A New Closet for the Boys

I hate, hate, hate washing clean clothes. Every Saturday the boys would bring down a monstrous load (their designated wash day) and I would find clothes still on the hanger or folded. I can not begin to tell you how frustrating this is.

So I brainstormed and Don put my vision into existence. We are on Day 3 of this new system and I have to say it is absolutely wonderful. My 6 year old can now find what he needs and get dressed by himself without coming down without something missing. Putting clothes away is a snap and even I do not mind doing it for them because it takes seconds. I can actually see what they have, what they need and what we can do without. NO excess flowing out onto the floor. I actually ended up with a garbage bag of clothes that were so old and stained that they only decent place was the trash and I came away with two bins of winter clothes to pack away to get out in a few short months. Each boy has 10 slots and each slot holds, shorts, shirt, undies and socks. The bin above holds PJ's, slippers, a box with their toothbrush, toothpaste and dental floss.

This closet holds clothes for 3 boys (12, 10, 6). I am getting ready to design the closet that my 15 year old and 1 year old son share. He will need something bigger to hold his clothes since he is bigger. Thinking, thinking, thinking.

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The Bible is not a self-help book

My dear sweet friend has invited me and my children to come once a week and study I Peter via video web cast. It is a church in Washington State, Mars Hill Church. www.marshillchurch.org. Anyway, he was speaking of the Old Testament being about Jesus and the New Testament being about Jesus. He reviewed many prophesies fulfilled and it was beautiful to be reminded of all that Jesus has done and will do. It is all about Jesus! Out of all the things he said the thing that struck me the most was that the Bible is not a self-help book. Big deal you say. Think about this. How many books in the Christian book store are self-help books. If you do this, you will get this result. If you have this problem read, pray and meditate on this verse, chapter, principle etc. The Bible is not some rule book. Follow the rules and you will get xyz. If you have this problem and follow this formula your results will be..... That is not to say that there is not instruction and warning and tho...

I yearn for order, I love order, I crave order.

Messes seem to paralyze me. You would not guess this from the state of my house. (this is our sock and laundry pile) However, I am also a low key, not a high energy person mostly due to health issues and fatigue. So... I plan. I love to plan actually. I plan meals, I plan organizational ideas, I plan school, I plan to plan. My school year starts out with me reflecting on what I didn't like and did like about the last school year. There are some years I realize that we used a method or curriculum that is diametrically opposed to our homeschool philosophy. This past year is a good example of this reflection. For our family, workbooks aren't necessarily a good tool for us to learn, neither are lapbooks. This year I picked up a workbook for everything. I even had more than one for most subjects. Just the 3 R's took hours, retention was lower than I wanted and the fun Konos stuff tended to be left out in favor for, another workbook. So armed with ...

I am going to try again. Spending less time on Facebook to record our funnies and more time here. Life moves to fast not to record these precious moment in my life. A new endeavor, combined with a not so new endeavor. Cooking! For a long time now, cooking has been about feeding the masses aka the herd. Meal planning happened on the way to the grocery store. I have not been enjoying the process or even caring what we ate as long as everyone ate it and it was relatively healthy. As I was surfing the internet I ran across something I just HAD to try. It is a menu planning program that allows you to plop in recipes from the web, maintains a grocery list, you can add your own AND it has mobile capabilities! Plan to Eat.... I have signed up for the 30 day free trial. The beauty of this trial is I didn't have to give a credit card number and then cancel. I'll let you know how this works. plantoeat.com

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