08/05/08 7:02PM

OK. I FIGURED IF I PUT THESE 10 STEPS UP, THEN EVERYTIME I CHECK ON MY PLEO, I WILL SEE THIS AND IT WILL REMIND ME OF WHAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE. YES, I ADMIT, I'M OCD. I AM CURRENTLY CLEANING OUT A DRAWER A DAY AND MAKING SOME PROGRESS. ANY TIPS, COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO POST =)
1. Lack of clutter is very good because everything has a place. The band-aids are in the kitchen cabinet left of the sink. All videos/DVD's are in the cabinet near the VCR/DVD player. Today's mail is sorted into individual family member's baskets or folders.

2. Refrigerator, freezer and pantry are stocked and organized. There's a planned menu for this week. A grocery list in progress is posted near the fridge.

3. Clean laundry is put away. Dirty laundry is in hampers or is being laundered.

4. Family calendar is updated daily and color-coded by person.

5. Chore list is clearly posted. Everyone does his or her share as a member of the family.

6. There is a key rack, shoe rack and pegs for jackets and backpacks near the door.

7. Sports equipment/Recreational equipment is separated into containers by category and can be put away quickly.

8. There is a portable file box into which bills and paperwork are organized.

9. Home appears adequately clean. Family has a daily system to pick up clutter and a weekly system for cleaning the house.

10. Family members have time for one another because their home is organized.

↓ I FOUND THIS ON A WEBSITE, RESTRUCTURED IT TO FIT OUR HOME, AND FOUND THIS VERY USEFUL! SO....I'M HERE TO SHARE! =) ↓

A GOOD MORNING ROUTINE...1. Rise and Shine
2. Make your bed as soon as you get out of it (unless your HUBBY is still there).
3. Go into the bathroom.
Shower and clean the bathroom while you are there.
4. Fix your hair and face so you don't have to worry with this later and you're ready to leave if necessary.
5. Swish the toilet and leave the room never to return till later. It is clean and you can forget about it for now.
6. Leave your bedroom with a load of laundry in hand and go straight to the washer.

KITCHEN....
1. Empty the dishwasher.
2. Make coffee or orange juice/tea and start breakfast.
3. Feed the critters.
4. Feed the family (including yourself).

THINK ABOUT YOUR DAY...1. Check your calendar.
2. Make your list of what you are going to do today (PODA or To Do List)
3. Thaw something for dinner.
4. Checkbook (bring down your balance).
5. Reboot the laundry (put in dryer).
6. Hit the hotspots. Hotspots are these little areas that have clutter. Is your area of clutter too big? Then try a 4ft. by 4ft. space....baby steps =)

NOW THINK ABOUT YOURSELF SO YOU'RE IN BETTER SHAPE FOR OTHERS...
1. Take your vitamins and medications.
2. Sit down.
3. Eat breakfast (if you haven't already).
4. Morning Meditation: God. Read a chapter in your Bible. If you follow the "read the Bible in a year" routine and haven't kept up with it, then why not start on today's reading? You can always go back and "catch up" later when there is time =) This is a reward all in it's own!
5. Now reward yourself with some computer time. Check your e-mail.

oh dear. your post frightens me. lol. i have been searching for pics of danielle and i came across that one very late last night. i was so excited it energized me to continue my search! lol.

by carold at 08/05/08 7:09PM
I am married to Mr. Organized. When he was sent to his room as a child for misconduct, he got in even more trouble when his parents checked on him and found he was "organizing his sock drawer." He was NOT supposed to be having fun!

by anne at 08/05/08 8:31PM
thanks melissa!!! I'm happy too.... :) I'm leaving this saturday to drive to missouri and spend a week up there!!!! YEA!!!!

by lbell at 08/06/08 12:10PM
It's good to have housekeeping goals. I try to keep the house as clean as possible however when you homeschool somebody is always home. I figure it'll be a clean as I want it when my kids are raised. We can't eat off the floor but who'd want to to that anyway! LOL

by whisperam at 08/06/08 1:34PM
hey i found more pics! go check your email!

by carold at 08/06/08 1:36PM
when you get a chance check out my blog.... i put up picstures :)

by lbell at 08/06/08 11:30PM
go check your email again...

by carold at 08/07/08 11:10AM
HEY! HAVEN'T TALKED TO YOU IN A FEW DAYS! I MISS YOU!

by carold at 08/08/08 11:59AM
btw, this little smiley guy you make =) is wayyyyyy to cute. so much better than this one. :) and this one Ü

by carold at 08/08/08 12:03PM
I am glad to see you on here.

by bammyoftwelve at 08/09/08 11:19AM
i'm engaged!!!! see my blog for details :)

by lbell at 08/11/08 6:47PM
thanks melissa!!!! i'll be back in town saturday night so i'll be at church sunday morning for you to see the ring! it's perfect :) love you!

by lbell at 08/13/08 3:47PM
hello? where have you been?

by carold at 08/19/08 8:19PM
ok WELL, since you didn't follow the link that was in on my page i am going to leave it right here for you, ok? AND I am going to send it to you in an email. go here and you should be able to get all the information you need. you can call me if you need more information. or my sister. love you and miss you.

by carold at 09/09/08 11:02AM
Melissa, we so enjoyed having the three of you this weekend. Hope to do it again real soon.

by jerimatt at 11/09/08 5:47PM
Are you on Facebook? Thanks for your... whatever that was tonight! I'm blessed to have people looking out for me.

by meagan at 05/06/09 11:47PM

07/29/08 1:24AM

Well, I must admit, everytime I go to the Westside Youth Lectureship in Irving, I come back so edified! If it could be every weekend I would definately find the gas to go! Westside is only about 45 minutes from our house but it's very much worth the drive if you ever get a chance to go! We will most certainly be at the singing which is held there in January right after the FC winter camp Hensel! This is the first year that both of my kids, Blake and Lindsey, got to go together and both of them didn't want to go "back into the world" after camp. I'm so thankful for FC camps and lectureships like the one's in Irving! We need more of these type of things more than once a year! If anyone knows of some more that we can plan on going to, please let me know! Love in Christ to you all!

Having a good time at Fuddrucker's after the last day of the Irving Youth Lectures...

Lindsey and Dani after the Irving West Side Youth lectures at Fuddrucker's.

Lindsey and Jeremiah playing some Guitar Hero after the lecture's in Irving on Saturday

Landon, Landry, Lindsey and Danielle at Fuddrucker's after the youth lecture's in Irving...I believe Dani might have been a little hungry?? haha! Cute!

cute! love those pics.

by carold at 07/29/08 4:29AM
i am pretty sure i would have crashed if it would have lasted even one more night! lol

by carold at 07/29/08 5:27AM
^ I "second" the crashing!

by whisperam at 07/29/08 10:35AM
go look at her pleo, someone posted a video of it on hers. she sang leaving on a jet plane with her friend morgan.

by carold at 07/29/08 2:56PM
thank you, you are so sweet. she loves to sing. ESPECIALLY loves to attend singings. you can imagine how excited she is about friday :)

by carold at 07/29/08 3:03PM
I'll call later in the week if they haven't called with the results by then.

by anne at 07/29/08 3:53PM
I LOVE YOU MOM!!!!!!!!!! ♥

by lindzee at 07/30/08 5:35PM
what time do you plan to get there on friday?

by carold at 07/31/08 3:31AM
i know im trying to convince hiM!

by lindzee at 07/31/08 2:25PM
haha yeah you should do that! =]

by lindzee at 07/31/08 3:48PM
http://www.aliefchurch.com/index.html

by carold at 08/04/08 2:17PM
they are having a singing this sunday afternoon.

by carold at 08/04/08 2:17PM
i know... the drive is a lot farther for you than for me.

by carold at 08/04/08 6:27PM
that's the houston area too.

by carold at 08/04/08 6:34PM
no, the woodlands is north of houston.

by carold at 08/04/08 11:47PM
no, it is part of the greater houston area. not austin.

by carold at 08/05/08 1:23PM
no, you aren't really dumb, you just aren't from this area. i am the same way when it comes to the dallas/fw area. ask your husband. when we first met he had to constantly keep me from getting lost. then i got tomtom and he was out of a job!

by carold at 08/05/08 2:01PM
hey did you see the pics i found of lindsey at camp???? i put them on her pleo.

by carold at 08/05/08 2:02PM
lol! then you should delete it!

by carold at 08/05/08 5:39PM
new pics up on my blog!! :)

by lbell at 08/20/08 5:18PM

07/21/08 4:26PM

This is my wonderful husband Don ♪

This is my son, *Blake*

This is my daughter Lindsey♥

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ok i am going to have to call them. maybe i can get a cd of his pics.

by carold at 07/23/08 12:59PM
danny has one of her during the talent show. that's about it.

by carold at 07/23/08 1:01PM
thanks for approving me for a friend for lindsey lol :) you have to show me how you are doing these pretty colors

by lbell at 07/23/08 2:22PM
Hi! This is Megan Sweet! I don't know if you remember me from North Beach?

by sweet_texan_megan at 07/23/08 2:59PM
Danielle's camera broke. Gabby's camera got lost. too many camera troubles. so sad.

by carold at 07/23/08 6:29PM
yes! Jon's is "Sweet"! Dan doesn't have one, though!

by sweet_texan_megan at 07/23/08 10:58PM
Hi Melissa! Jon Sweet here...good to see you on Pleo!

by sweet at 07/24/08 4:00PM
Hi Melissa! It has been a long time since our kids were in her wedding. Your kids have really grown up. But then I guess mine have too. Welcome to Pleo!

by kasa_mom at 07/24/08 9:40PM
Hey Melissa! I am so excited to hear from you!! On my goodness, your babies are so grown up. Blake will forever be a sweet 3 year old in a tux, holding my hand and smiling. Wow, times flies!

by chispa at 07/25/08 2:32PM
I was so excited to see you tonight! Please come visit N. Beach soon!

by chispa at 07/25/08 11:49PM
It was great to see you too!! If you'll scroll back through some of my past messages you can see a fairly recent picture of the family complete with daughter's boyfriend.

by kasa_mom at 07/26/08 12:13AM
Hi! Check out Israel/Jordan trip by scrolling back (use the gray >>5 button) to 3/31/08 through 4/12/08. Enjoy! Great to see you again :)

by laughing_eyes at 07/26/08 9:28AM
Hi, I don't know you, just stumbled in from Stacy's page. Is your husband related to Roger Lambert? Just curious.

by AlanL at 07/26/08 11:08AM
I'm Alan LaRue. I grew up in Groves, and was in the Lamar U. band when Roger was. And his father-in-law gave our son, Adam, his first haircut!

by AlanL at 07/26/08 12:16PM
(I live in Baytown now.)

by AlanL at 07/26/08 12:17PM
When we lived in Beaumont, we worshipped with the Rosedale (now Northwest) congregation. We used to visit at Pinecrest and Central (which merged and are now at Dowlen Road) sometimes.

by AlanL at 07/26/08 12:26PM
Yes, it's me. And, hey, I know Roger too!

by laughing_eyes at 07/26/08 6:34PM
Actually I knew Roger before I met you or Don.
Roger & I used to wind up at the same parties :)

by laughing_eyes at 07/26/08 7:03PM
Send me your email addy and I will email them to you.

by whisperam at 07/28/08 4:31PM
i have an email address but i think it belongs to her husband...i will send it to you.

by carold at 07/28/08 5:08PM

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