My Old Dollhouse

I think FlyLady says something about how you can't organize clutter. If you try, the next time you go to get anything out of it, it just throws up all over the room. She's right. It does.

I spent yesterday sorting through all my craft stuff in the spare room. I would like to turn it back into a spare room instead of a junked up, can't walk into or find anything in room. I am going to set up my old dollhouse (my dad made for me when I was little) in a place that my granddaughter can play with it, where it will still be safe from the dogs (the dogs are not allowed in the back bedrooms). I think she is finally old enough to play with the little pieces without putting them into her mouth.

I hauled a lot of stuff out of that room. Filled a couple garbage bags. Made a pile for Goodwill. Vacuumed and cleaned (can't have her playing in a dirty room). Then my husband called and wondered what time to tell his friend that we could meet for supper. Basically, I had to quit right then, and put everything back in there, to have time to get presentable enough to go out for dinner.

Going out to dinner was a fun surprise, but I'm still not finished with that room. There is room in there now to organize what's left and get it out of the way. I'm going to sit on the floor and sort through the pile of printed out patterns this morning. There is actually room to spread them all out. I bet I don't really need all of them.

My granddaughter is coming over this afternoon. There will be no dollhouse for her today, but there are plenty of other things to do. I'll have the dollhouse ready for her by Friday. I am looking forward to setting it all up tomorrow. Getting all the furnishings out of the box they've been packed in, and making the house pretty again. I will see if I can't maybe get my youngest daughter's input on how to arrange all of it. It will be like playing dolls with her again. I don't think we girls ever get too old to have fun with little bitty dolls and miniature furniture.