Creation Monday {Organization}

"Everything in it's place."- Ma Mere.

This is a classic quote from my Mom. She always reminds me of this when she comes to stay with us. It seems I'll leave a room and when I come back my Mom has organized it and put stuff away and it seems so tidy and clean. My Mom does not have OCD and she is not an anal person by any stretch of the imagination. She's just organized about certain things and values organization. I do too. It gives me a clear head.

I've been having little bouts of wanting to create some organization the past couple weeks.

I organized the basement... or as we call it "Andrew's cave." (But I think I'm going to change that perception that I have of it. I don't like the cave, but I think I just need to find ways to add more colour and then I'll want to spend time down there. I currently spend time down there when I'm working on French and Andrew's studying too. My friend suggests we call it the "the cove" not "the cave")
I wish I had before and after pics. It's pretty drastic the difference. We still have a bit more to do.

Found:

• lots of encouraging notes I've kept

• textbooks that i would like to look over

• lots of "keepsakes" of Andrew's that I refuse to go through!

• A bin of hand me down "older" clothes from my cousin for Jacob. Some of them do not fit him.

• Costco cash

• Tim Hortons card with $5.00 on it.

• 3 pieces of Mouse poop... uh oh.

I organized the pantry. Bought some baskets at Canadian Tire (I've found this to be the best place to find inexpensive baskets. Gosh. I heart baskets.)


I created a space for organization in the front hall. There's still a lot to do in this area.

I created some organization in our room.


I think now that I have my "crafty" stuff organized I'll be more inclined to remember I can be crafty.
look how cute those little pretend mason jars are? Yes. They are baby food jars.

Organizing Observations:

-I love organizing. I've gotten better over the years. I've learned to do things in stages. And complete one or a few things at a time. When I was younger and lived at my parents I would do a major organization in my room. Halfway through I would get distracted by music, reading notes, reading journals, a creative project and then have a huge mess and be exhausted or bored by organizing and then have a worse mess than when I started. Classic.

-Andrew and his notebooks. Andrew has about 15 notebooks and journals that he has started to write in. Andrew loves languages and bible study and most of these notebooks are notebooks that have been started that are devoted to one thing. He has about 5-10 pages (if that) at the beginning and then the rest are blank. This drives me nuts. I can't even articulate why.

-School papers. I almost don't want to keep them. I wish I had spent more time on my papers. Rereading some causes embarrassment and disappointment in my lack of discipline and hard work in school.

-Textbooks. I'm glad we've kept some of ours. They are big and some aren't that useful but I am a fan of all the textbooks we have.