5 more Days!

Can you believe it?  Miss Alyson is so excited!  She made me a Christmas breakfast of Eggos and Orange juice this morning - aww!  She is so sweet!  We are starting our Christmas activities today and I can't wait!  I am also addressing my Christmas cards today - ha!  Better late than never! 

Today I have crafty tree to share with you.

It is a Christmas Countdown.  I had this wooden piece for a while now and I finally put it to use!  I used Graphic 45's Christmas Collection and of course some Glue Arts!  Alyson loves it!  Now I will have one that I finally like!  I don't know about you - but I favor homemade over store bought anyday!

Click here to see more over at the GA blog!

And I just want to show you a bit of what I have been up to here at home.  I have been reorganizing like CRAZY!  I have so many things going on between work, home, Alyson, etc that things tend to get misplaced, etc.  And having an upstairs loft as an office is not easy.  You see everything seems to "land" downstairs, but when it needs attention it needs to be upstairs.  It is a tedious cycle that needed fixing fast - so I found a couple online sources that have helped TREMENDOUSLY!!  I will show the details as I am going through them - but for now here is my file cabinet mess!

The Only thing I purchased was file folders.

Looking at it it may not look that much more organized - but it is, trust me!!  Evey file has a category and the file folders are subcategories.  So easy and I love it!  I shredded SOOO much this weekend!  I have a place for everything and a whole lot more room.

I also have been organizing Alyson's school things.  I will eventually scrap these things, but for now this box will do.  I ave made it a point that EVERYTHING will fit in here - which will lead me to keep less and toss more.  I have a big box in the garage of all the things Alyson made in Kinder and Preschool.  My goal is to go through that and take photos of the projects I want to remember and to keep only those I think need to be kept.  So for now I am already keeping up with first grade.  Yay me!  I also added a sub-folder things she does at daycare.  In the way back are extra curricular activities that she may get awards for, etc.  They all have a home - Love It!

It is all house in this file bin I purchased at Walmart!

Just thought I would share some of my "housekeeping" since I so enjoy looking at the way others store things as well.  Hope you enjoyed it!

Michelle