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Organizing your resources.. (teaser)



We have spent the majority of our time in the past few weeks doing renovations to our house, which has been exhausting but totally rewarding. In fact, we spent our Independence Day painting the upstairs hallway and trying to keep Frankie (my parents' pomeranian) from going into a catatonic state with all the fireworks going off in our neighborhood.


Last week I showed you our fireplace in progress, but now I can share the finished product






So, today's post!

Does your office/workspace look like this when school ends? 

This is my office right now. Yup, I am an organizational "queen." My issue is, I have to have a complete plan in place before I actually organize the mess, which means my stuff remains unorganized for long amounts of time which is going on a little less than a month right now.



I always have great intentions at the end of the school year. I have a to do list that I run throughout the year with things I'm going to do on my time "off" during the summer, and then I do something like join a musical, which then eats up half my summer. Even though I love doing it, I might actually get my to do list accomplished if I didn't have that going on. And, if you are fortunate enough to have little ones, I'm sure you can't even get a second without someone saying they're bored and need something to do, which makes your moments of solitude even more fleeting. 

My plan today will involve doing all of this organization, and then I will walk you through it later today when I'm done, so stay tuned!

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