NoteWorthy: More Baby Steps to Organization

Last night I finally watched part one of "Breaking Dawn". I think I liked it.... I'm actually glad we didn't spend money to watch it in the theater, but with the subject matter being so awkward at times I think the actors did a great job and the story was put together really well. Sometimes I just had to laugh at the ridiculousness of it all! I read these books and I admittedly loved them. Why are some things so funny when portrayed in a movie??! Anyway, I liked it.

I wanted to share (or maybe brag is a better word!) some of the little things I've accomplished in my continued efforts to be organized.

My "big" project right now is menu planning, trying to find out what works for me and my family. I really want to bypass the stress of "what's for dinner?!", and it helps ALLOT with grocery shopping. There are so many good ideas out there, and tons of free printables so your meal plan can be all cute. Right now I am experimenting with planning 2 weeks at a time, suggested by Simple Mom here . And I found some printable planners that I really like the look of - but I'm not sure it's what I need. Here's a cute one:

But I think I need one that doesn't have the grocery list attached. Mine now looks like this:

No longer pretty! Next week I'll try this one:

I'm actually toying with the idea of making my own. It won't be very cute but I'm more worried about it being functional for us. I think that's the biggest thing about organization that I'm learning right now. I've always tried to copy someone else and the things that worked for them, now I'm trying to take ideas that I like and morph them to fit our needs. I think it's working! I'm sure I'll be revisiting "meal planning" once I refine my system. For now, lets move on.

Tell me what you think about this:

It makes me laugh! But, hey, it's working out great! We had to get a larger shower head caddy for our shower and since this one was still pretty new I couldn't throw it out. It now hangs on the side wall above my dryer. It is pretty much perfect for tape and string and scissors and plastic baggies. Now I know where all that stuff is and I don't have to dig around for it. The best part it that it inspired me to clean off the dryer -