Hiding the clutter tip-Quick Clean Up

I wanted to share a wonderful idea I came up with a while back for cleaning up before company comes. My house is very small, we have a kitchen, living room and dining room downstairs, a bedroom for each of us (poor E has a tiny room), and a itty bitty bathroom. We do have a basement but it isn't really usable for living.
We do have a L shaped desk and desk top computer in the basement as well as a printer, fax etc, workstation, but it is kinda not real nice down there, and that is our "business" area, so I am only down there to do invoicing, bills and the like, oh and laundry too.

So when we have company there is very limited space to put stuff.
I use my dining room table to put all the papers etc. I am currently working on, all my coupons, fliers.
So my table is usually very cluttered.

So here is my table:




And here is my simple solution:


Use a cute bag (pictures is a EnviroSax) and put papers ( I am sure you all have a pile of bills, fliers, etc somewhere and don't know what to do to hide it) I also put my library books in it so there aren't piles of them everywhere.

Good idea, HUH.
I know you got a cute bag somewhere and hopefully a place to hang it!

Wordless Wednesday ::BFF::

3rd day of 3rd Grade

I cannot believe that my little girl is not so little anymore, she may even be bigger than me in less than 2 years. (Being 4'11" that isn't a huge accomplishment!)



Merci has done very well, but the first few days are always easy.
She wasn't feeling good this morning, and wanted to stay home, but I made her go, so I am waiting for that phone call.

Me and E are enjoying lots of time together before he starts pre-school.
Merci slept over her aunts this weekend and Josh and I spent a lot of time with our little E.

We just don't get it

My husband and I just don't get the whole excitement factor behind golf.
I joke that guys just like to drive golf carts around, and I guess hitting things helps let frustration out, but other than that it is has no appeal to US.
It is expensive, LONG, and you see people wear goofy clothes...haha.
(if your going to Florida you can check out Orlando golf)

We will stick to mini-golf, once a year or so, and even that gets boring.

What do you think?

Ah, it has been so hard keeping up latley. Not sure why, it isn't like the hours in the day have changed or anything, and I have 1 less kid for a few days now. Josh and I have been contemplating not taking part in family Christmas celebrations this year, but to spend all that money on ourselves and take a vacation (maybe in one of these condo hotel)?

Is that greedy? Or is it smart?
Have you ever done this, just go away to get away from all the family obligations and drama?