Sunday, April 3, 2011

Minimalist, my new middle name :)

I've decided we need to become a minimalist family.  WE HAVE TOO MUCH STUFF.  Over the last month I have taken 2 big boxes and 8 garbage bags of unused stuff to the Salvation Army.  I have a long way to go, to get us to be real minimalist's(we will never really be there), but we're on our way.  Why do all 4 of my kiddo's have dressers packed full of clothes, plus closets?  Because, my friend, I hate to do laundry.  Plain and simple.  My kids have to have 8 pairs of jeans because I only do laundry every 7-8 days.  So here's my plan, we're going "Little House on the Prairie".  I believe in those days, they had 1-2 everyday dresses, that they wore over and over and 1 Church dress.  Now, I'm not really going that extreme(the school would really start to wonder!).  BUT, I want my 2 bigger girls to share a dresser.  This is going to take some work converting their 2 full dressers into 1.  I'm going to have to say good-bye to some cute outfits, but in the name of sanity, it has to be done.  I do realize this will entail doing laundry more often, but the total amount of loads should stay the same(close).  I will let you know how this goes...I don't think my 5yr old who changes her outfit 6 times a day is going to be happy ;)
Meanwhile, here's what 1/2 of my living room constantly looks like(I hate to fold and put away!):

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