Organising the masses

At the end of last year our home was chaos.  The triplets had well and truly turned our lives upside down and while I stuck to their routine like our lives depended on it, the rest of us just fit everything in when we could. So my resolution for 2012 was to get everything organised and I mean everything.
I started out around the house, some room change, toy clean out, linen cupboard clean up.  I bought boxes, containers and a label maker and I got to work. It wasn't too hard and things seemed a bit more settled and spacious.   I was ready to move onto the next level of organising......schedules!
We've been working to "The Schedule" for the past three weeks, so far it's been a great success, our morning run smoothly and it means that the lady that comes to give me time out can pick up where I left off....... Here it is

 {I started with a chore list for the big kids}

 My Mum was horrified at how many chores they each have, but my husband & i think its fair and the kids don't complain so it can't be too bad. 

 

{Then I went onto a morning & afternoon routine for the big kids}

{ Then schedules for the kids who stay home }

{ And finally a cute cover } 

 I needed a way to put them together so the kids could easily get to it, flick through it (and have no excuses! ) 

So I : 

1. Printed the sheets

2. Laminated the sheets

3. Punched a hole in the top left side of each sheet 

4. Threaded the sheets on a key ring

5. Hung on a hook in the kitchen next to the calendar & my organisation station. 

Voila ! 

It is working for us really well. The kids get it out every morning and stick to it, there is much less stress & rush before school and as a bonus the kids are learning some great life skills. It also helps to maximise my time so that I can fit in some blogging, designing and gym time.  Happy days! 

xxKristy 

Project Gallery Wall

Our house is pretty squashy and we're forever shuffling around to try and make more room, our latest move has the triplets in the back room of the house, perfectly quiet for their lunch time sleep but the room is un inspirationally bland.  It's saving grace is a pastel purple feature wall from the previous owners little girl. The plan to brighten up the girls room (now that their 14 months over stimulation from decor isn't a factor) a gallery wall.
I am so excited and have been pinning my favourites like a women possesed on Pinterest.
I am still in dreaming faze and I thought I would share with you some of my favourites.

 {from hisugarplum.blogspot.net}

I love the mix of the prints, photos, letters & words.  I sell so many prints that have been inspired by my kids, I'd love a place like this to display them. 

{from andbabymakes3.com}

I think this is my favourite, bright, happy and perfectly girly.  The round frames add so much interest.  I wonder where I can get that crown?

{from cape27blog.com}

This is a simple and elegant gallery style display.  I love it because it is so easy to add or change frames and other tid bits. 

{from cape27blog.com}

My heart skipped a beat when I saw this one. So calm, so lovely, so perfectly in proportion.  I think I may even design a new range of patterned prints.

So where to from here?

 I will decide on the prints, photos and other bits I want to go on the wall. 

Sort out what frames I have, the ones that could do with a new colour and hopefully I won't need to spend too much on additional frames.   I'll decide on a wall layout.  Some ideas here .   Then I'll get down to business.! 

I'm excited to see the end result and will share when I'm done! 

Do you have a gallery wall? I'd love to see some pictures or hear about it! 

A range of lovely prints available on my website. www.thatmamagotsoul.com.au

xxKristy

Sunny Days!

I'm inspired by the book I am reading,  "A New Earth"  by Echart Tolle.  A lot of the topics he covers in the book have hit home for me and I have started to implement some of his strategies (with hiccups of course)
I am being mindful about living in the moment, taking life one moment at a time and not getting caught up i my own expectations. So today I am simply happy that the sun is shining. I am ignoring the fact that the mosquitos are hatching, the grass is soggy, the kids have been running mud through the house the entire day and the air is so humid its hard to breath and I'm smiling because its summer and it's not raining!

Happy Sunny 4th of Feb, enjoy it because the forecast is for 27 days of rain!
xxKristy