What's wrong with this picture?

Test your obsessiveness. Take a quick glance at the below picture and try to determine what is wrong. Just a quick glance. Don't study it.

If you:
- thought that the left stack should be taller then the right stack, the tag is showing on the top right towel, and the top three towels on the right are turned the wrong way....you might be extremely obsessive (right up there with me)

-noticed that the top three towels in the right stack were turned the wrong way...you may be just a tiny obsessive

-didn't find anything abnormal about this photo...you are probably pretty normal

-didn't recognize what these things are because you pull your towels out of a basket and they are never folded...you might be a tad bit unorganized


FYI: My sweet husband put these up for me and I left them just the way they are.

TP

We have a pretty good sized master bathroom. However, our potty room is tiny. The shower and the toilet are both in there and you barely have enough room to turn around.

So, what's the big issue?

Where to put extra tp. You gotta have extra tp in the potty room. You can't be walking out into the main part of the bathroom to get a roll in an emergency.

Problem solved.

I found this great little tp holder at Kohl's. It attaches right to your potty and holds two extra rolls.

Perfect!

Packing up

I inherited a packing gene. No kidding. I love to arrange all of our luggage into our vehicle. I know, I'm strange like that. I got this great trait from my Dad. I would be willing to bet that he can neatly pack away twice as much luggage in one vehicle then any else would be able to. Such a challenge!

We went on vacation last week. I swear, I pretty much packed our entire house. You never know just what a baby might need. Not only did we need everything we own, we also had to have it easily accessible in the car - diapers, wipes, bottles, food, extra cloths, and the list goes on and on. So, I had to get creative about my packing.

Remember these from my favorites?

I used one for diapers and wipes.

Another for baby food/eating supplies.

They fit SOOOO perfectly in the floorboard. (And NO that's not a huge stain on the car seat. Just where I wiped off some crusty food crumbs that were under the baby seat.)

Then it dawned on me, these would be great to keep in the car all the time. What a great little storage bin for a car survival kit.

I love my...

...pull out pantry drawers. If you ever get a say in what cabinets go in your kitchen, you must put some of these in. They are my favorite thing about my kitchen.

Perfect for holding lots of baby food (and my little stash of sweets in the back corner).

I love this liner as well. I put it in all my drawers to keep things from moving around when they are pushed shut. I hate opening a drawer just to find that all my stuff has shifted. This stuff does the trick. It keeps everything in it's place.

Got Bath Toys?

My kiddos love to play in the bath. The more toys, the better. I have tried several different types of bath toy organizers, but I have never been satisfied with any of them...until...

Frog Pod!!!!

This little thing is fabulous. Not only does it hold an abundance of toys, it also has a shelf on top to hold shampoos, etc., and you can hang things off his (or I guess her...at our house, everything is a he) little feet.

The great thing about this product is that the suction is amazing. It doesn't fall off the wall like holders I have had in the past. Every couple of months it will fall off, but I can deal with that frequency.

Oh, did I mention that it is a scoop, so you can scoop up the bath toys and let the water drain out of the holes???

Great product for organizing baby toys. You can purchase at Target or directly from Boon, Inc.

Don't like the frog? What about this cute ladybug????

Two steps forward, one step back

Remember my summer project?

This...

Well, I finally got it looking like this...

And then, a few days later, it was back to looking like this...

Man!!!! I can't seem to get this under control.

Agghhhhhh!!!!!!!

A New Purpose

You know I love containers.

There are all kinds of great containers around you. Containers that are already in use, but will end up in the trash when they are finished serving their original purpose.

So, why don't you get creative: save yourself some money and help out the environment. Give those containers a NEW purpose. Strip them of their old identity and make them feel useful again. I love this because it lets me bring out my creative side. I like a challenge.

I re-purposed my husband's tennis ball containers.

Straw holder, cupcake liners (these fit so perfectly, I was SO excited...they will never again be scattered and crushed all in the drawer), and chip clips.

I have been saving our formula cans also. I am waiting for a good idea to strike me on how to reuse them - other then William and I using one to make a drum out of.

I also have a ton of baby food jars. I am thinking these would be great for holding safety pins or extra buttons.

What are some ways you reuse containers at your house?

Or, ideas for my formula can?

Safes

Safes are a great place to store important documents. It doesn't have to be anything huge, just something that is water and fire proof. We have this one from Target ($44.99).























In it I store: birth certificates, our marriage certificate, social security cards, immunization records, and photo cds. Basically, any documents that we HAVE to have and would be a hassle to replace Side note: I back up our photos on cds. If something happened to our house and all of our photo albums were destroyed, I would be devastated. Photos are precious!! So I back them up and store the cds in the safe.

Chances are great that your house won't be destroyed by a fire or a flood, but, I promise, you will never regret being prepared.