Saturday, April 20, 2013

The Introduction

I will be using series sets to blog about more specific topics to avoid blending things together and to make it easier for everyone to find what they want, especially me. A set will have a Blog Name, series number and perhaps an alphabetical value as well.. but we'll see. It will look something like this:
Yadda-Yadda .1

Blablabla!

The Series!  
Show Me What'cha Workin' Wit!
I would really like YOUR input if you want more detail about the things I post. If you wish to see different spaces that I have organized in my home life and I'm not posting about it, if I post a picture that you would like more information about, comment about it, send me a message, or use the 'Reactions' to tell me what's what! I'll gladly take you down the path of how that thing or area became organized, what exactly happened in the process, what everything is, where I got it and why I'm not using something else.

Running Home
The Running Home Blogs are going to be dedicated to sharing how I organize our homeschool life. Homeschool is a frightening task to take up at any point if you're in the 'already-in-public-school' journey like we were. We did it in the middle of October. We'll be beginning to teach both of our children full-time in June, after Bugs' public school year is over. 

Feel Free
The Feel Free Blogs are going to be dedicated to sharing how as a family we remain happy always, as humans are not naturally pleasant and happy people. I struggle with depression, sometimes to a debilitating point. Coliander's emotional turmoil often spills over into week long roller coasters with treacherous highs and gruesome lows. Mr. Ed and Bugs float along side us enduring the push and pull with the ease of experience whilst the two of us churn in our rip-tides. 

Baggers and Mash
I have Celiac Disease. I don't like having Celiac Disease... I'm no longer in denial but I don't always like to deal with it. I am still working on making my home GF or gluten free. I rearrange my cupboards and refrigerator often to accommodate always changing menus, tastes and time frames. I make some really strange-to-other-people foods. I won't be posting a large amount here unless it becomes a popular tid-bit but most of the time I'll just be posting pictures and ingredients.

Friday, April 19, 2013

Well then. Hello and welcome to the show!

I partner in running a house hold of 4. We have a Dad, a Mom and two children, a son and a daughter. For safety's sake I'll introduce them as Mr. Ed, Coliander (7) and Bugs (4). We'll get back to our story later on. 
 
Originally when I learned about blogging I told myself that I was never going to blog or report about things in some super specific way on any super specific topic. It just seemed lame and tiresome to me. A shear waste of time. 

Over the years I have been searching for a great many things to help make my home life easier and more organized. I followed some bloggers, got a feel for their personalties, and enjoyed reading even some of the most mundane commentary.  Recently, I thought again about my decision to never blog. Obviously, since here I sit typing away, my decision has been changed. 

Short, Simple and To The Point is my way to share the organization of  not only my thoughts but also, my life inside and out.

I have learned that when you are organizing pretty much anything, the process is daunting, often dirty, and rarely short, simple or to the point. 

Mr. Ed works two jobs. I do the typical 50's wifey thing; generally make sure everyone  doesn't stink,  starve or miss scheduled appointments.  I'm also an aspiring craft business owner. Coliander no longer attends public school and is homeschooled. While Bugs is an A-Typical Example Peer in an Early Childhood Education Classroom for children with ASD.  (Autism Spectrum Disorders NOT Atrial Septal Defect) She's not on the spectrum but her brother is.

We are the working class poor and there is nothing wrong with that. We are happy with the simple things we can do for entertainment which are the most healthy in the long run anyway. We take joy in paying our bills every month because for a long while we couldn't do that. We are happy to just be together, loving each other and being happy.