Organization

It all started with this box.

I was at Target and I noticed it was on sale for 97 cent.

NINETY SEVEN CENTS?!?! That is better than you can get at the dollar tree! (see I can be good at math sometimes)

I decided that I couldn't pass up plastic bins for 97 cents. I didn't know what I would do with them, but I'm always up for an organizing project so I snatched them up.

I made sure to quiet that voice in the back of my head. It wasn't the holy spirit but instead it was the voice of Luke reminding me that while I was gone he didn't spend any money at Target yet I seem to spend money there everyday.

Different strokes for different folks.

I brought the 97 cent tubs home and set them aside for the moment when the organization bug hit me.

I was sitting in the living room when the moment struck me. The credenza in our living room needed to be organized. It came to me like a vision.

Good thing I had those handy dandy tubs to fulfill my vision.

The credenza had become my "catch-all" and was in need of some special attention.

After spending about 30 seconds fulfilling my vision I quickly realized I was going to need more plastic tubs.

Again, I quieted the Luke voice in my mind and made a plan to go to Target and buy tubs and ONLY tubs.

Several 97 cent tubs later (followed by coco puffs, Gouda cheese, lemonade and other necessities) I headed home to please my organization yearning heart.

I'm happy to say that I got the credenza organized.

I'm not so happy to say that I got a little over zealous and started organizing various areas in the house all at the same time.

I emptied every drawer of my desk. I dumped out the drawers on our bookshelf, and I cleaned out the junk drawer in the kitchen.

Please tell me everyone has a junk drawer in their kitchen. Or just lie to me.

So now I have an organized credenza, an organized junk drawer and piles of CRAP all throughout my house.

The Credenza before (of course I had to include a pic of my sidekick)

Credenza after:

And the junk drawer. I SO wish I had a before picture because it was bad bad bad. Full of papers and coupons and just nonsense:

These two areas in my house look so good I've almost forgotten about the rest of the "stuff" laying around that needs an organized home.

Where is that vision when I need it? 

I now have more objects that need organization than I have organization tubs and also organization ideas.

I have no idea what to do with all my sentimental cards, instructions manuals that need to be saved, old bible studies that I don't want to get rid of and so on and so on.

I feel like that was the opening scene to an episode of Hoarders.


Some of my piles that need a home, is this the beginning stages of hoarding?

Now I just need to figure out how to convince Luke that a trip to Target tomorrow is necessary. Until then please excuse the piles of random papers scattered throughout our house.

Maybe I don't need to go to Target everyday, if this is the result.