I little organizing

Back to school feels like spring cleaning to me.  This little drawer where we keep our pens and pencils was a mess.  In the past, I would have thought that I needed to have special drawer containers.  Reality has set in and I just need a neat drawer.  I looked in my cupboards and found a couple little containers.  I put most of the supplies we don't use everyday on the craft table where they should be :) 

Simple menu

Do you struggle with grocery shopping?  In our family, we go once a week.  I try to make a list ahead of time.  The non food items are easy to come up with.  I'm tired of buying prepackaged foods.  Lately I've gotten into a slump.  When I sat down to prepare this weeks list, I decided to first make a simple chart.  I divided it into sections.  1) muffins-banana 2) soup-vegetable w/ black beans 3) meat-turkey 4) breakfast-homemade granola 5) smoothie-yogurt w/ raspberries (from our garden) 6) salad-spinach 7)bread-who bread from http://www.soulemama.com/ .  I'm going to focus on these sections each week and see where it takes me.   I'm not going crazy here people.  Just a little extra time spent.  I need to make this simple.  Remember, the word I chose for this year is to simplify.   I'm loving this word.  My sewing room has benefited already from this.  Everything that is in there I love or need.  I can't wait to do this with the other rooms in my house.       

New Year-Simplify

I'm not much for making New Years resoultions, but I do like the idea of a fresh slate.  The word I chose was "simplify".  Go over to Lisa Leonard's blog www.lisaleonardonline.com/blog/  to read about this idea of choosing one word for the year.  I want to create a home that has less stuff.  I'm tired of the piles here and there.  I want what we have to be things we love and need.  This is our home and I want it to reflect us.  So, in the coming months, I hope to go through the closets and cupboards and keep just what we need and love.  I'll take pictures along the way (I do love tho see a before and after).  Happy New Year!