This week I could have written about a million things, I swear I have had a week full of getting things done. But since so many of us are in the same boat, I figured that sharing how I organized our Christmas decorations would come in handy for many.
I have always been the type to set up Christmas early, and tear it down on Boxing Day. But this year I was late to the game, on both ends. I didn’t put our tree up until mid-December, and it was almost New Years before it came down. Usually, when the time comes to put away the holidays, I am so done with it that I just throw everything in a box and hide it away until next year. This year I decided to take my mothers advice, and put it away properly.
So off to the store I went in search of large totes and shoe boxes… At least I gave me a reason to hit those sales! Every big box store had storage containers on for very good prices! With four large totes in hand, it set out to tear everything down. Tree decorations separated into smaller containers, then all placed neatly into a large tote. Strings of garland and lights all individually wrapped, then stored in another.
It really doesn’t take that much longer to do something properly, and I’m thrilled that come Christmas time next winter, everything will be much easier to find.
Note to self… listen to mom, she knows what she’s talking about.
What did you tackle this week?
Link up your Tackle it Tuesday post…
Tell us what you’re up to with all your other tackles – whether it’s a Christmas craft, housework or anything else – and add your link to your tackle in the Linky below!
We are Tackling Our To-Do Lists Together and making housework bloggable. Each week on Tuesday, we are posting before and after pictures of a project or trouble area that we tackled this week.
Find out more about how Tackle It Tuesday began. The project can be little or big – whatever you want.
Basically, Tackle It Tuesday is about giving ourselves incentive, deadlines and satisfaction in tackling all our tasks — whether household or otherwise.
If you tackled a project this week, just add a comment and add your link below.