a HUGE accomplishment

In my real life of super-small-space-living my kitchen is not just a kitchen. It is my office, my laundry room, my pile collector, and pretty much my only real work space. While the piles on my counter are consistently changing they are consistently there. Driving! Me! Crazy!

So on Monday I decided to take on the huge task of pile consolidation, project completion, organizing and deep cleaning.

The finished product:


Just to give you an idea of how bad it was... Oliver's response to the clean counter was: "Where everything go? Put it back." Oh yes, my 2 year old found security in the mess. Luckily he's getting used to the clean-ness. Also, I filled the paper shredder 3 times - yikes!

And yes it still looks like the picture 2 days later. Let's see how long I can keep it up!