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	<title>WIRL Project &#187; Aly Marques</title>
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	<description>What It&#039;s Really Like.</description>
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		<title>Pantry Order</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2015 18:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aly Marques]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food/Drink]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Organize snacks pantry clutter door]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you are like me (someone who loves food, especially snacks) you probably have a lot of mess going on in your pantry.  Mine has always looked like a tornado ran through it.  It’s just pure unorganized chaos in there every time the door is opened. My husband and I have always tried to keep it neat.  We tried organizing it in categories:  pasta, soups and mixes on one shelf, cereal, granola bars, on another, etc.  We tried the stadium seating route:  big boxes in the back, smaller items in front of it and so on so we could see every item in there.  Much to our dismay nothing worked.  Either the pantry was a disaster again after a few days, or you were always moving things out of the way or reaching over things to find what you wanted anyway.  We needed a way to see everything at once without spending $1000 to have a professional closet organizer installed. After years of breaking jars trying to reach others and throwing away several expired, unopened bottles/cans and other items we forgot about (mainly because we couldn’t see them in there), we finally have found a solution!  For $11.50 on Amazon, we purchased an over-the-door shoe organizer to hang in the pantry.  We put all of our granola bars, bags of tea, as well as other individually wrapped products and snacks in each of the clear pockets.  Aside from the fact that is more aesthetically pleasing, it’s also fun!  It kinda feels like we have our very own vending machine sometimes.  Our toddler even loves to choose which snack she wants from it! With everything on display hanging from the door, it has left us with plenty of clutter-free room on the shelves for the bigger items.  We no longer need to reach over objects (potentially breaking them) or move lots of things out of the way (making it less organized once again) to get to what we want.  This has surely been a lifesaver in our home!]]></description>
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		<title>I Just Want To Nest!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2015 17:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aly Marques]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life/Leisure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nesting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organizing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pregnancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[storage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With a toddler to care for all day and another baby on the way, there is not much time to think about how different life will be once the newest member of our family is here.   However, the one thing that I can’t help but focus on is how much I need to organize before said new family member arrives.  The problem with this is my inability to “nest” the way every pregnant woman wants to.  The reason I can’t properly nest involves a ton of boxes and bins.  Let me explain. &#160; We recently began the big changeover in our home to prepare for baby boy’s arrival in a few months.  We moved everything out of our office to free up a bedroom and made another “combo room” in our home (our game room has now become our game room/office.  We also have a dining room/playroom for those keeping track).  After that we packed up a ton of stuff and invested in a storage unit.  The storage unit sounded like a fantastic idea until I realized we’d be going through the contents of our entire attic, office, etc to throw out unnecessary items for weeks leading up to the big move into the unit and afterwards. &#160; During this time, I began having visions of a perfectly clutter-free home.  As I longed to begin my “nesting” phase, these thoughts were wonderful!  The only problem is we moved tons of stuff into the storage unit and I am now suffocating being surrounded by boxes and bins instead of living in an organized home!   All of the things I thought would be pushed out of sight until we upped and moved homes one day are staring me down ALL day and night!!!   I somehow assumed (yes I know this makes an ass out of u and me) that the storage unit was the answer to everything, not realizing that we’d STILL be going through a ton of things that would “eventually” be put up in the attic and out of sight.  I feel like one of those hoarders you see on that show!   It has become such a nightmare for me.  It’s a constant reminder that I am unable to do the one thing that will fulfill my yearning! &#160; I know one day I will have the opportunity to organize/nest the way I desire.  I understand you need to get through the storm before the calm can surface again, but I wish this storm would end sooner rather than later.  Until then, I’ll be the aggravated girl in the room that you may or may not be able to see behind all the boxes and bins!]]></description>
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