to wear and my laundry room feels so clean and looks super organized.

Why have I procrastinated these housekeeping challenges for so long??? I just needed to book this into my PDA like I do my real estate tasks and it gets done! If my friend Anena Simpson can keep her house looking like a show home with 4 small children, certainly I could manage this task. Anena's my inspiration.

AND THANKS to Liesbeth for sharing with me your organizational skills and making this a fulfilling fun day!!