Room Reorganization

Another school year is in full swing & I decided to reorganize the kids room & our homeschool room. We do not have a lot of space, but I did my best to get everything on the proper shelves and put away somewhat neatly. This is the girl's room. The white shelf to the left has two shelves for books & the bottom is a toy chest. I got this at my Aunt's thrift store in Modesto. The little table & chairs in front of the window is from IKEA. The cubby shelves are from Target & my husband screwed two of them together to secure them. The armoire on the right is from Craigslist. The bed is a daybed my friend G let our family have-Thank you G-you are such a blessing!:)

This is a very small loft that we are using for our homeschool room. It is more like a storage room than a room we can really work in, but we are thankful for the space. The two shelving units & the desk are from IKEA & work great in this small space.

What do all of your homeschool rooms look like?

New Free Online Chore Chart!

We had been using Accountable Kids which is a great program. However, I stumbled upon this free chore website & it is AWESOME! You can sign up all your kids individually & assign them daily, weekly, monthly chores & it keeps them all organized for you! PLUS it keeps track of points they earn & the points can be used toward free things like tv time or an Amazon wish list that they can create & earn points toward prizes they would like. Then when they have reached the set amount of points you have set up for each reward item, it lets you know & then you can purchase a prize for them on Amazon. I think this will be a lot easier to use & more motivating for them, since they can see what they want to save their points for. Here is a picture of what it looks like online.

Watch this video for more:

My Job Chart Video

To sign-up for a free account go here:

http://www.myjobchart.com/

My girls are doing their chores as we speak! This is totally awesome! :)

Laundry Organization

I love sharing solutions that have helped me to organize better! I used to have piles in my laundry room & it was never organized. I would walk into the garage overwhelmed by the enormous task in front of me, until... my helpful hubby came up with a way to organize it all! He went to Home Depot & bought a shelving unit & baskets. Then, I found these PERFECT labels for the baskets & it has not only changed the look of the laundry area, but how I feel when I walk in there & how I do laundry. I printed these labels BHG laundry labels 
cut them out & then put clear contact paper on them. Aren't they cute?
Happy Laundering:)

Command Central Binder! I am so excited about this:)

After a super busy weekend of planting our garden (will post pics at a later time), I came across this website by accident-(I just love when that happens:)  http://www.simplify101.com/

It is an organizing website & if you sign-up they will send you instructions on how to make a "Command Central Binder".  "What is that?" you might ask. It is a genius way to organize all of that paper we have lying on our table, or counters. It is brilliant, yet, when I think about it, the concept is simple. I don't know about you, but I have had a hard time figuring out what to do with all the paper. Whether it was mail, brochures, calendars...etc. I have a bulletin board & magazine holders & the trusty fridge, but it just wasn't helping with the paper clutter. Thanks to this wonderful website, I was inspired to make my own binder today & got all of the paper clutter up off of the surfaces!:) Yay:)
Here's how it turned out

I love this because it is one central place the whole family can go to get all the info they need.
You can customize it to fit your families needs & add to it & update it when needed. I printed off a monthly calendar for 2011 & filled in appointments, holidays, fieldtrips, & anything else I know is coming up. My categories are Calendar/Events (which includes the monthly calendars I printed & any brochures on upcoming plays, or events which I put in page protectors), Health (which includes karate stuff, health tips, doctor info...etc.), Financial (which includes money management articles or websites & budget worksheets, Homeschool (which includes fieldtrip info/brochures, classes & activities related to homeschool), Christian (which includes family devotions, inspiring articles, favorite local charities...etc.)

I have a feeling this will make our lives so much easier:) I hope this blesses you as much as it has blessed me:)