The wonders of a plastic cart!

There are sooo many uses for a cart like this. I use this one for a "craft cart" for my kids. They have crayons, markers, construction paper, glue, scissors, tape, work books, stencils, etc...in there. Anytime they need a pencil or paper, I just tell them to go to the craft cart.
I have used this for crafts myself, scrapbooking and more recently button making.
I have used the same kind of thing for clients who had medically fragile children. They have more supplies than you can imagine! Most of us mothers think we have it tough with kids fighting and tattling on each other and getting toys out. These mothers have concerns that we hope we never have. Suctioning their children's trachs and changing the diaper on a 75 pound child, hooking up their feeding tubes that insert into their abdomens. Anyway...on with the topic. These carts can work wonderfully at organizing their medical supplies. They come with wheels(I took mine off) so they can move around a room if needed.
What other uses can you think of for carts like these? I would love to hear them.

My new pouchee button is out!! You can pick either hot pink or the lime green. It will link you directly to my pouchee page. You can pick up the link off my review site.

Doesn't Lindsey Joy do a great job? Thanks Lindsey Joy!! (Go to the bottom of my page and click on her link if you want to jazz up your own blog!

New Review Site

My Review site will be up and running soon. Its there..but you won't find much information on it yet!! Hee hee
I am still adding things to it and moving them around. (Kind of like moving into a new house and you have to decide where to put the furniture)

I am looking for products to review to launch my new site. If any of you are interested in having me review your organizing product, just let me know via a comment on here or by e-mailing me directly at organizewithsandy@yahoo.com
I will be reviewing my own pouchee (yes pros and cons!) and having a give away with that.
Beverly Coggins of 1-2-3-getorganized.blogspot.com/ is sending one (or more) of her books to review.
If you are interested in trying for another pouchee give away....go to http://orgjunkie.com/
and you can enter her contest for one of my free pouchees.

Thanksgiving supplies

Thanksgiving is over and we need to think about getting out the Christmas decorations, but what is the best way to store your Thanksgiving supplies? To make it easiest for next year I suggest a clear container, preferably a fall colored one. Label what is in the container.
One thing I did last year that my husband was thrilled with was I kept the shopping list he made up last year on the computer. We got all the recipes together we were going to make (he makes the turkey, duck and a few side dishes)and he made up a shopping list. I had taken and made copies of all the recipes we had last year. I made notes on the recipes if the kids liked them or if there were any little tweaks we made to them and if they worked or not. I took those copies and the shopping list and clipped them altogether and put in the Thanksgiving bin. It made it very easy this year!

Christmas Cards

The Family Christmas cards - Do you send them anymore?
This is the picture I am putting on our card this year. I just ordered my cards online last night. I used Snapfish this year. I have used them for several projects and have been pleased with everything they have done for me so far. The pictures will be in next week.
I need to get my Christmas card list and update any addresses of people who have moved in the last year. Then I will write my Christmas letter. Yes, I do send one. I love getting them from other people and I have been writing one for many years. Personally, I get a little upset when I get a Christmas card from an old friend and its signed with no note, picture or letter. I send the family picture with the letter and a small personal note at the end of that. Just to let them know I am thinking of them when I am sending their card.
I will get my cards out the 2nd week of December.
This is the age of internet but lets not forget some of the old traditions of Christmas! I say..."Get those cards out this year!"

Black Friday Shopping ...Organized

Are you a Black Friday shopper? Do you set your alarm for 3am and have the drive in the dark and sometimes snow. Standing out in the line that you can't believe is already THAT long? If you have never experienced the craziness...you are actually missing some fun. I don't shop every year on Black Friday am, only if there are things that it will benefit me and I am in the right frame of reference to do so.
But I love to do it and usually make it about 75% of the time.
But I think once you get yourself on the road (the getting up is no fun), then you feel like you are off to tackle a battle and its really fun.
I usually go to Walmart because I would rather wait inside..thank you very much. They just have all the "door busters" covered up and you are guessing at which big covered thing in the middle of the aisles is what you want. Then at the given time of the sale there is supposed to be an employee by each one...they tear them off and everyone starts diving for them. I have never been in a situation where people are literally fighting or pushing or calling names. I know it happens, but usually everyone is friendly and tend to help each other out. You are there on the same mission.
But it is easy to get caught up in the frenzy and buy too much. You may go with one thing in mind, but if you don't have your shopping trip planned you may walk away with oodles of things you really didn't budget for or you may walk away without any of the deals you went for.

1) Make your list on Thanksgiving day with the sales ads in hand. If you know the
layout of the store, mark down a map of where you plan to go.
2) Plan which stores you are going to go to and at what time (plan early for
your first store). Some stores match prices so you can take your K-mart ad into
Walmart with the exact same item and if there is a given price (you can't use a
percentage off, they won't honor that)during the hours of the sales, they will
match that. (Check to make sure your store matches prices)
3) Get to your store early (everyone else will too) Make sure you have your list
with you AND the store ads. (keep them in a folder)
4) Go for your most important item first. Then try your best to stick to your plan.
5) Try to resist grabbing the last ticket for that 52" big screen that you don't
need or want just because you are in the right place at the right time.
6) Go light hearted and plan to have fun. Having a positive attitude can make
your experience an adventure instead of a disaster!