I have a tendency, when I’m cleaning house, or cleaning out for that matter to stay in my pj’s. I have always imagined the Oprah show showing up with their cameras because someone wrote in saying that I need a mommy makeover. So today I decided to spice it up a bit with a little sparkle. I got this headband last winter at The Gap. I’ve only worn it to go out, until now. I think it’s perfect for decluttering don’t you agree?

I told you that I’ve been working in the kitchen and was able to find all of my recipes and get them organized. I had clippings from Martha’s Food magazine, the newspaper, my Mema, emailed recipes, blogger recipes, you name it. I had them all, stashed haphazardly in a notebook. When I would need that guacamole recipe I would dig and dig and finally, or not, find it. Most of my recipes are stained, depending upon what was on the counter at their time of use.

The book says that you can’t keep magazines. You have to cut out what you like, put it in a folder, and then toss (recycle) the magazine. This didn’t bode well for my four year collection of Martha Stewart magazines that I recently picked up at a garage sale.

Scissors in hand I began to cut. And cut I did.

All recipes have now been cut out and reside in nice page protectors in that folder. I bought pretty page dividers to section the recipes and even have a section for party ideas. Being an old school teacher I love office supply stores. The paper, the organization material, I just can’t get enough.

Total cost for total recipe organization was about 10 bucks. Well worth the amount of money I will save because I can’t figure out what to fix for dinner and we eat out.

Father’s day didn’t go exactly as planned. It was 100 degrees in the Texas Hill Country so we all decided that it wasn’t ideal to go sit in a lavender field and have a picnic. Texas. It’s hot.

The deer around the lake keep us from having a garden, or any fruit trees for that matter. Maybe next year I can get a six foot fence up to keep the deer out. But for now, we rely on local farmers to provide fresh fruits and veggies.

So we moved the festivities indoors, grilled bratwurst on the deck, drank German beer, made homemade sangria and my Mema’s peach cobbler. I had the recipe to the cobbler in my recipe drawer and had never made it. I love it because it is written in her handwriting. Something that I treasure. Last week, amidst the organization whirlwind, I organized my recipes. In my next post I’ll show you how they all found a new home and became organized.

Mema’s Peach Cobbler

• Melt one stick of butter in a large oblong dish.
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup flour
• 1 1/2 T baking powder
• 3/4 c milk
• Stir altogether and pour over butter.
• Top with 2 cans of sliced peaches, or fresh peaches if you have them.
• Bake at 350 degrees for one hour.

I even had time to update my Etsy shop with some of my vintage finds. Check it out.