Mission Organization

I've been keeping myself soooo busy just completely organizing EVERYTHING. I'm getting ready to move soon and want to make it as easy as possible. I'm putting everything in containers and purging what we don't need. I started in the kitchen, then moved to the basement, garage and now the kids rooms. You should see my yard sale pile. I've got a ton of stuff to sell which is good.



Here are some before and afters of my basement.

Before~Yikes!



After~Much Better!





I organized all our junk into big Rubbermaid storage containers. Filled them with like items. A couple for Christmas, Halloween Decor, Kid clothes and toys I want to keep.

I've added storage items in each child's room to help them get a little more organized to.

This contains my Son's mass amount of Lego's. He can see what he needs a lot easier.






This helps organize my teenage Daughter's make-up, hair accessories, and jewelry. It was just all over the counters and I couldn't take it any longer. So while she was at school, I did this to her shelf.





She ended up liking it.

My youngest is only a toddler so she has many preschool toys to contain. I put them into pretty soft boxes that coordinate with her Cinderella room decor.






Her coloring, board books and puzzles I put into these drawers. They make these storage bins in so many pretty colors. Of course I went with pink for her and then labeled each drawer to remind everyone what is to only go inside.








I haven't stopped there. I'm onto organizing my paper files and office supplies.
I put together a file box that sits next to our landing spot. This is where everything is dumped when the kids get home from school or come home from shopping. You'll find backpacks, coats, shoes, purses, keys and of course mail. So in order to organize the incoming/outgoing paper I created this system. It's even got the kids school lunch menu on the front so I always know what to tell the kids they're having.





I've seen many types of these file boxes in blogland so I can't take credit for it. It's just my version of their wonderful idea.

I'm a women on a mission to contain the clutter and organize everything. It's really starting to look better around here.

Going Green

I'm celebrating the Irish way by going green and having a milkshake from McDonald's today!




Happy St. Patty's Everyone!

I Won A Giveaway!!!

I was so excited to learn I won a special giveaway being held over at http://clutterbug.me/. I have been faithfully following Cas and her wonderful cleaning/organizational tips for some time now. She shares her household tips through her blog and YouTube video's. Her giveaway was a box full of Cas' favorite cleaning supplies if she reached her goal of 1000 YouTube subscribers. Well I entered because I am a cleaning fool and to my surprise won when her channel grew in a matter of days. I knew she would have no problem getting there because she's such a riot and her video's are always so motivating for everyone who watches. You must subscribe if you haven't already. I want to help her reach her next goal of 5000 YouTube subscribers. The next lucky winner of that giveaway will get a roomba she says. Wow! Can you believe that? I know those little robot vacuum's are so wonderful to have. So please check out Maltose79 on YouTube and subscribe.

This is what came to me in the mail the other day. Sent all the way from Canada.



People might think I'm weird to get excited over cleaning products, but hey...I'm a neat girl. Clean makes me happy! :) Look scrub free for my bathroom. I've never tried this other product before maybe because it's only found in Canada? I think it's gonna be a new fav of mine though.



I always heard such great things about Method cleaners. I went out looking for them around my town but of course they don't sell them here. I was just about to order them online and then she sent me some. Yeah!



After giving them a try, my whole house smells wonderful. These products are scented and now I can't stop cleaning with the pink multi-purpose cleaner just to have that fresh grapefruit scent in the air. The blue glass cleaner smells like mint and the wipes are eucalyptus scented. I've got to try more of these products. I think I'm addicted.



She didn't stop there though. If that wasn't enough, she sent me a gift card to be able to purchase a Swiffer vac and mop. Isn't that just too much? I am thrilled and I have no excuse not to buy one now.



She also enclosed one of my favorite publications from Better Homes and Gardens. Whenever it comes out, I certainly grab one of the checkout shelf. She knows just what an organizing freak like me loves. There are sooooo many great ideas in this magazine. I can't put it down. If you want your home to look fab, you must pick up a copy for yourself.



All I can say is, Thank you soooo much Cas for all you sent. It was more then I ever expected to receive and I could not be happier. I'm using everything and it comes in perfect timing. We will be moving soon and will be needing all these supplies during the process.



Remember to check out her blog and enter her next giveaway!

Candles By Victoria

I'm loving my new candles and wax tarts from Candles by Victoria so much I just have to add these to my March favorites. I've been hearing about these yummy smelling, hand-poured with love for sometime now on you tube. I finally decided enough was enough and I was gonna order me some. Well this wonderful lady in Texas can make just about any scent your craving. She list over 500 currently. It was so hard to choose so I order two mason jars and a couple of scent shots as she calls them to try out. If your a Twilight fan, she has a lot of scents that smell like Jacob, Edward & Bella. I thought that was pretty cool, so I ordered me a couple of those. I have to say, it smells like your walking in the woods with them. She also throws in one free scent shot with each order. I received "Bubblegum" and it smells just the same. Every tart was right on as it was described. You must head on over to Candles By Victoria and order you one or two for yourself.







My house smells super yummy right now. Good-bye dirty diaper odor! :)