Snow Day

It's a beautiful snowy day.  School is closed, office work being done from home.  What a great day to start a new blog.

In January I decided my word for the year was to be "content".  I want to strive to be content with what I have, AND what I don't have.  Content but not complacent.  I don't want to not care.  So I'm organizing.  I tackled the hall linen closet and "straightened" my desk.  Then after reading some creative organizing sites suggested by a friend (thanks Carol), I got an idea to begin in my bedroom and not work anywhere else until the bedroom was done.  I ordered a cube-style shelf that can hold books and fabric drawers to bring all of my craft/sewing/picture/magazine clutter into one central location.  I've purged drawers, boxes and baskets.  I've given items to friends and charity organizations and of course, some were destined for the trash.  My husband did his side of the closet (even without my asking).  He did a fine job and had several bags for donation as well.  I now have a very clean, clutter-free bedroom and it makes me very happy to walk in there.  I've dusted and vacuumed under the bed (**scary**) and behind the bookshelf and now only have a few drawers to organize and that room will be done.

Other rooms have benefited from my bedroom beginnings.  My office area has found some clear floorspace that once held, you guessed it, boxes of stuff that needed to be organized and didn't have a place.  That place was found in the "cube center".

So another task on my 2011 list was to start my blog and keep my brain organized.  That is done and I am content.