Confession Tuesday

Today I will address the extent of my dorkishness. I confess that I am a serial organizer. And when I say organize, I mean strictly for myself because no one on earth could possible follow my train of thought. Any method that I might use for organization could not possible make sense to other people. Only I would understand where everything is. And that’s not to say that everything in the house is spotless… (Did I mention I had three kids?!?) It’s not freakish that I alphabetize all of the DVD’s and CD’s right?

I mentioned a while ago that I had created a “mom planner” for myself. I saw the “Mom Agenda” on someone’s blog, and I investigated. I thought that $40 bucks was a little strong to throw down on a calendar, so I made my own. (I have since reconsidered the cost involved as I have come to LOVE my planner. I might just buy one next year.) I just used Microsoft Word to make a template for the daily pages, and then I made a monthly calendar on a half page to be included in the agenda for reference. I also made a chart for the kids and their “jobs” or responsibilities. I am still trying to tweak that…the job chart is not working as well as I might like.

I have been using a planner for a long time. At my school all students are issued a planner at the beginning of the school year. Students use them for homework and other obvious calendar related items, but they also use it as a pass for the clinic, restroom, attendance, etc. This system works very well and was adopted by the entire district. As a result, all teachers are issued a planner as well. When I was a kid, I just used a little monthly planner to write homework and such. My agenda now is a daily one, but it only encompassed school related information. The one that I created includes room for my stuff, the kid related stuff, books that I am reading, as well as household stuff like menu planning. I love, love, love this thing. It has helped me tremendously. I have everything right here in one place. I pull out the recipes that I will be using for the next two weeks and put them in an envelope that I included in the little book. Each day I have everything handy, and at the end of the two weeks I just put those recipes back and choose new ones.
Is this pathetic or what? I think that it is a disease…probably related to OCD (which should be CDO-arranged alphabetically like it should be) I know that it sounds really pathetic and pitiful, but I can’t help my freakish organizational habits. I think in tree map. I list. Don’t make fun of me…