Ahhhhhhhh...Much Better (II)

Hey...I've discovered the cure for procrastination!!!! All you have to do is post a promise out there on the World Wide Web...... then there's no turning back. Hee-hee!!! :-D

Okay, if truth be told...the title really should have read...'Somewhat Better', because I still have LOTS of bins full of supplies that still need to find a permanent home, but I made a good dent in the situation this week.


This tower shelf unit (below) used to be in the laundry room, but it wasn't being used efficiently and I had two, so I brought one upstairs. I got them a long time ago from a store that has since gone out of business. Sorry. : (
The "door" that now sits horizontal on stacking drawers came from the City Dump while we were there throwing away some of our junk, two visits ago. My thanks goes to the donor.



The little Lazy Susan, above, came from Pottery Barn (thanks to a gift card I had from my son and DIL...thanks you two!), but the little buckets to go into the slots were WAY overpriced, so I got these white ones from Target for $1.00 each.
Another one of my "inventions" made from something I got at the Thrift Store. Don't even try to get into my brain...it's WAY too scary in there! :-D

This (below) used to store shoes. Now it stores my bottle collection.
Can someone please tell me what my obsession with decorated bottles, is all about? Some of these, I have made, some are purchased (above). Why are they so charming? Do I have a sickness? Is there a cure? Again, a rhetorical question...don't answer!!




Tweet!
If you've been around for awhile, you'll remember how this "Guestroom" turns into a "Studio" when our friends and family go back home.

AND NOW...
I have a new Secret Weapon. Would you like me to share it with you?

I wish I could take credit for this idea. I read about this system a long time ago in either Confessions of an Organized Housewife or...The Joy of Homemaking. Which ever one it was...thank you dear author! Normally, if I can't see it, I forget I have it or forget where it is.



BY THE WAY...this "roll-a-dex" came with all those cards. I promise I've only filled out a few so far.



Well, I hope you enjoyed my attempt to get a handle on the insanity around here. Thanks for all the encouraging comments and (personal confessions) about your craft spaces, too. : )

Ahhhhhhhhhhh...Much Better!

Thanks for your patience while I took a sanity break.
Once, many moons ago, my sister and I attended a lecture by the woman who wrote, Confessions of an Organized Housewife. The main thing I remembered from that day was the following quote, "DIVIDE AND CONQUER".
So I really tried to use that theory while organizing and putting away all of our Christmas stuff. Hopefully, Christmas 2010 will run a bit smoother. : )
See these red boxes above? I got them free from Target about a week after Christmas. They were just sitting, empty, back in the Christmas section, so I took them to the front with me while checking out and asked if they would mind if I took them home. As you can see...no problem. : )
These black trash bags, below, always get thrown into the attic, but I've never labeled them before. Why not?



Onto the closet under the stairs. BTW, I got this over-the-door rack at some organizational store several years ago. I love it!!!
DIVIDE AND CONQUER, right???







Call me a weirdo (because I am) but I want to keep my nice bows from getting squished. No one ever sees this wall inside the little closet.
Onto the garage. These big bins went on sale at Target just after Thanksgiving for $3.99 each!!!



Notice I was not willing to pan around and photograph the rest of the garage. But as they say, "The war was not won in a day". Maybe there's hope for me yet.
I didn't take many pics of my mom last Wednesday because I still wasn't feeling "up to par", but I thought these were darling. Here she is enjoying the photo of her latest new great grandchild.
So precious. Great photography, Joanna!!!
And last, a photo of my mom's caregiver, Sam, with her. Thanks for all you do, Sam!!!
Happy Wednesday.
M.L.