{"id":904,"date":"2011-01-26T19:19:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-26T19:19:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-10-21T04:56:52","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T04:56:52","slug":"on-organization-kick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brittishdesigns.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/on-organization-kick.html","title":{"rendered":"on an organization kick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t know if its nesting or the new year or what, but lately I&#8217;ve been a little obsessed with plans to get organized before the baby comes.  Unfortunately, there are no neat freaks living in this house, but I&#8217;m going to try my best to make sure everything has a place as we attempt to put our house back together after all this remodeling.  Ask Josh, I&#8217;ve bought bins, plastic drawers, boxes, and dog-eared the organization stuff in the Ikea catalog that I plan to buy on our next trip out there. <\/p>\n<p>So far I&#8217;m making good progress.  Last week I totally de-junked, cleaned, and organized the fridge.  Man did it need it!!  Next I organized the pots and pans cabinet and an entire row of kitchen drawers.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the week, I finally found the perfect drawers (from Wal Mart) that slid into my linen closet like a glove!  (I&#8217;ve been on the hunt for a long time!)  With my perfect drawers ready to go, it was time for a total overhaul on the linen closet.  I can honestly say its now 100% junk free (maybe for the first time ever). It&#8217;s so pretty and organized and everything has its place.  I found myself opening the doors and just admiring it&#8217;s loveliness.  <\/p>\n<p>(I probably should have taken a &#8220;before&#8221; photo so you know how ca-razy this closet looked before I whipped it into shape!)<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/i70.photobucket.com\/albums\/i104\/designerbrittney\/Blog%20Stuff\/linencloset.jpg\"><img src=http:\/\/i70.photobucket.com\/albums\/i104\/designerbrittney\/Blog%20Stuff\/linencloset.jpg height=600><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>PLUS, there&#8217;s even extra room for baby stuff on that lower shelf (I&#8217;ll probably put in a storage basket or some more smaller drawers) and an entire huge empty bin on bottom! I LOVE IT!  It feels so good. <\/p>\n<p>Anyway &#8211; so while I&#8217;ve been on this organizational kick, I got an email from one of my former Britt Girls, Paige.  Paige is so talented (and writes <a href=\"http:\/\/kinseyandcompany.blogspot.com\/\">an awesome blog<\/a> BTW)!  She created this weekly schedule with a bunch of Britt-ish Designs products and offered it to me &#038; my blog readers as a Quick Page giveaway! Of course I said YES!!! I thought it was so cute and wanted to share it with everyone.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s Paige&#8217;s completed Daily Life schedule (with all her personal info\/schedule blurred).<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/i70.photobucket.com\/albums\/i104\/designerbrittney\/Blog%20Stuff\/DailyLife.jpg\"><img src=http:\/\/i70.photobucket.com\/albums\/i104\/designerbrittney\/Blog%20Stuff\/DailyLife.jpg width=600><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Isn&#8217;t this a great way to get organized!?  Josh and I have been watching Supernanny lately (I&#8217;ve ALWAYS loved this show and watched it on my own for years, but I&#8217;ve been making Josh watch it with me lately as &#8220;training&#8221;! HAHA).  In this week&#8217;s episode Jo taught the parents how crucial a schedule is for a family with children.  Josh &#038; I talked about how kids thrive on a schedule, mom&#8217;s happier and more &#8216;together&#8217; and how we&#8217;ll definitely want to do that with our babies. <\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what the Quick Page looks like.  All ready for you to pop in your own schedule and photos if you want!<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/i70.photobucket.com\/albums\/i104\/designerbrittney\/Blog%20Stuff\/DailyLife_BLOG.jpg\"><img src=http:\/\/i70.photobucket.com\/albums\/i104\/designerbrittney\/Blog%20Stuff\/DailyLife_BLOG.jpg width=600><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.4shared.com\/file\/Qa-Hf0c6\/DailyLife.html\"><b>[DOWNLOAD HERE]<\/b><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of schedules, I&#8217;m reading <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Becoming-Baby-Wise-Nighttime-Becoming\/dp\/1932740082\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8\">&#8220;Baby Wise&#8221;<\/a> right now.  A friend recommended it, and I love it so far!! I&#8217;m only about 1\/3 through it, so I&#8217;ll give a full review when I&#8217;m done.<\/p>\n<p>So that&#8217;s how I&#8217;ve been getting my house organized lately.  Simplify, simplify, simplify.  That&#8217;s my motto.  Throw out the junk, put everything in its place.  <\/p>\n<p>Do you have any great organization tips? I&#8217;ve still got TONS of house to get organized.  Right now in fact, I&#8217;m sitting at a very messy desk and work area.  Maybe after I eat lunch I&#8217;ll get some cleaning\/organizing done in this area.  Yes, I think I will!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/brittishdesigns.com\/miscimages\/bloggersignature.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t know if its nesting or the new year or what, but lately I&#8217;ve been a little obsessed with plans to get organized before the baby comes. 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