I have always wanted to be a person who has a command centre. A nice little house hub that helped me feel organized. For calendars and planners and important mail and all that other stuff that floats around without a home. All good things. Things I need to look at and pay attention to. And try as I might, there just does not appear to be a place in my home for such a spot.
So. This is what works for me. And what helps me feel a bit more human. Its small, but its nice, and it helps.
This picture doesn’t include my calendar, because it can’t, for obvious reasons. So what I can show you is this.
A cute mug full of pens that I like. These ones smell like brunch foods, and they don’t bleed through. I LOVE them. Plus a little ghost pen from my mom that works WAY nicer than I thought it would! A stylus or two. And I believe thats a crochet hook in there, too, because I’m me.
A cute notebook that Cher and I share 😏 Cher helps me with domestic jobs in my home, and that book is for communicating between the two of us whats been done, what still needs doing, plus cutie little notes here and there of appreciation and bestihood. If I think of something that needs doing that I don’t have time to do, I can write it in there and I know we will address it together.
And a cute little planner from Costco. I have always wanted to be a planner person but its not been a great system, as I still need to put everything on the paper calendar for the kids to see, and into the phones for Brady to see. So why another place to fill in??? However!! I’ve discovered a beautiful use for a planner. Foster stuff!! Each day I put in there anything important or noteworthy that the babies do, where we go, or what I hear from the social workers. THAT is an amazing way for me to log my foster stuff – in a planner. It may have taken more than a year but I finally found a method I like! Hahaha!
There you have it. My very small, and somewhat lame, “command centre.” It may be small and lame but its cute and effective and I’m so grateful. It brings confidence to have places to put my thoughts and necessities. I can feel organized and somewhat in control of things. And the things I’m not in control of can still be on record. Win win!!
Today in planner: Requested stroller solution from the ministry, all three workers applied. Waiting to hear.