Getting Organized

Hi there! My computer has been out of commission the past few weeks, so if I haven't gotten back to you, please accept my apologies. I have missed you!

After this busy winter it was time to get organized again. Before even attempting to dig into organizing I had to gather and update my tools. The first tool to be updated was our calender that some how was still on February ;)

Carrie wrapped my birthday presents in the prettiest paper so I recycled it to cover my enlarged Control Journal to give me a little inspiration to pretty things up a bit. Please forgive the spaghetti sauce on the wallpaper in the above photo, the camera points out everything~~~~
My old Control Journal was packed to over flowing so I switched to a larger note book and printed out the page from Alison at Brocante Home as my title page.
Meal planning is probably my least favorite job. I love to cook, set the table and don't even mind the clean up but have a hard time deciding what to fix for dinner. My Master Grocery List helps me to quickly go through the pantry and refrigerator, see what I have on hand or might need and plan from there each week. It is not fool proof but at least it is something.
There is way more than I stock regularly on the list but it reminds me to think about what we might be out of that we will add to the shopping list for the week.
My final tool is my planner which gets put to use usually when I get behind like I have recently.

With my tools updated and gathered up last week I was able to get a good portion of the house back into running order. The basement, garage and yard still need attention but today is supposed to be a beautiful day here and Angie is coming down to do some shopping so I am off to get ready to meet her and enjoy this day that the Lord has made.

Thank you for continuing to stop by! I have really missed you all.

Hugs,

Sue

Linens and Things

This morning I decided to organize my table linens and discovered that many of my tablecloths don't even have a table to cover in this house any more. Hum? Let's see, there is the round blue one that goes to the table that Dana has now, better save that for her. Then there is the plastic outdoor blue & white checked round one that went on the round outdoor table that is in the basement waiting to be resurrected at someones cottage one of these days.
Does this happen to any one else or have I really turned into a pack rat? You would think I would pass them on and I really do give away a lot of things that I don't use but for some reason there are categories of items that just stay with me.


Guess that needs some pondering. For now though my linens are nicely organized and accessible, ready to be put to good use. Have you organized your table linens lately?

Photos above are from Very Fine Linens & emsheart via google image search.