I have been following a great blog called biblical womanhood. Lucky for me, she is starting a wonderful challenge to become more organized throughout the coming weeks. I am anxious to take this on as I find myself to be a much more patient wife and mother when I feel that my environment is in some kind of order. Heaven knows I do not need perfection, but I also do not care to spend my days searching through piles of papers to find my checkbook, searching through baskets of socks to find a pair, and searching through piles of toys to find my children who have been swallowed up by the mess!

We are working on starting new habits in the new year as a family. My children have been dilegently following our 4 new rules in the house and we have been rewarding them with marbles in a jar to help support their progress. The goal is that through treating each other more kindly and with more respect and by being more responsible family members our family will grow stronger. And how else are the kids going to get a trip to the dreaded Chuck E. Cheese?!? I do think getting organized can help to support these goals as well and it is important for the kids to see that I am working toward something too.

This week, throwing out trash, and starting the give, sell, maybe boxes. I have always wanted to do that! The trick to making this stick is to count the basement as a part of the house and not ignore it or use it as the dumping ground. Here's hoping!