The Cooking Cupboard

I am so happy, the kitchen is coming along nicely. We rent a oldish house with NO storage so we have to make do with what we can. So I have turned a cupboard that came with the house into my cooking cupboard. I used 3 boxes ($3 each)I bought from Sam's Warehouse and a wire filing rack($13) from Office Works. So for about$25 I did this...

In the top box is the measuring spoons and cups, bottom one is icing bag and cutters. Smaller one has bag clips.

Templates

I am finding I am needing to make templates for around the house so things run smoothly. I will add them as I make them :D

If you would like any of these as a word document  please let me know.


Week at a glance

Communication Board

Since life is getting so busy here. I made up communication sheets to put on our fridge. That way I don't have everyone asking me a million times a day about things.
 I have made the following templates-
Messages for...(Kept in a plastic sleeve on fridge and white board pen used, we leave messages for each other then wipe off once read.)
Daily jobs- Rooms divided with a list of what needs to be done each day. Plus kids AM and PM jobs. Also in plastic sleeve to cross off and reuse)
Weekly jobs- Same as daily jobs but for the week
Shopping List - I got this off someone else (sorry forgot who) but made a few changes. Has 2 to a page. Just print and cut. I attach ours to the fridge with blue tack and add to it as we need items. Then grab when going to the shops.
Once of jobs/Tasks to be completed- A template to add all those jobs that are once off or every now and then. Like renew library books etc.
week at a glance - with all four of our names on it. I edit it in word then print it for the week on Sunday's and put it on the fridge so we all know what each other is doing. I also put a spot so we can add other dates then I add them to the corresponding weeks template. I have one for each week up to August, so I can then just add info for the dates as I receive it.

If anyone would like a copy let me know and I will email you.

Photo of our communication board. with a spot for menu plan and  kids reward chart. Reward tokens in jar on top.

June Challenge – Home office/study/paperwork.

 I am joining in with this challenge that is posted over at this blog. As our study is part of our bedroom today I am going to sort paper work and declutter clothes and  a few boxes and go from there.

Our new Tv and Cabinet

Had to go buy a new tv as ours was on the way out. But to go with the new tv we had to get somewhere new to store it as it didn't fit our old cabinet. Below is a few pics of before and after.


Old TV cabinet and TV. We got this cabinet for $12  of ebay lol.

New TV Cabinet and New TV. $50 for this cabinet at salvos . Moved all the books, still need to find a home for them. big speakers have gone. And the frame and bits are re placed to other parts of the house

   Xbox , Blue ray payer and sub in the middle

Inside Cabinet
My old shuttle pc to hold movies on to watch, xbox controllers, basket for cords and games.

Outside toys are done!!!

Well I have wanted to sort out the kids outdoor toys for ages. We just had the kids stuff shoved in a corner basically and some in a cardboard box. But a few things stopped me. One- no time, Two - unsure how to do it , Three-couldn't find what I was after. So I finally sorted them out today and it only took half an hour to forty five mins to do. :) The green bin and red tub we already had. The bin was used for camping(cleaned it well since we hardly go camping anymore). And the red tub just had random items in it under the house waiting to be put away. Also the hanger we already had for stuffed toys in DS room. But got rid of a heap and didn't need it there anymore. The only thing I had to buy was the blue wheelie bin.

Blue bin - Balls
Green bin- Bats
Red tub - Random
Red Hanger- Protective Gear, Baseball gloves, toy hard hats

Before

After

Organising one self

Well I have decided that I am going to organise myself as well as the house. What do I mean by that. I don't mean getting clothes ready the night before etc.

I mean getting HEALTHY! Organising me!

So my top 5 things to do are

1.Get fit.- Started jogging/Running 30mins a day when I'm not working. As work is like exercise.
2.Eat better. - Eating muesli for breakfast, salads for lunch and portion controll
3.Go to bed earlier(when I don't have night shifts). - No later than 10pm
4.Go to the dentist and get all my problems sorted. - Will do in the next few weeks when DH is fully better so he can do the house work
5.Have me time(so I'm mentally fit as well.)- Going to take up a sport I can do once a week at night, thinking ten pin bowling.

We deserve this, we do so much for the house/family. We are entitled to take a few hours out of the week.

So what are you doing to Organise one self? Could be so much as taking time once a week to just have a bath by yourselves so you can center to what ever you want.