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Angel's Blog - Homemaking Part 9: Living Room
Reading List
Psalms and Genesis
Our Curriculum:
Horizons Math Grade 4 and K,Sequential Spelling, Lifepac Language Arts 4, Apologia Astronomy, Veritas Press New Testament/Greeks/Romans
Prima Latina, Contenders for the Faith and various Winters Promise books, Live Mocha Spanish, Plants Grown Up
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Dec. 3, 2008 - Homemaking Part 9: Living Room
The best thing I have ever discovered when organizing my living room was baskets! Years ago I was given a cute basket that matched my living room decor at th time (remember those red white and blue baskets Sarah?) and I got the genius idea to put it on my coffee table to hold the remotes. This was seriously one of the best ideas I have ever had! No lost remotes, and all my husband's clutter that accumulates on the coffee table gets tossed in the basket. Out of sight yet easily findable! That little basket has grown over the years as my husband finds more and more stuff to leave on the coffee table, and I switch out my baskets to match the seasons.
You can see my fall basket here:
Next is books. I LOVE to read, as do my husband and oldest son so far. It would be easy for us to fill a house with books, but I am SUPER picky. First off we don't buy a book unless it contributes to use growing in godliness. If I can get a book at the library we don't keep it, even if it was given to us.The exception is books I use over and over again. Also it has to fit on our bookshelf. If it doesn't fit something has to go! We recently got rid of out old entertainment center that had 2 bookshelves on it, so along with it over 100 of my husbands book were sold too! I don't think I have ever been so excited to see stuff leave my house!!!
Here is ALL our books. Husband has top shelf, next is homeschooling and reference, next are my books and more reference, the rest are the children's books. The basket is board books, so Abigail gets older she can just pull her basket down and not be tempted to pull all the books out (we learned with the 1st two!)
Jolene asked about how I handle mail, so here is her long awaited answer!
We do most of our bills online so there will be less paper to deal with. I open my mail over the recycle bin and toss all the envelopes and junk in right away.
Bills that need to be paid have a little organizing stand in my computer desk, and then cards get put on the fridge :)
This is Jen from stepoutintothesun.blogspot.com. You won the Christmas shirt/bow giveaway :-) My email is groth1002@yahoo.com Send me the size shirt you want as well as if you need a bow band for the bow :-) Oh, your address too :-)
Looks great I do the basket thing too. I have a basket of baby toys and then a book basket of what i want to read to the kids. Right now it has all Christmas books in there.
I will post pictures of my living room on my blog tonight.
