things that i DO do...

this morning we talked about sarai/sarah (abraham's wife) and dug a little into her failures and triumphs as a wife, mommy, and ultimately as woman of Faith.  then i came home and read a couple of sweet comments about my organizational foes...  they were encouraging and i started thinking... you're right!  it's not going to be perfect and well... it doesn't have to be perfect.  i thought (more for my sake then anyone else's!) i should jot down a few things that i actually DO do when it comes to organization.  just to remind myself that even though it is so BLATANTLY obvious these days that i'm not perfect... i am trying.  ;)

things i do that work for our family...

the boys each have one of these shelves in their room for toys.  there are specific toys that go in each one.  for a (short) while i had little pictures taped to the back of the wall behind the shelf that showed WHAT when in each shelf.  i seem to have an issue with rearranging and every time i clean and vacuum their rooms... i ended up moving the shelf (so i could vacuum under the shelf).  this meant moving the pictures and ended up being a pain. i still have the pictures and should put them back up.  it worked and jace knew where his toys went (getting them there was a different story).

the boys each have a bucket in their room that contains shoes.  they aren't lined up in pairs, just tossed in.  but it's been wonderful!  even jaron picks his shoes up and says "in bucket" when i ask him where his shoes go.  PLUS... he even PUTS them there!

we have a smaller house.  we've tried to use most every inch well.  i don't feel like we have a ton of clutter... but we do have stuff and that stuff takes up room!  our office/craft room is in jaron's closet (a 3'x4' closet).  we have one regular bar hung in each of the boys' closets and then a second bar hung up in the "extra space" at the top of the closet.  we hang winter coats and etc. up there.  it gets a bit musty in the summer heat... but it works for now!  it's an attempt at being organized and using what we have well.  ;)

obviously there is always room for improvement...  and i'll keep working at it.  i might just not be as gung-ho as i once anticipated.  who knows... maybe in a few months i'll have some real motivation to get stuff together!  ;)