Friday, June 12, 2009

The Exciting Things in Life


When you get old and have million kids, like me, sometimes the simple things in life are the most exciting. I just decided yesterday to really organize our garage entryway so that we had a "mudroon", take-your-shoes off area. It already had a few baskets for shoes, but it was getting out of hand. Last night we all took a trip to "Goodwill" and bought $40 worth of wire and wicker baskets. Today I bought some little yard sale tags from Wal-Mart for $2 and wa-La!! It looks great! I also learned that Lils is EXTREMELY accomodating, helpful, sweet, and altogether perfect when I allow her to stay up an hour past bedtime to help me organize. Dave was at Young Men's last night, Rose and E were in bed and that left Lils and I to sort through junk and put it all together. I know it doesn't look like much from the pictures (I didn't take any before pictures) because I took it on my camera phone! Our other camera is in the mail. So, last night Lils and I had a great time working together. She sorted through all the shoes while I cleaned up the shelves. All in all, it was a fun night, and hopefully it will stay nice and organized for at least a few days!

3 comments:

Than and Erica said...

i have been on an organizing kick lately, too! I just wish you didn't have to make a bigger mess to get organized but it is so worth it!

Michelle said...

i am drooling. I dream at night about my entryway/mudroom/landing organizational spot. you have done such dreams beyond justice. Give yourself some credit girl because I am speechless!

Maylin said...

It looks great. Those yard sale tags are a nice touch!