Let's just start out by getting the obvious out of the way: I am an organizational geek.
I make no qualms about it - I love organizing things (in fact I just had my latest organization frenzy this last weekend), and I love reading about news ways to organize.
It's not because I think that label makers and excel sheets are cool. Well, actually that's not true. (I do think those things are cool.) More than that though, organizing things makes me feel like I'm making a better home for Chris and me and that organizing things will help us be happier.
Enter Real Simple.
Talk about an organizational junkie's crack. This magazine arrives each month and without fail, that evening it arrives will be spent with me meticulously going through each page. Because I love the story it tells.
When I read Real Simple, I am a good homemaker. I am a loving wife who can whip new recipes up. I am part of a happy, organized world.
Except, that I'm not really.
Sometimes our bed goes a few days without being made. Sometimes we order Chinese takeout for a couple nights in a row (even with a fridge full of healthy food I bought). And sometimes, I go to bed at night with my house not exactly looking like the shining model of organization.
But the truth is, Real Simple makes me happy. Even if my best intentions for giving our garage a makeover doesn't exactly go as planned, I still tried. And even if the Guide to the Simple Veggie Garden ended up not being all that simple (and I didn't look all the glamorous doing it) I still spent Saturday outside working on something new.
When that magazine arrives, I'm confident that perfecting my organizational and home making skills a tiny bit each month is still a step in the right direction.
Even if it is just one cupboard at a time.
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