TINA'S BACK!!!!!

"Does Tina just come in here and cry when she sees how we've turned all her hard work into a disaster?" my husband asked.

It was a valid question.  You might recall my posts about hiring an organizer, and the organization process.  I was wildly into it… but then I had to stop because life just got too busy, and I couldn't dedicate the time.

Well, I won't say things have exactly slowed down.  As my friend and fellow Deb Ball member Kim Stagliano says, "We all have more than we can handle, and none of us are Mother Teresa."  Still, I have a little breathing room at the moment, and the minute it opened up, I called Tina from Methods Organizing and begged her to come back.

There might have been a couple tears in her eyes when she saw the disarray of the house, but the truth is that the bulk of what she and I had accomplished so far was out of sight: closets and drawers that had been completely reorganized.  They're still organized, which is a huge victory for me.

It's just the clutter we hadn't yet organized that has spread all over the house and multiplied.

We're on a roll now, though.  We spent three hours putting together a massive IKEA bookcase for Miss M's soon-to-be-completely-redone room.  The finished piece looks almost exactly like the one in the picture… except for the giant rubber-mallet hole I accidentally pounded into its side.  Oops.  Happily, I've convinced Miss M that the side would look amazing covered with pictures of her and her friends, so no one will ever know.

Any favorite organizational tips?  I'm on a roll now, so bring 'em on!