just a {little} organizing.

travis and i have been talking about rearranging the office.  the closet has been an absolute disaster area, and the room became a catch-all during the months leading up to and following the wedding. other than travis using it a few times a week for our expenses and balancing the books, we're rarely in the room.  we've also found that we often have house guests; and while we have a fully-functional spare bedroom, sometimes we have to pull out the ol' air mattress as well and put it in the office.  travis suggested taking the treadmill back to amanda and zach and getting a couch that has a pull-out bed for the office.  i also like the idea of a murphy bed for the room, but travis nixed the idea.  he doesn't think other people would want a murphy bed in this room, and since we don't plan to be here forever, we'll be looking for a couch {or loveseat} with a pull out bed.  ideally the bed would be a full or a queen.  if you're looking to get rid of one, let me know!  everything i've found on craigslist looks like i've entered a timewrap and gone back 20 - 40 years.  no thank you!

saturday we loaded up the treadmill {and in the process took out a chunk of the wall in the hallway -- boo!}.  my dad called right as we were in the middle of it, and luckily he was just a few blocks from the house.  he didn't want me lifting it, so he stopped by and helped travis get it into the back of the truck.  it was perfect timing.  we had just rolled it through the front door when he pulled up.

while travis was in muskogee delivering the treadmill, this was taking place in our house ...

and it was actually much worse than this at one point -- in this picture, i've already removed the mounds of bubble wrap i pulled out of the closet, and i've also already put away the wedding gifts that were still piled up under the window and out in front of one of the closet doors.  i sent travis and message with this picture with the word "yikes!" ... his response?  "holy crap!" 

i pulled everything out of the closet and out of the two smaller bookshelves {which were actually towers from an old entertainment set}.  they each had two doors on them, but i took them off and now they look like what you see above in the picture {you can see one to the left of the desk with striped bins on the shelves}. i pulled out the ol' screwdriver and everything!  i also moved one of the piers out to the hallway to see if i would like a bookcase out there.  i did not.


i really wish i had a picture of the closet, because it was the worst area of all to start with.  after a lot of work, it's starting to look a million times better.  i was able to recycle and throw away quite a few things.  the recycle bin was empty when i started.  now it's full to the top.  for those of you who live in tulsa, you know just how huge our recycle bins are!  that was a lot of clean-out.  i also filled one trash bag.  i still have a bit left to do, but am thrilled with the progress so far. 

i didn't get to finish because travis called while i was in the middle of everything and asked if i wanted to go to the daughtry/3 doors down concert.   i must be crazy because i kind of just wanted to stay at the house and organize.  sierra had just gotten to the house about an hour before to hang out for a bit, and she started organizing samples of my designs.  she thought i was nuts for just wanting to hang at home.  i went through things as long as i could, and then tore myself away to run around and get ready.

i'm always like this when organizing -- it always gets waaaaay worse before it gets better.  do you ever re-organize like this?  or am i the only spaz?