A reminder to myself. Snipped from the novel-length book post below :p.

I'm determined to be content in this home, in this neighborhood, for as long as we are here. We're not going anywhere so we'll make HERE work. I've also realized that I cannot use "no money, no time" as an excuse. I must MUST do it without either of those things if I have to. Apparently I have to. Organization and cleanliness has been done for a century without the benefits of smelly-good cleaning supplies and shiny plastic organizing bins. If I don't already have it, and can't afford it, I'll make do with what I have. We can decorate boxes, use bowls and toy bins and baskets and find new uses for old. I'm kicking myself for tossing the tupperware ;). DUH GWEN, you don't have to use it for FOOD. Child art work can go into unused frames and hung proudly. Tables can be covered with cloth to change their appearance. Clutter can be removed to get to the real potential. Decors can be fashioned after whatever nick-nacks we have floating in the basement from our lives pre-children. I'm betting those things mean more to us than any new stuff we lust after.