The Problem With Stuff...

So, I'm bad at taking before pictures.

Here are a few pictures that show the progress I've made, but I've come to a conclusion...

STUFF in and of itself is a problem for me.  Honestly.  You know how much space I actually NEED for the materials we are actively using?!  Not much.

I have too much stuff.
I've been trying to remedy the problem I'm having, but I am organizationally challenged.  Big time.  But here are my meager efforts - in progress.

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See the two bags under the desks?
Those are large enough to hold
ALL the books we use in a week.

This picture shows the part of the
room that is *mostly* finished...

I was elated to find this black cart on
the curb recently!  I'm considering
storing all the current curriculum
on the white thing.

Cozy couch and some more junk...

I'd really love for this to feel more inviting.

Here you can see the main "problem".

And the rest of the problem.

First sledding in CT!

Finally, it snowed!  While everyone around us was getting dumped on, we did get a modest snowfall that was plenty deep enough to sled on.  It was insanely windy for most of the time, so we only went out for a short time but it was all kinds of fun.  Eventually, Spritely was climbing all the way to the top on her own and sledding down the entire way!  We put both of them in the same saucer a few times which was a lot of fun, and once or twice we went down with them all together.  I hope it snows again, because now it's mostly all green.