Launching & Landing Pad: My Beloved Bootroom

I understand that the area that you enter and leave your house from
is called the launching pad.  I usually call mine the bootroom. I've been working on mine :)

There was bootroom chaos for most of the day,

but now

there is blissful

organized

peace

in my bootroom.

When we built our house

adding the bootroom was really the

only change we made to

the original plans.

So thankful that

our builder made it happen.

BEFORE: What a mess!!!

 AFTER: still packed full... but organized :)

 Baskets labelled with chipboard letters on card stock from my scrapbooking stash. 

 Flip flops and water shoes are tucked away here. 

 Extra mitts and scarves are stashed here.

 Backpacks and all their "fixings" are contained here :)  I am soooo happy about that.

I purchased these amazing swing hooks from Grandma's Attic Home Parties a few years ago.  Dr. Pepper mounted one high for us and one low for the kids (both mounted in studs).  They hold so much stuff and all the members are able to use them independently!!!

Cost: $0 - I used what I had on hand

AND

 the BONUS GOOD NEWS is that

the boys still fit into their winter boots & snowsuits!

I am looking for some decorative items to jazz things up, but for now I'm happy that everything is clean and in it's home.

Hooray, I can cross one more thing off "ThE LiSt" 

Linking to A Bowl Full of Lemons Week 2 Challenge

Birthday Wishes





It's my day to blow the candles out. 

What should I wish for?

Pre-Birthday Celebration Photo-Story

My day started with a friend and an



Photo courtesy of alysonlove.blogspot.com

After I got home Dr. Pepper suggested that

since we had to go to 

to pick up

for Junior

we might as well use

that we got at Christmas

to go to

for a yummy lunch/supper.

So we did.

I hope that your day was as yummy and fun as mine was.

Happy Weekend!

Cleaning Challenge: Dresser

I did this one the other day

so it's just a quick documenting post.

The horrible, completely out of hand BEFORE:

Voila- the after!

And it still looks like this :) 

So I'm rewarding myself with coffee with a friend.

Gotta run ladies!  Have a great day!!!

I'm linking up here. 

I'm Guest Posting @ Today Along the Journey

I feel so honored

to be hosted.

Please pop over and check it out :)

and

if you could leave a comment

I would be ever so grateful

'cause we all love comments.



Guess Where I will be Tomorrow.

I have met the sweetest and most amazing people

in the last few months since I have jumped into the blogging world.

Tomorrow one of the sweetest

is going to host me

as a guest blogger at her site.

You can meet her here.

I am so honoured and excited.

I hope that you can pop over to visit her too.  

21 Day Organizing Challenge: Not Beautiful, But Functional

It wasn't pretty.

Toni @ A Bowl Full of Lemons

is challenging us to tackle under our sinks.

Sigh.  

I needed this push to tackle it.

So, I emptied the area out.

Emptied it out and then wiped out those pesky crumbs 

hiding in the back.

I pared down and reorganized a bit.

Then I remembered this little pocket of nastiness.

Double sigh.

Nastiness confirmed.

But not anymore.

Voila!

It ain't pretty,

But it works for me.

Thanks for stopping by.  

If you want to join in on the organizing fun, 

You can sign up here.

If you are taking the challenge,

are you loving it?

I'm linking up to A Bowl Full of Lemons Day 5.