I dream of a clean room

One of my goals this year is to get my kids on the road to being more organized.  I have been working on both of their rooms trying to find solutions that will work for them and me.  My daughter's room for some reason has been the easier one to keep organized.  Now don't get me wrong, she is 3 and knows how to destroy a room quicker than the Tasmanian devil, but she has gotten into picking up her things as long as mommy helps.  Last week we clear her room out and put everything back in its place.  The room has stayed pretty well kept up this week.  She really likes taking everything out of her room and putting it in the buckets.  I would still like to tag and label in her room, but I just haven't gotten around to it yet!  I will soon.  Above you will see the before picks.

Here are some pictures of everything out and ready to put back in the right place.

And as you can see above are the after pictures.  This took less than two hours and it feels so good to have a clean and organized space.  I posted some pictures of the closet to show the shelves my husband built and added to the closet.  It has been so awesome having the extra shelving space and has stayed organized since we did it.  About 3 to 4 weeks ago.  The cost was less than $30.00 to do the shelves.  I still need to paint them and it will happen soon, too!

Muffins

I got this recipe off of Pinterest. It is from Snacking In the Kitchen.com. The kids did not like it, but my husband and I did.  We talked about changing up the ingredients some to try and get the kids interested.  

Broccoli and Italian Sausage Egg Muffins

Ingredients


1 pound Italian Sausage (sweet, mild, hot variety depending on your preference)
1 cup broccoli florets
8 large eggs
1/4 cup milk (or half and half depending on how you're feeling that day)
1/2 tbsp vegetable oil
1/2 tsp baking powder
salt & pepper to taste
Freshly grated Parmesan Cheese as needed

Directions


1. Preheat oven to 375 F.
2. In a large saute pan, over medium high heat, brown Italian Sausage for about 5 minutes, or until the sausage is no longer pink. Remove from heat and stir in broccoli.
3. Whisk together eggs, milk, oil and baking powder.  Season with salt and pepper.
4. Lightly spray a 12-cupcake pan with oil.Spoon out the sausage and broccoli mixture evenly into each cupcake.
5. Ladle the egg mixture over sausage and broccoli. 
6. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
7. Bake for 15-20 minutes.  

Bookcase redo

Happy Monday!  What a busy weekend we had here!  Didn't really do that much around the house over the weekend, but I did get some things done last week.  I finished my old bookcase redo.  It didn't go exactly as planned but I finished it.  I ended up spending more money than I would have liked to but sometimes you just can't help it.  Here is a picture of the bookcase before.

Not the best looking bookcase on the block!  I didn't want to do alot with this project.  I cleaned it off with a damp rag and then primed it.  I didn't bother sanding it because I really did not want to take the time to do it.  I used two cans of white spray paint and that still didn't really cover it well.  By that point I had had enough.  I have told myself in the past I don't like using spray paint and yet I did it again.  I think I have learned my lesson this time.  I am just a paint can and brush kinda lady. We used two brackets on the shelf to mount to the wall so it would not wobble.   Here is a picture of the finished shelf in our bathroom.

I used baskets we already had at home for storage and just threw out things we were not using anymore.  This shelf is just a temporary storage solution until we remodel our bathroom.  Which I hope happens sooner than later.  The project cost about $20.00.  More then I wanted to spend, but it just couldn't be helped.