52 week challenge-week1-before

okey dokey....lets do this!

So, my super awesome cousin, Angela Z. over at the Zuroevestes told me yesterday about the 52 week home organization challenge she is doing via this blog.  I actually made a resolution this year to be less of a slob, so i figured this was the thing for me! unfortunately, i joined with one day left in  the first week, which means i have a lot of catching up to do in one day!

The first Week's challenge is to organize your kitchen, so have a bunch of "before" pictures of the chaos.
I'll post my "after pictures" when i'm all done tonight!

(brace yourselves...this is a little nuts!)

I need to get things up and off this counter.

i really need a hook for my aprons

we're not alcoholics...you just have to drive your glass to a center if you want to recycle it, so we hoard it for a while :)

the only thing i like so far in the kitchen is my new spice rack we assembled last weekend :)

Bulk cereal in ugly buckets and wayyyyyy too many of my doodles on the fridge!

ugh. the pipes and garbage disposal under here make organization difficult. ignore the dishes :)

super exciting bucket close-up!

more clutter

and even more clutter!

the "pantry" may be a task for another day

Such weird shelves...hard to find anything useful to do with them

I love this floating island thing (came with the house) but i need to better utilize it.

ok...so, this is bad...like "i haven't cleaned yet this weekend" bad.

clearly my number one problem is clutter. we have a lot of counter space, and a lot of stuff on said counters.  my main focus today is going to be getting things up and off the counters, and then finding a way to better utilize cupboard space.  we have a lot of cupboards, but unfortunately, several of them don't have shelves which makes things difficult.

i'm going to drive ang to work, put in a half hour at the gym, and get to work.  Wish me luck!