April showers bring...
April showers bring May organization??!! I guess so! The past 4 days have been nothing but rain here. Cold, rainy, dreary weather...yuck. The nice thing about it is that it has forced me into an organizational mindset.
It started last Thursday when the kids and I were playing in the toyroom. My son was playing with a toy and it was missing a piece. And so it began. I started in one bin and worked my way through them all, then the closet, then the bookshelf, then the craft cupboard. When I was done in the toyroom I went to work in the bedrooms...bye-bye old clothes. 4 garbage bags worth of clothes are sitting before me waiting to be tagged for a garage sale! And those 4 bags are only from MY closet!!!!!
I mean to tell you this place is ORGANIZED. I know where every piece to every toy is in our house. There are no unmatched socks waiting patiently in our drawers for their mate. All the pens are tucked safely in a little box in what used to be the "junk drawer". Magazines are all sorted by topic and are resting comfortably in their baskets.
Life is good. Now...I wonder how long this will last?!
On a sidenote: With all the rainy weather my poor kids have been cooped up for days. Thank goodness for Hullaballoo !! If you have pre-school aged tots running around you might consider buying this and tucking it away for a rainy day! So fun!!
Oh Jamie - I need you to come and visit my house. We need a little organization around here! So, when do you want to come to Phoenix? Ha ha! No really, good for you!
Posted by: Holly Brimhall | April 03, 2007 at 08:20 AM
It does feel good to finish an organization project! We'll be moving n a couple of months and I can just feel all the little organizing that needs to be done.
Posted by: Shelley Reynolds | April 04, 2007 at 06:00 PM
What a great project Jamie!!
How long did it take? Any problems with the kids freaking out about a toy being moved?
Posted by: sageg | April 05, 2007 at 04:31 AM
Ah order! Ah organization! Ah temporary fits of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder! :)
I did the same last night, and feel completely and utterly pleased about it! Happy spring tidying!
Posted by: paolo liloc | April 05, 2007 at 03:16 PM
Alright, that's it. You HAVE to come visit. I'm an organizational nut too but I need some help getting ready to move. Feel like cleaning 4 bags worth of old clothes out of MY closet (hee hee)?
Oh, did you carve out a spot for a new lens!?!?!?
Posted by: Rebecca | April 05, 2007 at 05:15 PM