Photo 24: Organizing

I have been eyeing this idea for a while thanks to pinterest, and yesterday at a yard sale I found two of them for a dollar each! I don't think they are the same quality as the ones in the original post, but I wasn't going to complain for a dollar!
After a good wipe down and some tags (you can find editable ones here) I have now finished my box for home! (the other one is for school!)

Even Will was excited that now he knows where to look for the extra flash drives that have been laying around the house, and now I know EXACTLY where to put that post-it note pad that was laying on the desk! It is filled with mostly stationary stuff and a little bit of craft stuff.
The other one for school will be so helpful in helping me keep my desk clear! My problem every years is that the edges get cluttered with all the little things I want to have at my finger tips, but now they will be contained in a little drawers. YAY!
June has been my organization month. Clutter constantly seems to develop because of all the random projects I have going (i still have frames all over the place until I finish my picture wall) It is mostly in the "blue room" as we call it. That is where I throw stuff on the couch and shut the door so Alex can't get to it!
anyways, another fun project was making labels for my canisters! You can download the labels I made here. I used the Avery clear shipping labels for the project. 

Side Dish #19: The Organized Life

Katie and Organization is kind of an oxymoron! I like to be organized, but piles slowly develop, and the clutter keeps coming back! Plus as a working mom, hours to commit to organization are few and far between!

A couple months ago I was looking at different "family binders" online and thought to myself: WOW some people are overly organized! :) But I did think that having a binder for our finances, meal planning, and projects and such would help my world feel less chaotic! Planning meals also helps me when I am grocery shopping and thinking about what new recipes I need to try! I try and do our big food shopping just twice a month, so plan out meals for two weeks.

So I proceeded to avoid things I really need to do by making these fun sheets to keep me organized. When it is cute that helps with the motivation right ! :) I also liked being able to make them exactly how I wanted.

here is what a couple pages looks like but the rest of them are here. (Hopefully it will work, I'm not skilled enough in blogging to figure out how documents too well :) )



So far I have kind failed at using the chore checklist effectively(I HATE cleaning!), But I do better with the finances and meal planner. I stick a copy of our budget at the front of the finances page too to keep a paper copy of that as well! Hopefully by the end of 2012 I will be a more organized person with less clutter! :) (well, it is a nice wish!)