The title says it all, on second thought, pictures are worth a thousand words though not necessarily good ones. This is the mess I'm dealing with this week, lucky me.

Maddy's dresser had fallen on her while attempting to extract a pair of socks from its dark recesses and D.J.'s closet was a mere replication of the Island for Misfit Toys. Clothes in the closet? Never really happened.

Until now....

Benefiting from my recent obsession is D.I., Walmart, and Steralite. Tax deductions and inexpensive plastics are wonderful! I didn't bother loading up the back of the Yukon with all the stuff I'm sending away; there's so much of it I'll just haul it in the trailer!!

The Farmers rooms aren't perfect yet, still finding new homes for whats left of their toys but I'm well on my way. With my fingers and toes crossed, hopefully not my eyes too, things will be as they should by Saturday morning cartoons.

So far I'm really liking the whole laundry issue. Even Maddy, with very little help, can put her clothes away. And rubbing off some of my self-diagnosed O.C.D. she's keeping the "pretty rainbow" her shirts make - "just like Mommy's." D.J. arranges the short-sleeves before the long-sleeves and tries to keep the colors coordinated. An A+ for him too.

Continuing in the trenches, stinky socks and all.

My current dryer squeaks, screams, eats my unmentionables and takes two and a half hours to dry a light load. The washer squeals in time with the dryer for an eardrum-piercing duet and gives an accurate demonstration of what an earthquake feels like during the spin cycle.

Deciding that he didn't want to do his own laundry, David hunkered down into some contract work and dedicated the earnings to a new washer and dryer! THANK YOU!!

I picked out my new babies from the Depot who happened to have the best deal in town for the largest capacity, HE washer and dryer available. White or Grey? I lived a little and went with grey.

As part of my organizational fever I seem to be suffering from, I brilliantly thought that painting the laundry room before they were delivered would be a good idea. Using the gallon of paint meant for Maddy's room two years ago, the room took on an eerie, sea foam green glow.

Needless to say, I wasn't going to keep it. With less than

12 hours before delivery, I made a 10pm run to Walmart, picked a color (not green) and started painting at 10:45.

Luckily it only took an hour and a half to finish.

The paint went on much easier over the satin green than the chalky flat beige I started with. Now the room is back to beige, Walnut Wash (Dutch Boy) to be exact, the trim and door are dark brown (Bear Rug, Behr).

Dave and I went tonight to purchase the stacking kit that will unfortunately take 10-16 working days to come in. Once the washer and dryer are stacked, cabinets will be installed, the bar will flip over to the wall and a new hanging rack underneath. I'm also keeping an eye out for a trash-to-treasure secretary desk or armoire to set where the bar once was. Hopefully it will work as my office, the real reason behind making the laundry room "pretty".

More pics as I progress!

(updated Feedblitz, it should work now... sorry.)

(The green-goo room)