Organization

Today as I was reading through Proverbs 31 verse 27 struck me. "She looketh well to the ways of her household, And eateth not the bread of idlenss." To look after your house well and to live up to all the virtues of the Proverbs 31 woman, one must be organized. I mean after all can you say your are looking after your house well if you have piles of stuff everywhere or it takes you forever to get something done because you are looking for the tools to do it. With this thought in mind I started wondering around the house just looking at each room carefully. Let me tell you I was not pleased with what I saw. My house is a far cry from organized. I knew it had been neglected because of working outside the home, my health, and all the other stuff that required my attention, but I just didn't realize how bad it had been neglected.

I then decided to do a google search about getting organized. The result was me coming across this article "52 Weeks of Organizing". I then went around with my camera and took pictures of all the areas I want to get organized. I have come up with 45 things for my list so far. Here they are:

1. cabinet under the kitchen sink

2. pan cabinet

3. cereal cabinet

4. top of piano

5. top of Ashton's dresser

6. top of Cyrus' dresser

7.top of Genesis' dresser

8. top of Joe's dresser

9. desk in schoolroom

10. top of dryer

11. shelves in Genesis' room

12. brown bookcase in schoolroom

13. blue bookcase in schoolroom

14. green shelves in schoolroom

15. file cabinet

16. plastic drawers in schoolroom

17. living room blankets

18. bulletin board

19. shelves in boys room

20 toys in boy's room

21. shoes in boy's room

22. toys in Genesis' room

23. entry way in kitchen

24. kitchen closet

25. top of fridges

26. inside fridges and stove drawer

27. kitchen counter

28. desk in master bedroom

29. TV table in master bedroom

30. master closet

31. bookcases in hallway

32. junk drawer in kitchen

33. incoming mail

34. basement pantry shelves

35. seasonal decorations

36. laundry

37. craft items

38. canning supplies

39. seasonal / outgrown clothes

40. donation clothes/stuff

41. seasonal dishes

42. cleaners

43. bath toys

44. household notebook

45. kids home-school stuff

I probably will not do this in the order it is written but at least I have a list that I can mark off as I go. I will post pictures and explain what I did as I go. I have already organized some of my kitchen cabinets simply because I couldn't take it anymore. Trying to prepare meals was becoming quite the hassle. I have noticed that once I have something organized it is much easier to get what I need done.

Also our home is not large we have 1120 square feet and only 3 closets for 6 people. The basement is damp so I can only store some stuff down there. I know though, that we could live here comfortably with a little organization and purging. No more chaos or tripping over stuff. I will be ruthless in my pursuit to make this home work for us.