Additional Time/Space Saving and Self Esteem Building Tips

Reaching to new lows here today.  With very little space, we have become unwitting hosts to the debilitating disease of stacking.  With the recent purchases of holiday gift items for the boys and nowhere reasonable to hide them, we  placed balanced them on top of my husband's motor cycle. We obscured them from sight with a (stained shop)towel...as brilliant as it is attractive. Right?  And it could qualify as resourceful, when  done only once.
But moments ago, in need of a home place for a few picture frames(to become Christmas gifts, still awaiting pictures and now expedited cross country shipping .  Think they will arrive in time?) I carefully fixed the frames atop the already teetering and cleverly camouflaged gifts.

To both my amusement and horror, I actually said these words to Andy as he scratched his head scanning for a cleared surface for his Lowes purchases, :  "Just throw another towel on top and add a layer.  Why not?".
Maybe because it is unhealthy and just plain gross.   Who does this?  (I know,  I know only a fucktard, that is who.)  When did towels become shelves?  As a first grade teacher with no filing cabinet, my favorite response anyone asking "Where should I put this":  "Any flat surface will do."
Apparently, I have dropped my standards to include even highly irregular surfaces.

I was entertained cheered motivated by this ridiculous article while searching pics online. 
Woman Suffocates Under Piles Of Clutter In Home
Rose's husband believes she fell while looking for the phone in the house this week and suffocated. There were so many piles of items that the man did not realize she was dead in the home.....click to continue reading

Tripping Out

Straight Line:  The shortest distance between two points. I dare you to effectively maneuver through our minuscule house.  Do this, moving a maximum of 3 objects out of your way, while carrying an armful of something.   Traverse in one steady direction without tripping or dropping part of your load.   I dare you.  King Simon will be circling nervously at your feet, pathetic and hoping for a walk or some love. Little people will be following evvvvver-sooooo-sloooooowleeeee from in front(of you, yes following from in front) and the labyrinth of toys might present a facade of access to your path.  Good luck.  

Who am I to complain about the effects of having 2 healthy boys,  a wealth of nice  toys in a home we can afford in a terrific location (if you consider the ghetto terrific).... and the sweet and gentle dog who only my boys adore.