My life, organized.

The title of this post=me+wishful thinking.

As I'm sitting here, enjoying the peace and quiet of a sleeping baby, classical cello music playing in the background, and a yummy bowl of hamb. helper stroganoff (I know, what??), I'm thinking about everything in my life that is, or rather, needs to be, organized.

My house.
Asher's toys.
Chris's electronic gadgets and cords and plugs and chargers, etc...
Kitchen tupperware.
Bills.
Socks.
Cleaning supplies.
Budget.
Photographs.
Purse.
What am I missing?

Oh yeah, my brain. If I don't have my thoughts in order, it's virtually impossible to organize anything else in my life. Sometimes I feel like my head is in a million places at one time. Looking inside one of my purses is probably a fairly accurate picture of what's going on inside this ol' pea brain of mine.

Ex. 1: Carol's purse-brain

There are few things I've stumbled upon that really help in the area of organization. Today's ramblings feature Dave Ramsey's budget buster. Chris and I took his Financial Peace University class as newlyweds, and as of today, we're $400 away from paying off $18,000 of debt! That doesn't mean, however, that we're budget experts. Far from it. Due to a huge income decrease recently, we are seriously budgeting every night. Not fun, especially when the decorating bug hits me like a freight train, but we can DO IT! Live like no one else, so that later, we can live like no one else.

Get yours here!

Since I no longer have the insane luxury of a house cleaner (almost wish we'd never gotten one, so I wouldn't know what I was missing!), I've starting using this here mom-friendly guide to cleaning your entire house, 15 minutes at a time. What a life saver. There's no such thing as "cleaning day" in this household. Not enough time, not with a toddler running around!

Print me!!!

Long sentence alert. And for all those THINGS in life, like hair appointments (which in reality are few and far between since I only use groupons for such things!), doctor appointments, bug infestation treatments (yes, unfortunately we have to allocate a fist-clenching sum of money every 3 months to keep the gross country critters out of our house), grocery shopping/husband babysitting-worthy errands, weekly goals (like maybe work out/eat right? Jilian Michaels would have a heart attack if she opened our fridge), etc, these FREE printable lists are a life saver! No more spending $15 on a calendar from Target! If you have a printer, and you have some ink, do yourself a favor and print these babies!

Get yours here!

Last but not least, I need to remember to take a moment to just sit. Not think. Not plan. Not worry. Relax. Relish the moments even if in the mess. Thank God for giving me all the things I have to organize. For giving me the sweet baby boy and wonderful husband to clean up after. For making me ME- one very messy yet willing to try woman!


In the words of Asher, "nat night, mama, dada, cup, moooooo, night night"