Confessions of the Organizationally Challenged

Warning: the following pictures are graphic and may not be suitable to view for those who can not stand a mess.

This post is one of those that may be a bit too truthful but I am putting it all out there, I am not holding anything back. I am organizationally challenged. There I said it. Don't they say that admitting that you have a problem is the first step to recovery. Recovery does not seam like the right word in this case. Can you recover something you have never had?
I know that Heavenly Father gave us all different gifts and talents but the organization talent is one I missed out on and really wished I had. I know that Heavenly Father realizes I missed this one because I have served in a lot of callings and a lot of presidencies starting from the Behives on up and I have never once been called as a secretary, secretaries need to be organized. It is not that I would not like to be organized, it is not that I don't like it when things are organized. I just simply don't know how to do it and it overwhelms me. Yet remembering that if we work at it we can obtain new talents I continue to work at it.
This is where that a bit too honest part comes in. I spent a good part of today trying to organize the messiest part of my whole house. The spot I have been avoiding for lets just say way to long. It started falling apart while I was pregnant with Gideon.

Enter exhibit #1 the craft closet.


I know what a disaster area, how embarrassing!!!!


and I had already taken all this stuff out of the closet.


I did pretty good until I got to this far then I started felling really overwhelmed,


but I still had all this stuff to go through.


I struggled through and I finished. I got everything back in the closet. In a semi-organized matter.


Doesn't it look prettier now? Maybe I will be able to start getting some stuff ready for Christmas now. Did I just say Christmas? I know I shouldn't be thinking about it yet, but I am.

Shiloh says he wants to put up some more shelves in this closet but he also says he is making me a craft room down stairs. We will see which one happens first.

I'm sure this could be organized better. One time I watched a new gal in one of our presidencies reorganize our supply closet at church. It was a closet I had been in a million times. This closet was jammed packed and we were always trying to squish thing into it. She reorganized it in such a logical way and gave us more room. I was amazed. That is a talent I wish I had.