Sneak Peek!

More to come April 9, 2012!

Don't agonize. Organize.--Florence Kennedy

So I started a "21 Days To Organizing Your Life" Challenge last week. Besides keeping up with laundry and tidying up everyday, I've taken to organizing every area of our home. I love my home, I'm very proud that it shelters my family and gives us great happiness within it's walls and I want to always treat it will all the love that it provides me everyday. So...here are TWO recent projects from finish to start. I have a small budget of $100 for the ENTIRE house so I've been very practical in the process.

Kitchen Curio:

I love this piece of furniture, It was bought on HUGE markdown during last springs remodel and it has become the "dumping zone". I didn't take a before picture (WAY too embarrassing), but lets just say there was everything from batteries, mail, fingernail polish, socks, and even a dirty diaper stuffed into this small space...I know gross right? Well look at it now! And I am PROUD to say it has STAYED this way for a full week and a half!

COST: $2.25 Walmart

I already had the paper and stickers and the little bins were on sale for 2 for $1 last week at Walmart. Simple, but to-the-point.

Pantry:

Before:

After:

This a pantry?? Yeah I know it's smaller than a linen closet! (Maybe that was what it was meant for?) This is THE HARDEST nook to keep clean, we usually go grocery shopping late at night so we(chris) ends up stuffing everything in crazy un-organized corners. After going through the ENTIRE pantry I found we have way more food than I thought :)! I got the idea for the cereal storage bins from Pintrest, but changed it a little to save some money. This was more of an investment project because the bins were $3 each. Can't tell you how much space it is saving us though. Plus, I can't stop opening and closing my clean pantry :). I printed the labels on Microsoft Word so that was FREE and I also have a self laminator that I won at my families Cabin Party this past Feb. so that was free too. With the help of my paper cutter and some scrapbook sticky squares this project was very simple.

COST: $30 Walmart

I've also finished our bathroom, I will post pictures soon..keep checking back for more!

My Craft Room

Funny how a coat rack can clear up clutter from the ground

Saw this idea on pint rest :)

Made the labels on my computer :) FREE!

Don't you love that I labeled the drawer with the "label maker" in it :) heeheehee obsession!

Love my magnet board from my Grandma :)
This room makes me want to sing! Love how organized it is!

The tall rack with the ten drawers is from Sam's Club a few years back, the clear containers on the table are from IKEA only $1.50 each!! And the cardboard magazine organizers are from Ikea as well, 5 of them for only $1.99 STEAL!!

Total Cost: $14 :)

Jack 11 months

Goodness me! 11 Months?!? Please say it's not true! Within the past WEEK my boy has grown in LEAPS and BOUNDS and in ways that make it a constant reminder of how independent his is becoming. Jack is CRAWLING! Like hands and knees crawling! He is into EVERYTHING and his favorite past time is teasing and pestering our cat. He is SO much more content now that he can get into things without any help at all. He can also stand up on his own and just about makes my heart leap out of my chest when he stands up in the bath tub.

Jack has quite the personality and finds it supremely humorous to SCREAM with delight all through sacrament meeting. Our neighbors during sacrament meeting make sure to tell us how grateful they are for his delightful entertainment though, and when daddy takes Jack to Priesthood the ladies in Relief Society make sure to tell me how disappointed they are to not have him around. He is good company and I just love being his mommy. Jack is a very good boy, I know I'm his mother and will find no fault in him, but he really is just a happy boy. He loves attention and he gets more than his share from EVERYONE. Jack spends every Friday night with his Gma and Gpa Ewell. They have a fun sleepover and just spoil him with love! They usually take him to Chik-Fil-A on friday night and also take him to breakfast every saturday morning. Talk about spoiled! Chris and I talk about how excited we are to have a night to ourselves and then just an hour into him being gone we end up talking about Jack the whole time and missing him terribly. We are pathetic, haha! But it is nice to have that time to get a few errands done and have an evening out, Thanks mom and dad!

Jack has also started the "clingy" phase, and can go from HOT to COLD within second of me passing him to a stranger. I secretly LOVE it though, I mean who doesn't like being the favorite? :D

Jack has only been finishing 2-3 bottles a day and LOVES solid foods. He will still eat pureed baby food, but he prefers things like chicken nuggets and cut fruit. Since formula is expensive it's nice that he isn't drinking nearly as much, but at the same time it is more proof of how close he is to turning 1 and being done with formula all together! Sigh....

Jack can now:

• Crawl
• Clap his hands
• Point
• Give kisses
• & Say Momma!!

Here are some sweet pictures of our boy who is growing up WAY too fast!

At the park with mommy

Going down the slide for the first time!

Jack loves to point!

Model baby!

All decked out for Uncle Nathan's wedding!

OUT COLD on daddy :)

First OREO!

I Love how Jack opens his mouth WAY before he's ready to take a bite. It's so funny!

Jack's cousins at his "1st birthday party" with Gma and Gpa Kenner. They live in Oregon so we had to do a little one just for them. Couldn't let them miss out on this cutie pie!