The HerdKeeper

Busy busy busy Saturday 1. deep clean kitchen 2. clean my bedroom 3. fold clothes - check 4. pick out light fixture for school room - check (shopping on line) made Lowes list - play sand, garden hose, tomato cages, string - check 5. Prepare clothes, shoes and kids for church tomorow. 6. work with Josiah on English 7. make dinner - not sure what yet 8. clean out fridge and get it ready for grocery shopping trip - check 9. drop Bekah off to meet her boyfriend to go to a picnic - check Sunday 1. Sunday school at home with littles that are sick 2. Lunch as family 3. return clothes to dress barn 4. give Emma manicure and have her give me one.

When I first "discovered" workboxes Don said no way can we have 108 plastic shoe boxes and 9 racks floating around the house. I really wanted to try this and loved the look of the Trofast system I saw on the yahoo group but didn't want to spend the money for a possible maybe. I am an organizing junky. I have spent hundreds of dollars if not thousands on organizing books, systems, baskets etc. I was skeptical but I kept hearing rave reviews. So....... I bought a cheap coat rack and some shoe organizers and tried it out for a few of the kids. I loved loved loved the system, but hated hated hated the shoe rack it was weak and kept toppling over. After brainstorming with Don and explaining to him how effective this system is he caved in and bought the Trofast system. I just wanted a more permanent rack to hang my system from but Don was sure there was something that looked neater so I was forced to show him the Trofast system at Ikea. I originally thought this syst...