A Recommendation...or two...or three!

This week finds things a bit helter-skelter because of Vacation Bible School! I've mentioned before (I think) about how I over-commit and disastrous this is for my intellectual short-comings personality type. I believe the nail-on-the-head phrase that Mrs. Jennifer Fulwiler uses is "EPIC FAIL".

When I over-commit, my house falls apart, my brain implodes, I go a little crazy and the only thing my family hears from me is: "NOTHINGINTHISHOUSEISRIGHTDOESN'TANYONEEVERCLEANANYTHING?!?!?!" Which, I can only assume, comes out sounding like the grown-ups in the Charlie Brown cartoons. It must. Because if they understood what I was saying, they would all jump up and pick up the toys, clean the kitchen, and finally figure out a way to organize the deluge of paperwork that generally surrounds us. Right?

Anyhow, whenever we reach this state of affairs, I, in an "if-this-then-this" sort of equation, start desperately looking for A New System.

• I re-read A Mother's Rule of Life: How to Bring Order to Your Home and Peace to Your Soul (conveniently on loan this week).

• I look for new materials -- SURELY there must be some magical formula I am missing. Currently, convinced that I have ADD, I have read and am re-reading: Organizing Solutions for People with ADD: Tips and Tools to Help You Take Charge of Your Life and Get Organized. (With a subtitle like that, who wouldn't read this book?)

• And I have discovered (perhaps you have too!) this lovely little blog: By Sun and Candlelight. It is delightful! I am contemplating trying her "file crate system". And even if you, Enlightened Reader, already have figured out how to have order in your home, peace in your soul, charge of your life, and organization to boot, I think you might enjoy perusing the posts and reading about how she incorporates liturgical seasons into her planning regimen!