Things I Organized Last Week

1. I’m so tired of the kids losing their stuff that I wrote our name and phone number with a permanent marker on every coat, jacket, bag and backpack I could get my hands on. Don’t ask me why I haven’t done this before! Hmmmm, could it be that I’m lazy?

2. I bought 9 under-bed totes, on sale for $3.50 each at Target, to organize the kids’ toys. I filled one with Lego’s, one with K’nex and one with cars to go under Victor’s bed. Persistence and I filled one with dishes, one with animals, one with her sleeping bag, and she used one for her “special” things that she doesn’t want her little sister to get into. Not that it will take Lovely long to figure out how to get into it. I filled two with extra laundry supplies and toiletries like soap and cotton balls to stash under my bed until I get my laundry storage finished.

3. I discovered, after printing labels for the containers in my baking center, that clear labels with black writing were not going to show up on black lids! I finally bought white tape for my label maker and made new labels.

4. I bought three more under bed storage containers. I love these! The kids and I organized our movies in them. One for me and one for them. There wasn’t quite room for all our movies so we put the extra in the donation bin. The kids and I all decided together which movies would go. Now I just need to buy more beds because there is no more room under beds we have and I want more of these containers!

5. I installed a towel hook in the front bathroom by the sink. Finally!

6. I hung a hook in my front entry for my chalkboard and another to hold chalk in a tin heart basket.

7. I installed another hook in my kitchen to hang a dish towel up away from little people and their dirty hands.

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