THANK YOU!!:)

Thanks to all of you for your wonderful suggestions about what to do with my cards and magazines. You all had some great ideas and I now have a little plan brewing as far as what to do with them all:)

MY LITTLE "HELPER"

Hmm... Not sure if licking a clean whisk is helping tho.



Mom, you have cool toys!!

Mmm... tasty too!

This one makes me smile:) I love his tongue!

Let's get as much of it in the mouth as possible!

Eh, who needs a whisk when you can have a spatula? And lets just dump the whole utensil holder while we're at it.

I can tell... once this little guy is on the move there will not be a moment's peace! Maybe I should invest in some cupboard locks...

HELP!! I need your suggestions!!!

Every once in a while... a mood strikes... and right now I'm in the mood to... PURGE. Meaning I hate clutter. Things that I don't use, don't like any more, STUFF... I want it GONE!

Right now it's our "office" that is the unfortunate target. It has long been (well ever since we've lived here), the catch-all room, where all our STUFF went that didn't have a home. Well. No. More. If it doesn't have a home, and isn't something we need, well, it's gone.

Sometimes this is a problem... Here's my problem.

I love sending and receiving cards. Especially from my hubby:) So between the 2 of us we have lots of cards from waaaayyyy back, birthday cards from my 1st birthday, special cards from family and friends that I just couldn't throw away. Cards from our wedding and shower. And now cards from when Evan was born. The pile is only going to get bigger from here. Hopefully as more children are added to our family, then there will be birthdays, graduations... The list just goes on!

So here's the thing. WHAT CAN I DO WITH THEM!?!? Besides keeping them in a worn out old shoebox that only takes up SPACE. Which is something we DO. NOT. HAVE. in this house.

Should I create some sort of a scrapbook? Make something with them? But how can I preserve the sentiments written inside if I make something out of them???? AAAHHH!!! Stuff like this almost drives me crazy.

I hate clutter so much that stuff that only sits around in boxes must GO. But stuff like this I don't want to part with, but it takes up such precious space!

On another note, I have the same question for something completely different. Magazines. How do you keep the ones that are inspiring, like as in ideas that I want to keep in mind for decorating, crafting, organizing, etc. I hate to keep the entire magazine around because, well, they take up SPACE. And also because who has time to sit around and hunt through a pile of magazines to find a particular idea? So any ideas as to how I can handle this problem as well?

I would soooo greatly appreciate any suggestions you all have for my dilemmas:)