Monday, April 25, 2011

Organizing Makes Me Happy!

I {love} organization! I have a few things that I just ordered from Thirty-One Gifts for organizing that I wanted to share with you.
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This is the Hang-Up Home Organizer. I keep it in my kitchen, on the door to the basement. It contains the following:
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Please don’t steal our breakfast menu!
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Our chore chart. I used the old one, I just typed it time and made it horizontal to fit the pocket.
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Our Bible verse.
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I haven’t figured out what to do with the other two pockets yet, but the Sunday and Wednesday pockets hold my Bible class material for my preschool class.
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I chose to pay the extra cash~ola and get it personalized. I wanted it to say Sam’s Noggin, but the wording wouldn’t work for what I was allowed. I paid $45 for it, plus $6 for personalization.

After my wall organizer came, I saw this great idea {and giveaway} on a blog I like called IHeart Organizing. {Can you tell why I like it??} Anyway, Jen uses her tote for her business, organizing. When I saw the Organizing Utility Tote, I knew it was just what I was looking for to tote around my homeschool papers and planner.
Jen’s~
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Mine~
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I ordered Jen’s suggested clear box from the Container Store. I also ordered orange hanging files from Amazon.
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I put the file box in my bag, which was $22 plus personalization. In the pocket up front I have my fave Frixion pens for writing in my planner {they erase with friction, and really work!}
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My highlighters, which I will explain in my next post about planning.
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My trusty, rusty, old, and dusty label maker.
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Post-its and binder clips.
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These files are for worksheets and other printables I happen upon while the year goes on. I have a planner, but I want to keep records for each child separate so I can keep a transcript more easily. The monthly files will hold projects and studies that I find that are not in the plan for the year, arranged by which month I think they will work best in.
I will be going over what I have planned for long-term planning in another post.
**I was not compensated in any way to write this post. I was not given any of these products to review. This post is brought to you by my sheer joy of organization.**

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