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I had the same problem, but this book really helped me: http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Title/book-OVIbgROI3EaSuQ-dlhgekA/page1.html?utm_source=productlistings&utm_medium=g&utm_campaign=title-Apartment+Gardening&gclid=COi2s6qywbYCFQdU4AodNQkAaA It really breaks down the basics for you. It's geared toward container gardening in a small space, but that's a pretty good place to start as a novice, I think. :)

I've been really wanting a food processor because so many recipes really require one. I have NO idea what kind or size to get. Would it be better to go with a mini one instead of one of the full-size ones?

I am also kind of in love with that Ikea cart, but I'm not entirely sure what I'd use it for, ha. I was thinking about it for extra kitchen storage.

I'll definitely be doing a little catch up tonight. I couldn't quite motivate myself to tackle the cords behind the TV (and there was tennis to watch!), or the full living room clean. Our living room is fairly tidy though. The boyfriend did dust the ceiling fan blades, which really needed it, and I caught up on some of the bathroom cleaning. And we did empty the stuff in our outbox that was going to donations. So glad to get rid of it!

I'll be doing a little more dusting tonight and re-arranging our big bookshelf I think.

Ready to dig in this weekend! I'm going to tackle the cord clutter behind the TV, give the big bookcase a much needed dusting, and catch up on some of the assignments I couldn't get to this week, including a good bathroom clean.

Good luck everyone!

Forgot to note that while we have an overhead light source on our ceiling fan, we never use it. I'm not actually sure it even works. I should look and see if it's possibly to take the light portion off of it.

I hit my wall a little bit this week. I did quite a bit of file purging and sorting on Monday and hit up the Container Store on Tuesday for some more file folders and a couple other things I needed. The cord containing didn't happen on Tuesday night because the boyfriend had the TV on so I couldn't unplug everything. I'm absolutely going to tackle it this weekend during the living room clean though. Hoping to catch up on the bathroom assignment tonight since we were out last night.

Your place is looking great so far, though! I echo @tanyab78 on loving the sleek entertainment system and the closet organization suggestions. I've used the double hanger before and it made a huge difference in a tiny closet.

That pigeon cracks me up!

I desperately need to get the cords behind our TV in order. I bought a blue lounge cable organizer ages ago to help corral them and haven't put it to use yet. Will see if I can convince the boyfriend to let me turn the TV off and unplug everything for a little while tonight.

I also need to find things to help run cords down furniture or along walls.

I did a MASSIVE sort/purge/organization of our papers a couple of years ago. My boyfriend had 7+ years of random records, junk mail, etc. stored haphazardly in office boxes. I went through all of it to weed out the stuff to shred and toss and then had him help me sort stuff. I bought two small file boxes and made labeled filed folders for each of our things (i.e. tax info, medical records).

So I think I've got a pretty good system in place, but some of the files do need some pruning and a few folders need to be labeled. I also need to catch up with my bills for this month!