It's hard to believe that we have got our house ready to sell in a little over two weeks. We have de-cluttered every room in the house. It was pretty bad. Lots of painting and late nights. Actually, I don't think I have stopped working in the last few weeks.

 We have lived here since we moved from Colorado in 2004. It's the only home our son has known. For our daughter it's the only one she remembers.

 It's amazing how much you accumulate throughout the years. I am amazed at how different the house looks.

 We removed my favorite wooden rocking chair that my mom bought me. What a difference one chair makes. Well I guess I had a bit more clutter on the sofa table.

 If only we could have our counters with nothing else on it all the time. It's a big difference in counter space and they actually stand out with the black counter top and green walls

This was one of the first things we did in this house was to replace the cabinets and the flooring.

 I emptied out my china cabinet and only have a few items in it. I think I need to keep them this way when we move.

 Bug's room is poster free. She had wall to wall poster of insects. It looks really different without the rug also.

Little Man has such a small room and had shelves on the wall that really made his room look so small. We took the shelves down and removed lots of toys.

We put up the molding up when we moved in the house. It's my favorite part of his room. I actually dislike the laminate wood flooring. We thought the lighter color would make the room look bigger. 

 Our bedroom was the catch all for all of Bug's entomology boxes and the buckets of honey. The honey is now in the closet. Bug has her entomology boxes in her closet.

 It's so clean. It almost makes me not want to move-almost.

 The bathroom was bare and needed a lot of  help. I found things through out the house to put on the shelves. The shelves us to be in the classroom.

 I even hung pictures and painted the walls.

 Our office was an eye sore before we removed lots of furniture. The desk will go in a garage sale when we sell the house. It's served it's purpose throughout the years. It's a huge desk.

 We had three other filing cabinets in here along with 2 large book shelves.

 Our utility room and pantry. This was wall to wall storage.

 This side looks clean and like a perfect place to work on projects.

 I think the majority of the boxes are books and the classroom. I guess I can add toys also.

 Yikes. On the table is items for a garage sale.

 The classroom is shelf free. I hope it sells really fast because their isn't enough space for sanity between the kids.

 I can see a wall!

I managed to put all the current curriculum for next year on one shelf.

We meet with the realtor tonight. The hardest part is now with keeping it clean. 

Well I take that back as I think the hardest part will be moving three beehives. 

Blessings and I can now sit down and take a nap or two.

I am trying to get a bit more organized around my house. I am linking up with the 34 Weeks of Clean at Family, Faith, and Fridays. This is Week 2 challenge and I guess I am a week behind but, my pantry is organized!

 I didn’t do Week 1 as we didn’t have any Christmas decorations to take down. I guess I could have done a post on taking down Hanukkah decorations.

This pantry drives me crazy. It's pretty much a snack pantry. The kids just throw things back in there once they get their snack. You have to dig around to find what you want. A lot of times things get left on the table instead of back in the pantry-grrrr!

Really it's not a lot of things in there as my family pretty much doesn't stray from their favorite snacks-often. Little Man and me are the ones who like a bit of variety to our snacks.

Here we have it all clean and organized. I even wiped down the cabinets shelves. They didn't look that dirty until I actually cleaned them and seen the dirt on the rag.

I had all the containers here already. They used to be in the classroom. I was glad I was able to find a new use for them.

I decided to put the cereal up higher so you can just reach in the back and grab your cereal without taking everything out or knocking stuff over.

I put the granola bars on the bottom for Bug. That way she doesn't have to reach as high and it will be easy for her to grab if her arthritis is giving her a bad day. 

This is Bug's favorite food. I hope they never stop making these granola bar as it is the only brand and flavor that she will eat. Pretty much the one of maybe 10 things she will eat!

I am at a lost to what to do with my plastic containers at this time. But I do keep in organized so I can grab what I need. I just have to take things out to get to certain ones. Except I actually put it back after I find what I want!

This is our down stairs pantry that we keep extras and stock up on things when they are on sale or we have a great coupon. Notice the large pile of granola bars! Not to much in here but, it's nice having a bit extra knowing you saved money buying it when it was on sale. We also shop at Sam's Club for certain items. 

I can't take any credit for this area. It was already organized by my beloved husband who made this his project when we moved into the house. He even puts the food down here when we come home from the grocery store.

 He even found a place for the growing supplies we need for the beehives. Unfortunately, this is only the empty pails. Our basement is a bit cold and we don't have a bucket warmer for the honey. The 5 gallons of honey that are filled our in our bedroom. It takes up a lot of room but, it works for now.

This is behind the door of the pantry and holds all the paper goods, utensils, and a few more odds and end. Including a few of our masonry jars.

We use to store plastic utensils in here. Now its pretty empty except for a few candles, latex gloves, and brown lunch bags. I just need to figure out another use for the empty drawers.

My beloved keeps a permanent marker on the shelves and writes the expiration dates on the boxes. He also rotates when he puts things on the shelf.

This is in our office downstairs on top of a bunch of file cabinets. It drives me crazy but, it's minor compared to the other beehive supplies elsewhere in the house. My beloved also takes care of this area. Except I put the lids in the plastic shoe boxes as I didn't like how he had it at first.

One area is nice and tidy and I don't know if I'll get the Week 3 challenge cleaning the kitchen cabinets!