A Place for Everything...Including Bibs

I usually use the same bib for Little Girl several meals in a row. So, I always have this awkward problem of what to do with it after she's worn it once but it's still good to use for the next meal. I hate to leave it laying on her highchair or on the buffet - it looks untidy to me.

But, thanks to something I remembered seeing on Pinterest a while back and our little Sunday afternoon trip to Walmart, I found a solution to my problem. And all it took was a few dollars and 2 minutes of my time!

Mini Organization Challenge: The Medicine Cabinet

This past year has probably been the sickest year we've ever had. Probably due to the lack of sleep that a new baby brings, Hubby and I have had several cases of colds, strep throat, stomach bugs, and sinus infections. And, in that whirlwind of tiredness, headaches, and runny noses, our medicine cabinet has completely overflowed and turned into a sticky, expired mess.

So, after a little inspiration from Pinterest and a big energy kick that can only come from purchasing your very own label maker, I dove into our mess and got our medicine cabinet in tip-top shape.

I went to Walmart and got three containers that were tall enough to allow for the taller medicine bottles, such as NyQuil, and one container with three drawers. Then, I pulled everything out of our cabinet, threw away anything that was expired, and divided what as left into five categories. I typed my category names into my label maker, and, presto, my cabinet looked like this, after only 30 minutes of work!

I Found Happiness at Walmart for $17.98

There are many kinds of happiness - long-lasting, fleeting, eternal, heart-warming, giddy - and just to be clear, the happiness I found at Walmart for $17.98 is the earth-bound, non-eternal kind. But, nonetheless, it filled me with giddiness and renewed my zest for life. What is the source of this happiness, you ask?

A label maker! My very own, personal, hand-held label maker! I know - I'm weird, and strange, and probably slightly crazy - but that's okay because my label maker says I'm wonderful. Really....it printed a sticker with w-o-n-d-e-r-f-u-l on it and I stuck it to my shirt. 

I've been working on getting more organized, but this purchase pushed me over the edge and I'm now in full-fledged organization mode. Sadly, I only had time to get to one project this afternoon, which I'll post about tomorrow, but I have great plans for the coming weeks!

So, watch out world! I've got a label maker, and I'm not afraid to use it!

My Own Organization Challenge

I love organization - files, folders, baskets, and containers make me giddy, and there's no thrill like diving into a junky closet knowing in a few hours it will be all neat and tidy! Unfortunately, since I work and have a very busy almost-one-year-old, I can't seem to find the time to get my house all organized like I want. It makes me sad to scan through Pinterest, seeing all those great "organize your life in 30 days" posts, knowing that it's just not realistic for me to accomplish them.

My Very Own
So, I've decided to create my own challenge - this time, giving myself a month to complete a task! Each month I'll pick an organization project and work to complete it before the end of the month. If I'm able to complete other mini-projects too, then that will just be the icing on the cake!

September's Organization Project
For this month, my goal is to compile a meal planner binder. I want to create a master list of all the dinners I can fix, type out each recipe, along with recommended side items and an easy-to-read ingredients-to-buy list, and place them in the binder. I'll also probably divide it up by poultry, beef, pork, and seafood. Then, down the road, as I find new recipes, I'll put them into the same format and add them to the binder.

Lofty - I know - but it would be so handy once it was done. So, that's the first task of Ashlie's Slowly-But-Surely Organization Challenge! And, once it's done, I'll make sure and share with you.