What a shame

It's ridiculous how much my family wastes. From food to the growing mountain of stuff in the basement, waste is everywhere. And I feel bad about it. I try to tackle 'organizational' projects every Monday, but they really should be a daily ritual. But I find it nearly impossible because time is a precious commodity around here, as I'm sure it is in your home too.

But I can't take the waste anymore. I just can't. It drives me bananas. And it puts me in a horrible mood, which leads to excessive frowns, elevated stress levels and some yelling. I once heard (as I'm sure you have at some point or another) that it takes more facial muscles to frown than to smile. Just something to chew on.

But I digress.

I love games, but I'm not a big fan of this domino effect waste has on my life. This is how it started today. Cleaned out the fridge, threw a ton of food away (insert frown). Tried to tackle basement with husband, but he gave up within minutes (he likes to finish projects in a fair amount of time. After surveying basement, he determined it an impossible task and opted for the garage instead). Stress levels climbing. Managed to organize all of three boxes (don't be impressed, they were tiny boxes). Time-out, baby crying because 3.5 yo yelled from top floor to basement for me right outside baby's door. Wait for it, yup, yelled right back at 3.5 yo (did I mention she's sick and deserves my pity and compassion right now). Got baby back down, but decided to give up on basement too. I'll just shut the door for now. So, it's been a really productive day so far, not at all.

We did manage to get a fair amount of cleaning done yesterday, but this comforts me little as I look around my house. I hate that after almost two years of living here, everything doesn't have a proper home. Again, it's just wasteful. I believe if it doesn't have a home (proper home), then it doesn't belong in my house. Because shoving excess in drawers, cabinets or condemning it to the basement isn't a good way to live, right? What I need to do is enter every HGTV/Nate Berkus/Ellen/OWN sweepstakes and pray someone comes in and makes my house look like the Container Store. And let's throw in the Food Network to help with the fridge issue too. So I need experts. I need direction. I need help. So universe if you're listening, here's my SOS. Help me kick my waste habit to the curb, stat.

Peace. J