Day 2 of 31 days of organization and life

Day 2, well really day 1, but I am trying to catch up, so going ahead and doing two posts in one day. 

Organization in my eyes:
I love the feeling of being organized.  I feel like things are in order, feel like things are not chaotic and I just feel so much better when I know where things are.  But thinking about all of this just proves one thing to me.  I am a CONTROL freak...ok I admitted it.  I know I don't have to be in control in all areas of my life, but the few things I am good at, I like to be in total control of them. 

So trying to let go and Let GOD help me with some of these areas I feel so unorganized with right now, is going to be awesome to watch and see.  Watch and see how He takes control and watch and see how He wants me to be the mom, wife and friend to others.  It will be challenging but I know in the end it will all be rewarding.

Until tomorrow...Love this sign, now if I can only really do that with ALL the areas of my life. 

Day 1; 31 days of blogging about organization and family

31 day challenge and its been 2 years since blogging, but here we go. 

~What I want to get out of this challenge:
As you can see I'm not as much of a blogger as others doing this challenge.  But I really do enjoy reading blogs, I just find that I don't have the time to sit down and write sometimes.  Being a mom of two girls now has put me in a state of unfamiliar territory...unorganized.  Others may say I am still organized, but I tend to feel otherwise.  So I really want to read others blogs during this challenge to get a deeper root with 1. The Lord (to find comfort and encouragement from other bloggers) and 2. to see I'm not the only one feeling this disconnected with being organized. 

~Organization:
By far this and hospitality have always shown to be my "spiritual gifts".  But it is so hard these days to feel organized.  I haven't been able to put my finger on why yet, but there has to be some answer out there.  I typically am one to always straighten up my house after the girls go to bed, clean the entire house once a week, and remember birthdays, appointments, and special events....LATELY: all of this is out the window.  Yes I pick up occasionally when the girls have put a toy in every room and it is almost hazardous to walk, and I still clean once a week, but not the deep cleaning like I used to, but the one thing that has been really frustrating is being so unorganized that I am forgetting things that should be most important.

~Tackling this the best I know how:
I used to be the type of person that carried around her calendar everywhere (like a purse), but now I find myself barely using it.  I am still old school, where I like to have a calendar book and not use my phone.  I think I just enjoy writing on something and like to be able to see out far on a calendar.  Maybe one day I will convert and use my phone, but for now I am a calendar book kind of girl.  The other thing I think has caused this disconnect is our life this past year...

Break down:
March 2012: my Mimother was diagnosed with GBM (brain cancer)
June 2012: we were asked to move back to Savannah, GA from NC
July 2012: my Mimother passed away (she was like a mom to me)
August 2012: we had Ansley (our 2nd daughter, and we had her a little more than one week after my Mimother passed away)
Same month, three weeks after having Ansley, we moved to an apartment in Savannah GA.
October 2012: found a house, sold our other house, went to NC to finish packing and moving and moved into our new house in Richmond Hill, GA
Jan 2013: Anna Kate (our oldest daughter) turns 3 and starts preschool
March-May 2013: battling a mold problem in our new home....washed everything in our master bedroom...that was a ton of laundry
July 2013: one year anniversary to my Mimother's passing
August 2013: Ansley's first birthday

It may not look like a lot, but it has felt like a rough year.  Lots of emotions, lots of hormones, lots of change.  So maybe this is the underlining factor for this feeling of disconnect and unorganized.  I guess now I just need to figure out the motivation to get back to the way I know works best for me.  I know lots of ppl say to not worry about your house because you will miss what's most important: your kids and family...I kinda feel like I am missing more by worrying than just getting back into a routine like I used to do.  So bare with the randomness of my blogging, but I hope someone can relate. 

Thanks Hazel Hive for encouraging me to write again!!! 

Thanks for reading,
Kelly