On the move : Box 1

When you have a whole house to pack it can be a daunting task. No different for me. There are two ways to look at it tackle the smallest room and get it done quickly or tackle the hardest room and know the rest will get easier. Today I'm in a getter done kind of mood. Master bath it is. 

This shouldn't take to long ! 

  Now I'm off to pack , let's see now what was that advice : 

sort in to keep, trash, give away piles ok here goes....

ON THE MOVE !!!

No good reason and several hundred reasons why it's been so long since my last post. 

A Recap since March to present day. !! twins !!

Yep we are proud grandparents of six the last two being twins. I was blessed to be able to help care for them as my daughter had to go back to work. My day had to be organized to the point of knowing what time it was by the cry I heard coming from the other room. Slowly our home turned into make shift nursey with each room dedicated to different activity. Eating was the kitchen with proper baby chairs and the right number of bottle, bibs,and spoons freshly wash by pap every night. The living room was a play room and time of adventure as the twins played ,bounced ,crawled , and occasionally napped Julia an I listened to Odessy tapes for hours ..even a picnic or two  in the living room on the blanket that covered most all carpet areas from baby burps.

If we where not listening to adventures we swam with one baby in tow at a time ; both got to swim with us if we had extra help.  We had a big out doors blanket Under the shade for nap time in the out of doors. 

Bed room was nap room and changeing room. TV room well that was a little of every thing,Some days as we got more perfected in the everyday routine..this went on all summer. When the kids went home we spent the evening getting ready to do it all over the next day. No two days where the same yet there was a comfortable routine....than August came well it started  in July but by august we where helping the kids and their folks move. No sooner did we get them settled in their new home and us back home our selves; we through a series of unrelated events are moving as well. I hope to blog about how I organize my self and my hubby to get all our stuff in to our newly built home. Oh and how we get my mother organized and moved in to that newly built home too. yep a new phase in my life.. Can't wait to see what God has In store. I'm sure I will need to keep it organized along the the way. 

So though this is not my normal blog I hope you will join me for my next adventure of 

"get organized with Kim, the big move !" 

Of course my first tip to any one moving:

 is to sort your stuff in to piles what to Keep, pass on, throw away ...

I see boxes in my future.

Scarf over load

How many of you have several different scarf's ?  I do and I have to say I didn't wear them very often. Mainly because they where neatly folded up in the bottom of a drawer. I found a way to keep them neat, organized and easy to get to. 

I bought towel hooks, they are bigger so you can put several scarf 's on a hook. I have a few hooks so I can have the scarves organized. You can organzie by color or weight ( warm weather cold weather),or style. That is up to you an what fits your needs best.

You can place the hooks on the wall as decoration if you like to see your scarfs. You can place the hooks in your closet on the inside of the door or just in side the door on the wall. What works best for you is what will keep the scarfs organized..

SHARED SPACES II ( home office )

I share a desk at home with my husband. No big deal right ? Well we been married a while an I don't like to share my stuff . I've always looked at my desk as my space to do my thing ,create those big ideas,write that book about raising a family, pen a card or letter. May be crafts,well may be not so much crafts..I take up what ever space I need depending on the project at hand even the man space out in the garage. He shares his things well.  Good man !!

Oh and those all important bills need paid each month, work on the computer, long with sorting that mail,writing this blog. You get the idea. 

He on the other hand has a more basic use for the desk here at home,use the lap top which is mine when needed and any unexpected siting at a desk when he is away from his office.. 

Here is what it did to keep it the way I liked it an let my husband in to my space. You got it !

 I shared my things and no longer referred to them as mine but ours. I gave him space to put his reading glasses. 

An use of all the fun stuff on the desk.  He has to look at the way I decorate the space but he is not as attached so that's no big deal. Some times getting organized is a mind set. This sharing the desk worked because we both like to things back in there place. For the most part..

  

VALENTINES DAY

WHAT DOES THIS DOOR IN THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE HAVE TO DO WITH VANENTINES DAY OR ORGANIAZION YOU SAY? THINK OF YOUR LOVED ONE TODAY  AND THINK OF ALL THE WAYS YOU CAN OPEN THE DOOR TO SHOWING THAT SPECIAL SOME ONE HOW MUCH YOU LOVE THEM BY GETTING ORGANIZED! 
 IT WILL BE EASIER TO FIND THAT CARD YOU BOUGHT  FOR THEMLAST WEEK  TOO, WHEN YOU GET ORGANIZED .
DONT LET YOUR STUFF BE LOST SOME WHERE BE HIND A CLOSED DOOR  TO NO WHERE!
BUT GET ORGANIZED WITH KIM .
 DROP ME A LINE BY CLICKING THE LINK ABOVE AND I WILL TRY TO ADDRESS YOU QUESTION IN FURTURE BLOGS.
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

SHARED SPACES

If you work in a shared space at work you need to think of the others you share the space with.

Here are some tips that might help keep the peace. If you bring some thing in to the space for all to share, let others know it is for that sharing with every one. If what you bring in is not really needed or does not seem to be getting used, ask the others if they are using it or if it's just taking up space? If it's the later take it home or pass it on to some one who wants it or get rid of it. You don't want things to pile up. So it's important not to bring In things from home just to get them out of your house. Most likely no one else will clean out the space you share because you are rhe one that brought the stuff in an you should be the one to clean it out. 

If you bring things in just for your use keep in some kind of container appropriate for the space.keep it nearer to you place, that way it's not out in the open and it is also not in the way. Leaving the common area free for others to use..

The Christmas list

The list for me works best on paper !

 But it can be on your phone or any other form of reminder you use. 

The other day my husband and made four trips around the block from one store to home to the other store. Had we made a list or at least had a planed to go from store to store we would have made better use of our time.. I have to say we where blessed and hit a lot of good deals. 

That made up for all back and forth. 

Here to making a list and checking it twice!! Merry Christmas.