Disorganized Organization!

This is the most Disorganized space in our home. It is the utility

room. The first room off the garage. The room where packages and

mail is dumped, where I store my cookbook over-flow, my reusable

grocery totes, and inside the cabinets, my cake stand obsession

and obscene collection of flower vases. This is the one area of the

house where I am constantly straightening and playing catch-

up. However, all that being said, this space is also the spot...

That keeps me the most organized! How? Well, see all those

things taped to the cabinet doors? That's my system for

keeping us going in the right direction at all times!

This is the spot where I keep all of our travel itineraries and event tickets. As

soon as I book our travel or buy tickets I put all of the confirmations, directions

and other information, such as restaurant and shopping recommendations for the

area, as well as what to know about nearby attractions and other things to see

there or along the way into these handy plastic report covers. Then I tape them

and any loose event tickets we have directly to the cabinet doors. They start

out on the cabinets above the desk... But as the date for our trip or activity

nears, I move the tickets and/or itinerary packets over to the cabinets by

the door. This is also where I stage rewards certificates and coupons we

receive via mail or e-mail so that the next time we're headed out we can

just grab them and go! This system saves me a ton of time and always

ensures we're never left scrambling just before an important date!

This summer is a busy time for us... We have four more baseball games left of our

season ticket package. We're going to the mountains for the weekend tomorrow

morning. And, next week we're off to Charleston for a kayaking trip at Folly Beach!

The week after that, we're headed to Durham for night-kayaking. And, in August

were off the see the Beach Boys at Biltmore. There are also tickets posted up there

for Eddie Money at the Biltmore in October. That's a lot to keep up with! But

having everything posted in one central spot ensures that we don't miss a thing!

When the boys were still at home this system helped me keep up with all those tiny

doctor/dental appointment cards, permission slips, signed report cards headed back

to school, picture money envelopes and all the other things required to keep them

on schedule. What about you... What's the method to the madness of your busy life?

I'm lovin' my messy utility room that keeps me organized so I'm linking up!