I am one who likes to be organized.
Actually, I love to be organized.
I don't function well when things are not organized.
I like to know where things are
and where they go when I am done with them.
I long for my family to have that same passion.
They don't, yet.
My organizational system has to be easy enough for the rest of the family,
who doesn't obssess over organization,
(I just LOVE that word - organization)
to utilize.
I had several different binders in the cupboard,
mismatched,
poorly labeled,
unproductive.
I saw a blog with this cute idea,
matching, scrapbooked binders.
If you are the blogger who posted this idea, please leave your link below.
I totally gapped out who inspired me and I would love to give you credit!
I made a mistake in buying binders from Target
in their new bulk section in the back of the store 6/$7.
These two weren't even used.
I checked the four I had completed,
and they were cracked already.
I knew when I bought them they were cheap and wouldn't last long.
I expected them to last longer than a week.
I brought them back and back individual, more expensive binders.
Grrr.
I love saving money as much as I love organizing.
Completed binders in cupboard.
Got rid of about ten unused cookbooks in the process.
Yea! Declutter!
*Amazing Grace and Jon both love to cook. They each have a binder for the recipes they have collected from other people and from magazines.
*Low Iodine - has the guidelines and recipes to follow the diet I need to utilize as part of the thyroid cancer treatment.
*Meal Planning - a work in progress where I am listing all types of meals I can make from each type of meat, salads, side dishes, breads, soups for quick inspirational reference
-have included various articles about menu planning, nutritional values, etc.
-one section for those magazine pages I have ripped out with recipes I want to try
*Christmas - contains lists of who we send and receive Christmas cards from each year and recipes for all our traditional goodies. Recipes easily get lost in my house, so I copied every Christmas recipe over in red and green fine tipped markers on index cards and keep in clear pages with slots.
*Household - one tab for the ongoing Case of the Leaky Dishwasher, one for doctors/dentists, one for garbage/recycle/yardwaste brochures, one for Honey Do projects, one for long-term projects
*Addresses - we have address listings for the church we attend, along with the directories from three other churches we have attended
Each binder is a work in progress and will be improved as we use it. For now, I just get excited everytime we open the door and see the red and white goodness gleaming from that top shelf.
This project SHOULD bind us together with cords of organization that cannot be broken.
What are YOU working on to organize your life?
