While recovering from a running injury, Chad was advised (by medical and non-medical friends) that he should invest in a Playstation so he could play video games while sitting. Sitting is not something Chad is good at doing. This led to a purchase of Hogwarts Legacy, which although a single player game, has provided us both with hours of shared entertainment (I like exploring, he likes fighting).
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The very first thing we did was sit down and sort through all of the clothes and toys. We then sorted out the closet, which had been a holding place for several boxes of things they had moved in with, and hadn’t opened since. Finally we attacked the desk, sorted everything, and discussed how she would like to use the room. When I left that day, we had an empty closet, and mostly clean floors.
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The room is a pretty standard sized bedroom from the 1950s, two windows, and a small closet. Kenzee needed her desk to stay where it was located so she could see into the living room, where her children are in the afternoon while she is working. The couch needed to remain or a bed needed to take it’s place, so the room could continue to function as a guest room.
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I asked our cabinet maker if we could have something like the above. Not only did he say yes, but that he wanted to photograph our completed set up to show to other customers. I am nothing if not a trend setter, obviously.
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My local Home Depot only had circular trays with casters, and for some reason, I decided the ones I needed should be square. Fortunately, the internet (Amazon) provided me with the exact ones I was looking for and delivered them to me, along with zip ties, two days later.
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Then, I realized that I have a cricut, and they sell printable vinyl, and it dawned on my that I could make my own functional planner stickers.
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What we do a little differently with our calendar, is that we have event tickets (that we previously plan, obviously) favorite holiday movies and tv episodes, and activities like baking gingerbread or making a holiday charcuterie board – instead of the standard small gifts and candy every day. We do hide candy on random days, and for special occasions there are gifts (for instance, two years ago we went out of town for a few days and so Chad got a new pair of wireless headphones to take on the plane instead of making him wait until Christmas day to open them). However, it is more of an event calendar than a gift calendar.
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The most important factor in the magic number AND capsule wardrobe is that everything you own, when washed, needs to fit in the space you have. If you have drawers fit to bursting, you can’t put anything away. Once you’ve pared down to what you need, make sure everything has a place where it fits. Each individual system will look different, but knowing what you have, what you need, and what fits (in your closet and your life), is a major step in getting the piles of laundry under control.
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