wonder woman

For the last few weeks, I have been the grateful beneficiary of the organizational super skills of friend, Anne Marie.

AM has a flair and a passion for organizing; it is almost like magic how she can stand before a cupboard and as easy as saying bibbedy bobbedy boo! visualizes exactly how that pile of kitchen paraphernalia can suddenly make sense.

A month ago she prompted me to to purchase a label maker (?) and a number of plastic bins. Then a week ago she arrived and while the kids played (and stayed up very late) we emptied out every cupboard in the kitchen including the hall panty. We piled up the vast collection on tables and counters and then methodically went through it all. Whenever I started to fade, or felt overwhelmed by how much STUFF there was, AM kept us going.

And at five minutes past midnight we were done! Three bags of garbage, another for goodwill, and 2 bins of recycling cleared the way for a kitchen that had room for every single thing. A few more purchases this week (with coupons found by AM of course) and the kitchen is now one of my favourite places in the house!

Very happy - hopefully I can maintain the energy to tackle all the closets throughout the house now!

Anne Marie's magic touch