Organization: Baby Steps

It's the start of a new year and everyone seems to be talking about organizing! As Kris has said, I LOVE to organize... but am terrible at the follow through, here are a few organizational ideas that I use every day and are inexpensive and EASY...

the first is this ginormous calendar from Paper Source.

 

I started out writing all our obligations in different colors  depending on the person but that was gone after the first month, (see, I am terrible at follow through:)
I need to see what everyone has going on in one place and this lets me do that, and let's my husband and kid's know too!

The second thing are the Fridge Binz that I use to corral all the craziness in my refrigerator. It makes lunches so much easier and they are on the bottom shelf so kids can help themselves. (Now if Capri Sun would just make a drink kids could open themselves!)

wouldn't it be awesome if your fridge looked like this...

I love these Chalkboard Wallies! I have them in my pantry with some chalkboard markers and everyone writes down the grocery list and then I just snap a picture of it with my phone when I go to the store!

You can peel and stick and put them anywhere!

The last one may seem simple but Kris and I both have the sock bins NEXT to the shoes and agree it makes sense and helps a ton to speed up the getting out the door process.

I implemented these baskets to try and keep the clean laundry in the laundry room and off the couch but I "feel off the wagon" and now that it's a new year I am going to try it again, (but you can't watch the Bachelor in my laundry room while you fold laundry so I am not making any promises:)

 Do you have any super easy organizational ideas that work for you?

Hope these might help you get organized in 2013, (and not stress you out)
from the girls at in your back pocket...

Towel bars in Kitchen: Yay or Nay

There are so many cute tea towels out there these days, and mine just usually hang like this...

Daniel Contelmo Architects

BUT,

What do you think about towel bars in the kitchen?

Country Living

Eclecticity

Pinterst/Cottage Living

Lowes

House Beautiful

Martha Stewart

Do you hang towels in your kitchen?

Happy Monday from in your back pocket.

2013

Taking a little break to spend with the family. See you all next week. 

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Here's to an amazing 2013.

Painted Islands

It's dreary here in the Midwest today.  Felt lik a little colorful pick-me-up.  Here's some kitchen island inspiration.  It seems like a project that wouldn't be too risky, but carries some serious punch.

Sunset

Pulliam Morris

Tiffany Ruda

Sunset

Coastal Living

Lynn Morgan

I'm too much of a chicken...I'd probably just go for the painted stools...

Just some post Christmas color inspiration...from the girls of in your back pocket.

Grinch Cookies: Mint Chocolate Chip

MMM chocolate mint.  Here's a fun recipe to try.  All you need , other than regular chocolate chip cookie ingredients, is some mint extract, some minty chips and some green food coloring!  Fun for the holidays. Recipe found HERE, From Betty Crocker.

Give 'em a try...

Have your kids help...keep them from bouncing off the walls!

Leave one for Santa...

Happy Christmas Eve from in your back pocket.

So What Thursday: Congratulations Kevin

So what if Kris' son Kevin was on the 4x100 relay team representing the United States that won a gold medal at the World Short Course Championships in Istanbul, Turkey last weekend. He also won a bronze medal in the 100 Breast so he came home with two medals!

that is him on the left, standing next to Olympic Gold Medalist Matt Grevers, Tom Shields and

Eleven Time Olympic Medalist Ryan Lochte

 

 

 

 

and here he is  preparing to sing the national anthem...

he was scared he was gonna pull a Christina and forget the words...

From two sisters that can barely swim across the pool without passing out this is more than impressive. We are so proud of his accomplishment. Just awesome.

Put some Team USA in your back pocket...