Keeping on Top of Things

My son is not old enough to have acquired too many toys and I definitely need a separate bin for books. He loves to look at his books and have me or his dad read to him so I have to remove what toys he has to get to his books then put the toys back in their place, only to be removed again to put his books back when we are done reading. I need to put a new system in place so both his books and toys are easily accessible for the both of us.

Re-Organizing My Life

I have a weekly schedule of housework planned out; however, I also need a daily schedule planned out so I know what needs to be done with my time such as baths for me and Jaedon as well as when am I going to eat breakfast and lunch. I also need to get my daily house activity down on the daily schedule. I think this is where I need to get to an office supply store and see what they have as far as schedules and calendars that are able to be clean easily. I believe this is why I like school so much. A schedule is made up for me and I don't have to worry about it. I know when chapters need to be read and when papers are due. My life is organized for me and I follow the syllabus. Here I am organizing my own life and I don't know where to start; however, I am off to a good start. I have already done another tip in the book by breaking down my home into bits and pieces instead of looking at the whole picture and feeling over-whelmed by not knowing where to start. Slowly by bits and pieces I'm getting my domain underneath my rule as God had created me to do so in His plan for me. Also, I learned I need to get a larger planner with more options than the one I currently have right now.

Breaking Things

I have discovered a new way of getting the clutter out my house. My kitchen for the most part is organized that way I like it and my spices are kinda in one spot. Denver does most of the cooking and am broke at the moment to buy cute knick-knacks that hold spices. The new way to de-clutter my house is to break things. I went to get Jaedon's tub out from underneath the cabinet that could be turned into a Lazy-Susan and a vase that I was wanting to get rid of fell on the floor and broke. It didn't break into a million pieces so it wasn't' that big of a mess to clean up, fortunately.

Still Ahead of the Game

I have finished Chapter Six in my book about organizing your home and life and I have already learned the lesson that is taught in this chapter. I have a Mary heart rather than a Martha heart. It's not that I don't want to serve however it is that I would rather sit and worship. I enjoy my prayer time with God and I have learned how to balance my time to which college and grad have forced me to deal with study, papers and life. I find much freedom in that I can choose what I want to do with my time and how much I can handle. I have learned to say "No" without the guilt and I have strong boundaries so I am less of a people-pleaser and being a people-pleaser drove me almost to my death during my early 20's

The Kitchen

I am thinking about where to start in the kitchen and work my way around my home from there. Fortunately, I will be able to skip my son's room because there is not much stuff a will be 4-month old is able to stash. The basement will not need to be touch either since we are in the process of remodeling it and is gutted to the bare bones. Once I get the kitchen organized, then it will be the bathroom, our room, then the computer desk area.

Where to Start?

I have been doing some thinking about where to start organizing and it seems I have been organizing in all the rooms in the house; however, I have yet to actually complete a project. In this case I have been thinking about about the kitchen because that is where my dinette table is at and cupboards that hold kitchen items that we have yet to use so I would be able to donate these items. We have been in our new home for two years so it's organized in a messy way and could use some straightening up in areas like the linen closet. Towels have this bad habit of flopping over once the towel pile gets so tall. So I saw this neat idea of rolling towels instead of folding them and using these separators to help keep them nicely piled. I'm not sure what they are called though I've seen them around in stores and when I see them I will be able to pick some up the next time I go shopping.

Better Off Than I Thought

As I continue my travels through my book about getting and staying organized, I learned that I am more caught up than I thought I was. I am not a pack rat and neither is my husband except for some things. I have my counseling magazines to which I may go through them and clip out the articles that I would like to keep and recycle the rest. Then, I would be able to place the articles I want to keep in paper protectors placed inside a three-ring binder. I also have all my handouts from school that I have tossed if they were not of interest to me and those that I have kept and I have more kept handouts than tossed to which they are organized for the most part though would be nice if I placed them in binders though they are in the filing cabinet for now and future reference.

I have gone through all my clothes especially since I have had a child. I am not sure if I will get back to my size 6 though I do believe I might be down to an 8 so maybe I am getting there. I periodically see if my jeans still fit and as of yet they do not and the ones I have are getting a little big on me.

I guess for now I have a head start on my organizing though that also means there is work that I need to be doing to be like getting my papers in order and filing. I am for the most part in charge of our finances; however, I take that very lightly because I also want to keep Denver involved with how we spend our money and me not getting sucked into every FOP and VFW drive they hold to raise money. I have many friends who are in the military and a friends as well as a cousin who are a part of the police department and they deserve to be supported as well. So it is with a heavy heart that we choose to hold off for now in supporting these organizations due to our financial status. However, yesterday I did give the VFW $20.00 when we have the money and I am waiting for their kit in the mail which I will send back when we have the $20.00 to give them.

Lesson has been learned that I will ignore the Caller ID and hold off until we have the finances to cover all bills for the month and next month.