Getting Organized!

A few weeks ago I attended the most inspiring Relief Socitey meeting where we learned how to organize our homes. The class was taught by the amazing Camie Christensen, who could seriously be the CEO of the world because that's how organized she is. Since that meeting I have been an Organizing machine! I tore through my house like a woman on a mission. I threw away 3 huge garbage bags of toys and lame stuff we never use. I sold some things on craigslist, gathered a few big boxes of clothes to ship to my sister, and took 5 huge garbage bags full of clothes and toys to Goodwill. WOW that felt GOOD!

I bought a bunch of plastic trays, bins and containers and starting organizing my junk drawers, bathroom drawers, desk drawers and closets. I also did a pretty good number on my pantry. She told us to Find a home for everything you own, and every night, return everything to its home. That advice has saved my life! My house is so much easier to clean, keep clean, and navigate. I used to be the ONLY person around here who knew where anything was because we didn't have proper homes for everything. Well now I can confidently leave anyone in charge and know they'll have no problem finding what they need : )


I present you, the drawer of organization (formerly known as the black hole or junk drawer) No more digging around to find what I need, everything's in its home, right where I can find it.

My Pantry used to be a nightmare too. Boxes would sit on the shelves totally empty, and I wouldn't even realize it. Camie suggested buying some clear sterilite plastic containers to put kid snacks like granola bars, fruit snacks, chips, etc.. in. That way they are accessible and easy to keep track of when the inventory is getting low.

I Also like that they're down on Teya's level so she can just open the pantry and get what she needs. The best part is those containers are only 97 cents each at Wal-mart. Easy and cheap.

Finally found a home for our shoes that pile up by the back door. I have one of these by the front door but we never come in that way. Bought one to go in the closet by our back door and our entry way is no longer clogged up with shoes!

I've had so much fun purging and organizing my closets and drawers that now I'm ready to hit my filing cabinets! Camie told us that 80% of what we file is never looked at again. A couple days ago I bought this bad boy, time to get rid of that extra 80%!!