Be Strong and Courageous

Well I must say, getting behind on one week of the projects through my whole process off, but none the less here are a few looks at how I keep it organized. I  finally got around to taking a photo of the 'office' space for the paper clutter challenge. Now mind you I have a huge pile of papers in the craft room to deal with still - but let's not go there today. :)  Here is how I conquer our paper, mail comes in, we open almost immediately and then shred junk  or sort for later the bills and other things into the basket. I admit I will let it fill to the top some weeks before truly addressing the paper, it will then get paid, filed or shredded as well. I  keep a home management journal on the desk with the kids calendars all running as well as household go to's for menu's, upcoming events and such. The shredder and recycling basket get emptied pretty much every day. So my "before and afters' are not that different, although I did toss a few things ...

Faith Barista  is gving  away 3 copies of   Organized Simplicity  . It my next "I'd love to read in 2011" pick. Just wanted to share. She is one who is doing the Hot spot challenge I mentioned yesterday.

This weeks challenge is our closet, I think taking a peek in all the closets is necessary this week. As Spring tries to come, the change out of clothes and the growing children call me to check in on them all. Simple Mom  is hosting a 5 week challenge, in preparation for getting into the deep cleaning of Spring.