tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62249104644226592952024-02-19T07:53:43.365-06:00Simple SpacesLive Simply So You May Simply LiveSimpleSpaceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396136076214807695noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224910464422659295.post-16983900472925070032018-11-24T15:31:00.003-06:002018-11-24T15:33:56.204-06:00Pumpkin Coffee Cake... Oh My!I’m making a tasty fall dish thanks to #KrogerCo! #AwesomeAndAffordable #MyMagazineSharing #FreeSample<br />
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We had some extra pumpkin and decided to make another recipe... Thanks for the recipe, Dorothy!<br />
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https://plus.google.com/105091089947321684269/posts<br />
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SimpleSpaceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396136076214807695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224910464422659295.post-65776885873563383112012-11-16T20:05:00.000-06:002012-11-16T20:12:15.360-06:00Happy Clean Out Your Fridge Day!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That's me. Do you see my joy? (My four<br />
year old took this picture... she'll be so<br />
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So... I actually missed the holiday by a day. I was out working yesterday and time just didn't allow for it. Plus, one step leads to another, and well, it was just easier to leave to my weekly cleaning day. Mine is Friday. Most people like Fridays. I loathe the cleaning on Friday, so I enjoy them a bit less than perhaps you do.<br />
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(What? She hates cleaning?! She's an organizer?!) - that may have been you...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scrubbing down the drawers.<br />
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Yes, I hate cleaning. Organizing is not cleaning. I totally Internet dictionary link you for the difference: <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cleaning?s=t" target="_blank">cleaning</a> <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/organizing?s=t" target="_blank">organizing</a> Did you see the definition 3 of cleaning? It says "killing". Sometimes I feel like it kills me just a little inside. So, in conclusion, I like to organize. I will totally wipe of a pantry cabinet before putting your canned beans on it, but you get to clean the floor later. :-)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Why am I'm so happy?</td></tr>
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So, I digress from the happiness of the holiday. It's clean out your fridge day which does border on cleaning and organizing. One, I did have to get out a toothpick and pick away at the orangish grime that was lurking in the back corner of the fridge. But two, I got to decide how I could more orderly put back all my condiments... should I alphabetize, or put kid friendly ones together, color coordinate, or just totally go nuts and put my mustard and worchestershireshireshire sauce together? The possibilities were truly endless. (heart-flutters!)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My husband was taking pictures.<br />
Not sure why he thought you might<br />
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I admit, I'm not home for the holidays, so my fridge is way on the empty side. I pulled all the shelves (except the bottom) out in the morning before leaving for the day, so they could warm up. Upon returning, I washed those down with hot water and soap and some vinegar based cleanser. I arranged the shelves back, wiped down the sticky jars and bottles, and placed them back in the fridge.<br />
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Upon finishing cleaning the fridge, there was the pile of crumbs and crud on the floor to deal with. Of all the chores I loathe the most, it's cleaning the floor that makes me the most cranky. Maybe because it is always last. I even got a Swiffer Wet Jet, because the lady in the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuXyhvtnMrE" target="_blank">commercial</a> looked so happy when she was done, I thought it would help. I don't think they make it 100% clear what's in that cup at the end, but I beg to bet it's might be more than coffee.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finished! (Why yes, that is a 5 lb. bag of baby carrots in there.)</td></tr>
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Anyways, hope you had a great Clean Out Your Fridge Day, too! Send me some pictures!<br />
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<a href="mailto:SimpleSpacesMelissa@hotmail.com">SimpleSpacesMelissa@hotmail.com</a>SimpleSpaceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396136076214807695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224910464422659295.post-87017439124904886892012-06-21T15:10:00.000-05:002012-06-21T15:10:05.122-05:00Fresh Start in a New HomeI had the absolute pleasure of helping a new homeowner create a look for her new pantry (this is a HUGE pantry) in her 4-day-old-home. Check it out!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">R. wanted a clean look... she has lots of categories of snacks, nuts, raisins, granola bars, etc. that she wanted accessible for her 5 and 7 year old. We gave her lots of eye-level labeled bins to do so. R. had plenty of room for this... don't plan on doing this in a small pantry.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the next shelf up, we placed open bins to contain like items... rice, pasta, vinegars, and oils, to name a few. We placed the lids on the shelf as a place holder (and to keep the clean color-line there).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cans, stocks, soups, and sauces were grouped together and placed accordingly on the shelves.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">R. wanted a place for her girls to get their own breakfast, so we placed the cereals in easy to open, easy to pour containers on the bottom shelf. The girls were so excited to see (and happy to not have to deal with flimsy boxes). You may notice the boxes at the end of the shelf... those are boxes that are either unopened, or overflow on the snapware containers. R. promised that in the future, her family would only have 5 open kinds of cereal!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's the overall look of this shelf. Thanks R.!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>SimpleSpaceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396136076214807695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224910464422659295.post-80806449376518709692012-02-23T13:21:00.000-06:002012-02-23T13:21:03.402-06:00Church Nursery - Part 4 of 4: The ResultsHere are the results! Make sure you view <a href="http://simplespacessimplylive.blogspot.com/2012/02/church-nursery-part-1-of-4-before.html" target="_blank">Part 1</a>, <a href="http://simplespacessimplylive.blogspot.com/2012/02/church-nursery-part-2-of-4-prep.html" target="_blank">Part 2</a>, and <a href="http://simplespacessimplylive.blogspot.com/2012/02/church-nursery-part-3-of-4-during.html" target="_blank">Part 3</a> first...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We loaded 84 boxes into the nursery in all. That's 84 buckets, one label for the front, and one for the back... plus all the other labels, and that's a lot of labels!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Adding matching buckets, and coordinating (black and white) homemade clipboards made the nursery have a clean look.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We added the new coloring sheet filing boxes to the counters in the three oldest classrooms.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Everything was neatly placed INSIDE the changing table and the changing table can actually be used solely as a changing table!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Labels were added to the outside of cabinets to contain larger toys.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the nursery director's request, we wanted to create a system to keep the toys cleaned on a regular basis. Thus, she added a cleaning bucket and towel to be kept in each room. On a rotating schedule, the toys will be cleaned, rinsed, and dried overnight. The next day, the next rotation of staff will replace the toys in the correct bin.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Also, at the director's request, we created a standardized way of putting tools away. This way each rotation of staff, despite what class they are in, will know where the tools are.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One classroom did not have the cubbies where we could put the standarized black and white tubs. We used the <a href="http://www.walmart.com/ip/Sterilite-25-Qt-Modular-Latch-Box-Set-of-4-Clear/15940606" target="_blank">Sterilite Latch Boxes</a> (of various sizes) in this cabinet, instead.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Remember the cribs that were filled with large toys in the <a href="http://simplespacessimplylive.blogspot.com/2012/02/church-nursery-part-1-of-4-before.html" target="_blank">"before" part</a>? Check out how they can now be used for slumbering children!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally, we made sure we had a labeled place for a first aid kit in each room.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>This project took a total of 4 working days (approximately 5 hours each) plus shopping and prep work.SimpleSpaceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396136076214807695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224910464422659295.post-24595531895246073972012-02-21T07:36:00.000-06:002012-02-21T07:36:39.977-06:00Church Nursery - Part 3 of 4: The DuringOnce we looked at it and discussed it (<a href="http://simplespacessimplylive.blogspot.com/2012/02/church-nursery-part-1-of-4-before.html" target="_blank">Part 1</a>), and prepared for it (<a href="http://simplespacessimplylive.blogspot.com/2012/02/church-nursery-part-2-of-4-prep.html" target="_blank">Part 2</a>), it was time to work on it... thus, Part 3!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We're in! We piled everything in a (not being used at the time) classroom and got to work filling the bins.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Play-doh, diapers of specific sizes, dot markers...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">... and new crayons!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We took all of the plastic balls, toys, little people, and "food" and gave them a bleach bath, through rinse, and dried them on towels overnight.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If you give your toys a bath, be sure to "stir" them while drying every now and then so that you aren't pooling any water in one space (note the legos that are upside down...)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The next day we sorted all the toys based on age appropriateness and what they had in their rooms. <br />
(Do they have a kitchen? Are there baby dolls available?)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mega blocks, for example, were distributed evenly to three different rooms.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Once the bins were filled, we distributed outside each room, and then started filling the rooms in a standardized way. This way, when a nursery worker goes from one room to another, things are easy to find. (Check out Part 4... coming soon!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We hung the new clipboards, too.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And started to fill in the cubby spaces.</td></tr>
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Part 4 is coming soon... check out our conclusion!<br />
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Remember, you can always <a href="mailto:SimpleSpacesMelissa@hotmail.com" target="_blank">email me</a> if you have questions you would like me to research or ideas you would like me to share!SimpleSpaceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396136076214807695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224910464422659295.post-5760773026736250482012-02-15T07:39:00.000-06:002012-02-15T07:39:23.182-06:00Church Nursery - Part 2 of 4: The PrepSo after we looked at the existing nursery (see <a href="http://simplespacessimplylive.blogspot.com/2012/02/church-nursery-part-1-of-4-before.html?spref=fb" target="_blank">Part 1</a>:The Before), I sat down with the nursery directory to go over budget, expectations, and times that we could work.<br />
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Because it is a <em>working</em> nursery - meaning there are people in and out of it all the time, we had to dodge that a bit. I did as much prep work as I could at home, and then we moved in (and hid in an unused classroom).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Step One: Fight with label maker (apparently my roller was sticky, because after I cleaned it (and printed the label, "HELP!", in desperation) it worked.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prints lots of labels. One item that we decided the "older" classes needed was a place to store coloring pages and construction paper. For three rooms, we made labels, folders, and file boxes.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I needed some crafty help - in the name of my friend, Brandi. She's handy, crafty, and just the right person to help me make eight (!) clipboards for the classrooms. Thanks to a few tips from <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Cdiv%20style='padding-bottom:%202px;%20line-height:%200px'%3E%3Ca%20href='http://pinterest.com/pin/265149496780945558/'%20target='_blank'%3E%3Cimg%20src='http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/265149496780945558_mXenLPI1_c.jpg'%20border='0'%20width='553'%20height%20='738'/%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20style='float:%20left;%20padding-top:%200px;%20padding-bottom:%200px;'%3E%3Cp%20style='font-size:%2010px;%20color:%20#76838b;'>Source: <a style='text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: #76838b;' href=''>Uploaded by user</a> via <a style='text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10px; color: #76838b;' href='http://pinterest.com/jeff_latham2/' target='_blank'>Erin</a> on <a style='text-decoration: underline; color: #76838b;' href='http://pinterest.com' target='_blank'>Pinterest</a></p></div>" target="_blank">Pintrest</a>, check out how well they turned out! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Also added some crafty little pens (a pen, some electrical tape, and a fake flower) so the pens in the nursery wouldn't "run" off accidently.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All different, but all black and white, to match our Container Store boxes.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5 Walmarts (I love the Sterlite Modular Latch Containers) later I had all my boxes and got set to label...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">... and to try to get creative in how I photographed my stacking ...</td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">... until I was done. Then it was compression time, time to stack within stacks, so that it could all fit in my car (with my and my 2 assistants... er, kids)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I was 100% looking like a container hoarder when we loaded up Sunday night to begin work Monday morning...</td></tr>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tune in next time for Part 3 of 4: The During!</div>SimpleSpaceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396136076214807695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224910464422659295.post-83577768789050928932012-02-10T10:17:00.000-06:002012-02-10T10:17:17.805-06:00Church Nursery - Part 1 of 4: The BeforeI love this church - and the nursery is where my kids began any "formal" education. It was the first place I every dropped off my kids and left them in the hands of a stranger.<br />
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But, the place needed some updating. A few years ago, the nursery did a massive makeover: painted the walls, got a new technology system, etc. What they needed now was a reorganization.<br />
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This 8 room nursery took the nursery director and I nearly 5, 5 hour days to complete (after the shopping and prep work.) This first part of the blog shows you what I started with.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In a working church nursery, cubbies aren't being "owned" by a specific child, and therefore don't need to be open to use by the children. Diaper bags can be placed on the hooks below for storage. The cubbies are needed for neatly storing toys, teacher items, and cleaning supplies.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Many of the toys found in this closet (there is one closet for every other room in this nursery) were not known to even be there. We actually made the plan to remove the toys from the closet so that they could be accessed by the children.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This room had large toys on the top of the cubbies, but the "accessories" were no where to be found.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Without a proper place to store toys, things were placed on top of changing tables for storage.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cleaning supplies were left in cubbies - safely out the way of children, but using valuable space.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some rooms had lots of toys... other's had a few.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cabinets and storage in general was already plentiful. It was just illorganized and underutilized.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baby Cages... no, not really really cages, but cribs were being used for large toy storage.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One room, used as a secondary room for babies, was being used more as a storage facility. As toys came in (donations, purchases, etc.), they were placed here with really no place to go. They needed to be cleaned properly, and placed in the age appropriate room.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Tune in next time... for part 2: The PrepSimpleSpaceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396136076214807695noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224910464422659295.post-31246760579356696402012-01-26T13:14:00.000-06:002012-01-26T13:14:28.726-06:00Which Label Maker Do You Use?I was asked, following a presentation at the WONDERFUL Foundry Faith Academy PTO meeting yesterday, "Which label maker do you use?"<br />
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<span style="font-family: Franklin Gothic Medium;">I have 2 label makers. I like the smaller one for home, and I've only used the larger when I have projects that warrent them - when I worked in an office warehouse, this nursery project, or things in my own garage (only because I owned it, though).</span> <br />
<span style="font-family: Franklin Gothic Medium;">My small one came from Walmart - it's the Dymo version: <a href="http://www.walmart.com/ip/DYMO-Letratag-LT-100T-Personal-Label-Maker/10554587" target="_blank"><span style="color: #587417;">http://www.walmart.com/ip/DYMO-Letratag-LT-100T-Personal-Label-Maker/10554587</span></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Franklin Gothic Medium;">I am very pleased with it... easy to type on, easy to format, double lines, etc. Tape for these is cheap... and there is no ink because the letters are "burned" (for lack of better word) onto the label.. therefore no smearing either!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Franklin Gothic Medium;">My large one came from Staples, and all it's tape has to come from Staples online... the tape is more expensive (but wider... up to 1") but for big projects, it's worth it. I have the Dymo LabelManager 450D. I can plug it into my computer and it makes all kinds of images... bar codes, etc. Lots of stuff I'll never use, but I go this one because it does the 1" size at the cheapest rate.</span><br />
Do you have a question? Ask away, I'll be happy to answer it!SimpleSpaceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396136076214807695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224910464422659295.post-1947289284883770172012-01-09T12:34:00.000-06:002012-01-09T12:34:47.051-06:00Crazy Christmas to All and to All a Good NightForget saying, "Merry Christmas" - I'm going to start saying "Crazy Christmas". Can you imagine: "Crazy Christmas to All and to All a good night!"?<br />
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I'm organized (obviously) and it was still crazy. Glad it's 1/9, my kids are in school, and I can get back to doing what I like - organizing!<br />
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It's Container Store's favorite month, too. Elfa Sale!! [On a total side note, I was hanging last week in the aisles of The Container Store checking out some new products and getting a new DVD holder - thanks Santa for the new movies! - when The Container Store employee told me I had very organized tendencies and that I should consider working there. :-) ]<br />
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I'm using this blog today not to share any exciting organizing trends or projects, but to tie up some loose ends from 2011 and bring Simple Spaces right into 2012!<br />
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1) The website <a href="http://www.simplespacestexas.com/">www.simplespacestexas.com</a> is no more. You can find all the info you want (soon) here!<br />
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2) The Facebook tips of the day are (almost) all ready - they are only on weekdays and most are accompanied by a photo - many times from my very own home. If you have tips, I would love to see them and I will be sure to add them. I spent much of my 3,245 mile Christmas ride working on the tips and getting them organized into a fashion that works for each month:<br />
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Blue Highway"; font-size: 14pt;">January – Kitchen/Pantry<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Blue Highway"; font-size: 14pt;">February – Adult Bedroom/Closet<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Blue Highway"; font-size: 14pt;">March – Home Office <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Blue Highway"; font-size: 14pt;">April – Garage<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Blue Highway"; font-size: 14pt;">May – Tips for Moms (and Dads)<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Blue Highway"; font-size: 14pt;">June – Playroom/Game Room/Living Room<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Blue Highway"; font-size: 14pt;">July – Kid’s Rooms<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Blue Highway"; font-size: 14pt;">August – Calendar/Back to School (include tips on birthday cards, backpacks, meal planning, etc.)<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Blue Highway"; font-size: 14pt;">September – Bathrooms<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Blue Highway"; font-size: 14pt;">October – Laundry Area/Mudroom<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Blue Highway"; font-size: 14pt;">November – Holiday Planning (hostess gifts, gift lists, etc.)<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Blue Highway"; font-size: 14pt;">December – De-cluttering/Donating for 12/31 Tax write offs<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
3) I really really want to use this blog as I had hoped to originally. If you have a question, and need some help, let me know (snap a few photos) and I will anonymously give you my opinions, offer suggestions, and hopefully help you out!<br />
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Until then - Merry January to you!SimpleSpaceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396136076214807695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224910464422659295.post-76420165951507316182011-12-11T15:10:00.000-06:002011-12-11T15:10:22.710-06:00Snip, Clip, Where?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid00Wu-4zOK0iqz9AQySHOirGebSjOHBaqoGxFPP3NWyNAJSN2GkWsCta7hP1HFT-NWOdwpCf2-tKiOKpy8_Iskezr6d6R1-6BPbSr_FLPKVK-NHLAI9A8q_1GVZZK9m-3zWGNthqYZ9E/s1600/2011-11-05+Holiday+Organization+001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid00Wu-4zOK0iqz9AQySHOirGebSjOHBaqoGxFPP3NWyNAJSN2GkWsCta7hP1HFT-NWOdwpCf2-tKiOKpy8_Iskezr6d6R1-6BPbSr_FLPKVK-NHLAI9A8q_1GVZZK9m-3zWGNthqYZ9E/s320/2011-11-05+Holiday+Organization+001.JPG" width="320" /></a>With the holiday season, magazines are filled with wonderful ideas that we all end up clipping and needing some place to put.<br />
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We also have have special recipes that we just use for holidays, too. (Are you seriously cooking a turkey Thanksgiving-style in the middle of June?)<br />
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For this, I have developed, and used, two different notebooks to hold my ideas. (It's similar to using a "favorites" file in your internet browser, or the newly-popular "pintrest", but for paper ideas.)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I've added different tabs to my sheet protector pages - for this Christmas one I have different gift ideas - food and homemade crafts, as well as decorations for my Christmas home.</td></tr>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIK7tWRHPYqh3pA8jhLN8Gq1HsyZNQ0YIOpBbHN2EUjJdt32GGmSYFtFRhyRkfo-DbPx2nHlrrtWlgLVebflQ0_w_uh20BS_7OdJsC27MwocOnyjRmdatckC96O0RMbV7wRHba62KTWd4/s1600/2011-11-05+Holiday+Organization+006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIK7tWRHPYqh3pA8jhLN8Gq1HsyZNQ0YIOpBbHN2EUjJdt32GGmSYFtFRhyRkfo-DbPx2nHlrrtWlgLVebflQ0_w_uh20BS_7OdJsC27MwocOnyjRmdatckC96O0RMbV7wRHba62KTWd4/s320/2011-11-05+Holiday+Organization+006.JPG" width="320" /></a>There are some very specific recipes for very specific holidays. I'll only be making a frozen dessert for the Summer season. So, I grouped all of my frozen cake recipes, my frozen pie recipes, and other frozen treat recipes into groups. Using my handy-dandy label maker, I transformed a three-section 4 by 6 photo protector page into my official "frozen treats" page for my seasonal/other holiday/birthday binder.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My binders are kept alongside my cookbooks in my kitchen. Even if I find something later in the year, I have the binder accessible! (And if for some reason, I need to make that Thanksgiving-style turkey in the middle of June, I will know exactly where my recipe is (and the recipes for all my Thanksgiving side dishes, too!)</div><br />
<img height="72" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZuac2TkSdOin3rgQRCK45Qt_bTsyiLHFrL6gkWDRCl_hwGF4Ro129Jr3_SrT1iLfWFFMbizB1P_A4DgAwfB3OvWGemeoTk9rbLGD5-l1Z5hRqjf_xNVXaGWlSj3rqC6C6iISM-6ZD6pE/s320/2011-11-05+Holiday+Organization+005.JPG" style="filter: alpha(opacity=30); left: 546px; opacity: 0.3; position: absolute; top: 1287px;" width="96" />SimpleSpaceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396136076214807695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224910464422659295.post-42310121135088719232011-12-05T13:44:00.000-06:002011-12-05T13:44:36.136-06:00Coffee and Steamcleaners vs. Sippy Cups and Yogurt PuffsI admit... this one scared me a bit. I do love a good pantry, but this pantry was huge... and full... and well, two families were sharing it.<br />
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The original pantry of this big home was too small, so the family extended it to the under the stairs dumb wasted space area. Good idea!<br />
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The pantry had A LOT of stuff in it - canned goods, etc. It also had some good ideas and good tools, just none of them seemed in sync.<br />
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This pantry was temporarily being used by two families - a mother and father and their son, wife, and two pre-school children. Eventually said son, wife, and children are to move, but in the meantime, all their stuff (from coffee and steam cleaners to sippy cups and yogurt puffs) had to work in harmony.<br />
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I should also explain how I got this job. I met the daughter-in-law at a speaking event. She purchased a gift certificate for her mother in law. Now that's a great relationship. :-)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We should start at the beginning. When I got there, the client had GREAT tools. She had some shelving, great handled containers, and some lazy susans. I'm not a fan, per say, of the lazy susans, but they were helping her for the time being.</td></tr>
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She did exactly as I had asked, and when I got there, it was a blank slate... ready to go!<br />
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I'm sure that this client thought I was a phony... I moved stuff in, moved stuff out, laid stuff sideways, and then took it out again. You see, organizing can sometimes be like a puzzle, and I was just trying to fit it in in a usable manner.<br />
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She was great - carrying stuff in - telling me how she used stuff (i.e. Do you eat the golden raisins, or bake with them?) and generally being patient.<br />
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An hour into the project, I had a good idea where everything would go. Cans were being placed (in rows... not on lazy Susan's) back on the back shallower shelf. I used the metal shelving she had purchased to make a second helpful row to stack items. I put all the non-can/quick to expire consumables together (bread, chips, cookies, etc.) and used her shelf system to keep these delicate items from being squished and ruined.<br />
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And then, we got to the coffee. Now, I'm not a huge fan of coffee, and if I do drink it, it's fine to Folgers (gasp... I even like the freeze dried instant!), but this client and family were into their coffee. They had a Keuring and many many coffees. I'm a fan of the idea - no wasted coffee and everyone gets what they want! However, we had to figure a way to organize the little K-Cups. The first thing I noticed is that there are flavored and non-flavored varieties. I also noticed decaf vs. regular. (I mentioned this and got a big laugh that <em>nobody here</em> drinks the decaf... okay, maybe at night or if there is a guest.) So we sorted the decafs out and put them in the "special box" and then sorted the remainder flavored vs. not. All is happy in the families coffee world now. :-)<br />
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After everything was in it's place, and the client approved (I had to move some baskets because the cool handles on them prevented the drawers from pulling out - buggers!!) I sat down to a cool 40 minutes of labeling. And thus... the results:<br />
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</div>SimpleSpaceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396136076214807695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224910464422659295.post-4836599594390765152011-11-30T15:30:00.000-06:002011-11-30T15:30:40.623-06:00Bail Money Would Cost MoreI braved the stores beginning at 10 PM on Thanksgiving night. I know I've said to various people (including my own mother) that I wouldn't go out on actual Thanksgiving, but I did - Legos were on sale, and I was trying to get a Blu-Ray.<br />
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I learned a couple of things:<br />
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1) There are great deals out there.<br />
2) People are crazy.<br />
3) The deals aren't great enough to deal with the crazy people.<br />
4) I wish I had taken a camera.<br />
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I wandered into my Wal-Mart at 10:20 or so Thursday evening. I had easily found a parking spot in the mobbed parking lot (yes... LUCKY!!).<br />
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I found the 1,600 piece Lego set that was only $30 and carried it around for awhile. There were no carts, and I was actually glad about this, because I couldn't have pushed it through the crazy aisles anyways. Anyway, I also needed some sourdough bread and lettuce to go with my leftover turkey dinner, so I wandered that way and found the only section of the store empty. I balanced my Legos, my bread, and my lettuce and headed to the checkout. (I figured when the Blu-Ray player went on sale at midnight, it was best for me not to balancing bread!) Anyways, I'm standing in line and the girls behind me have 2 frozen dinners and some beer. That's it... I can understand the frozen dinners - one of the girls was very pregnant - and when you want chicken fried steak and mashed potatoes at midnight, that's a good fix. The beer - well, maybe that was the other girl's way of cooping with the pregnant girl's rants and ravings. (Shocking, I've digressed, let me get back to my story...) I check out my 3 items, then head to the car to put them in. I've got to be mysterious in my walking to the car, so that nobody thinks they can have my spot. I don't want to get in a fight in the Wal-Mart parking lot at 11:30 on Thanksgiving night.<br />
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I head back into the store and stand near the electronics waiting for the Blu-Rays to come out. (They are bringing out wrapped pallets of things that they plan to unwrap at midnight for people to grab from - good idea? I think not.) There is a fight that breaks out in men's wear (I only know that because I can hear yelling, and then Wal-Mart people running and yelling out "Men's Wear".) Pretty soon that is dissipated ("Oh no you didn't take the last pair of men's 32x34 corduroy pants!")<br />
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So while waiting, I text my husband to let him know about my score on the Legos, and he says, "you should have got two." (Seriously, I think, I am the one out in the middle of the night while you hang at home watching movies? I suppose someone had to stay home with the kids, and I'm totally the better shopper, so I guess okay.) So I wonder around, and I found another abandoned Lego box that I'm now holding (guess that blew my take-it-to-the-car theory).<br />
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Then, 11:45 comes. People are pushing towards the plastic covered pallet. I admit, I'm almost touching it myself. Two police officers and 4 associates also surround the thing and it got me thinking maybe I was in over my head. Midnight comes and the plastic is torn. I think people were flying in from the ceiling and mission impossible jumping. Kids were lifted over and above me. Elbows flew. People yelled... and I backed away. Seriously: 1) bail money would be more than I saved or 2) my dental bill would be more than I saved.<br />
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Suddenly the cops were yelling, "STOP everyone!" and we were just staring at the remaining 20 boxes or so. We stood there several minutes while the police/associates tried to figure how they could solve this problem peacefully. I stood looking my sweetest in the background hoping they would pull me from the crowd and hand me one. (It's my "best student" philosophy - she who is quietest gets to line up first.)<br />
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Then a girl tapped me on the shoulder and told me there was an entire other pallet of Blu-Rays 15 feet from where I stood that nobody was around. I walked over, grabbed one, quietly thanked her, and turned back to laugh at the mob that stood crowded around the 20 remaining Blu-Rays on the original pallet. HA... there were at least 100 on the one I took from.<br />
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So again, why the long tale for the organizing site? I got some stealer deals, and I don't necessarily have some one to give these things to right now. However, it's certain that my five and three year old children will have upcoming birthday parties and I will be able to give AWESOME deals of gifts.<br />
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I buy fairly generic - Barbie's, Legos, board games, etc. and never anything trendy or after a certain movie. Then I store them in two desigated tubs. One is for Legos and one for everything else (the Legos just stack easily together.) ONLY do this if you have the room! :-)SimpleSpaceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396136076214807695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224910464422659295.post-35656286370559488292011-11-28T13:24:00.001-06:002011-11-28T18:33:58.398-06:00Fairy Wands and Pom PomsAfter the Thanksgiving dishes were washed and put away, the table cloth was washed and rolled, it was time for our next big chore of the holiday season: Clean Out Your Closets!<br />
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It's an easy process - maybe 10 minutes from start to finish with Peyton there, and we're done.<br />
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Peyton's closet is (obviously) already organized. All I do is pull out certain things and show them to him. He's good about "yes" he likes it and he still plays with it or "no" he's done with it. I, of course, get veto power - but only when he says "No". If I have seen him play with it (and enjoy it recently), I'll ask him to give it one more chance. (This is why when Peyton told me he was done with his Little People, they stayed in there another 6 months until Mommy accepted it.) If he says, "yes" he wants to keep it, I'm not going to veto it. (BUT... I may stick a post it note on it. If Peyton plays with it, he removes the post-it, but if he doesn't by the time the 6 months is over, it's gone!)<br />
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This is the perfect time to do this project. The kids know that Santa is coming, and he usually brings some cool new things. Plus, the kids are full, and happy - they have been off school for a week, so they are quite cooperative by now, and they are generally more happy when their closets are clean, organized, and things are easy to find!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">On our adventure in cleaning out the closet, we discovered FOUR fairy wands. Now, even if she fairy wanded with both hands and both feet, there's no way she would be able to say that many hocus pocuses to make them all work. Kallee decided pretty quickly which two she would like the most. (Saying things like, "Wouldn't it be nice to let another little girl play with a couple of these? Do you need all four? How many can we give away?" helps the weary.)</div><br />
Kallee was particularly fun to do this with, because she was so excited every time she "found" a "new" toy.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">In the end, I asked he how she felt about her closet, and she gave me a big "thumbs up"! (Which made me give a big thumbs up, too!)</div><br />
<div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> *We do this twice a year - once right before Christmas and once right before their birthdays (which both happen to be in May - a good 6 months apart, convienent for me!)</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div>SimpleSpaceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396136076214807695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224910464422659295.post-31774921082033800942011-11-22T21:21:00.000-06:002011-11-22T21:21:23.327-06:00The Iron Haters ClubAs I was setting the table for Thanksgiving, I suddenly realized how thankful I was that I hadn't folded my table cloth last year. I had rolled it - results were perfect - no folded creases that I would have to iron out.<br />
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So, I'm setting my table and wondering if other people have this same feeling of "ick" when they think of ironing (I personally have had the same iron since my freshman year in college (what kind of HS graduation gift is that?!) some @#^# years ago. Obviously a seldom used iron has many years in it.) So, I wasted a little time doing some reasearch. Nothing on Facebook (and if it's not there, maybe there isn't one.) I did however find 7,486 crazy people who listed "Ironing" as an interest and 93 people who listed it as a sport. There's also a place in Hattisburg, MS called "The Ironing Board" and 20 people like them. That means there are at least 7599 crazy Ironing Lovers around.<br />
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But back to iron <em>hating</em>... I googled it. I found something about "Hate to Iron... try this steamer!" Really, if I hate ironing, why would I like steaming something instead? And my iron must be fancy dancy because it's got a steamer feature.<br />
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I'm not going start the Iron Haters Club, so if you want to, I'll allow it without any rights to the idea. It's yours. I don't know what the club would do really - as much as I've racked my brain, I can't think of one useful activity.<br />
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So, why the ranting and raving about ironing on my Simple Spaces Organizing blog? It's simple really - no need to do it when you roll your tableclothes. :-)<br />
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Hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving.SimpleSpaceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396136076214807695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6224910464422659295.post-4232225433312606512011-11-20T14:30:00.000-06:002011-11-20T14:30:28.259-06:00My first "job"...So, when I first started thinking of becoming an organizer, I was well into my first gig. For some reason, though, I decided to take pictures.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQUnCMnpbyRyFWkm9G4PPNT-E-MWDHoxTZVx3XHgrEqtnwLUdSIQQ91DaYbqtVobLpIIlIVAiozTsNSQFVm0Sw0F3Mml4jTNqA9SaSWsn8Yo-0rFJYkY4mVeQK9Ma5vOaFhlA2dGL7auo/s1600/04+2-2010+Kristen+B+before+gameroom+005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQUnCMnpbyRyFWkm9G4PPNT-E-MWDHoxTZVx3XHgrEqtnwLUdSIQQ91DaYbqtVobLpIIlIVAiozTsNSQFVm0Sw0F3Mml4jTNqA9SaSWsn8Yo-0rFJYkY4mVeQK9Ma5vOaFhlA2dGL7auo/s320/04+2-2010+Kristen+B+before+gameroom+005.jpg" width="320" /></a>So, we began by scooting everything aside and creating little boxes (shoebox size) of all the different toys. This is why is super important to have the client with me when I work. I wasn't able to tell that a miniature fork went with one thing while a plastic (is that something) sword went with something else. So we sorted and sorted and sorted... in the end we had some 50 boxes. (This is the day I fell in love with the latch boxes from Sterlite... you can find these at Walmart.)<br />
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The second thing we did was get rid of all the extra stuff. (Something that should have been done before they moved.) There were baby toys (and she didn't have anything close to a baby) and toddler girl stuff (she didn't have one of those either) and broken stuff (beyond repair...).<br />
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We cleaned that puppy out and found all kinds of other nick-nacks that didn't belong in there.<br />
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That's when the magic started... we started filling up those shelves in an organized way - keeping all the youngest child's toys on the bottom (she has three kids - boy, girl, boy) and designating spots for everything else. We labeled things for a garage sale, and put donations right in the car for immediate drop off. No excuses and no regrets. :-)<br />
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There was a plan, too, to make sure all the games/toys were being played with. We put a post it note on the inside of all those buckets. Everytime the kids played with a game, they could remove the post it note if it was still there. Six months later, she went back and got rid (donated) all the toys that still had their post it notes.<br />
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Simple Spaces is all about being simple. If we live our lives in a simple way, we can find so much more time (and peace and happiness)!<br />
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Just think about it - when you were a baby, you were handed a toy, your food, your blanket. You didn't have to say, "Where are my keys?? What's for dinner?? Why isn't the laundry done??" - it just was. As an adult, you have these questions - but do you really have to? - The answer (is simple) - NO.<br />
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Use this blog as a tool to make simple adjustments for making your life simple, too. Ask me questions about what works for me and how we can make it work for you. And if you aren't a doer - call me, and I'll come help. That's what I love to do.<br />
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Simple Spaces is more than organizing "stuff" - it's organizing your life to make all the "stuff" work, too.<br />
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