I’m Organized and Structured But I’m Still Fun!

This is not going to be my typical blog on how to organize this or that. I am not going to tell you about some great organizing product I came across the other day either. Instead you are going to read about me and my day today.

I guess it started Tuesday night when I friend of mine called to catch up. She is one of those friends I love to banter with back and forth. As we are talking on the phone they are heading into Wal-Mart when all of a sudden she says to me, “Oh my goodness I have found the perfect gift for you!” She starts laughing showing her children and I can hear them laughing! She is trying to tell me what they are laughing about but she can hardly speak because she is laughing so hard she is crying! She is picturing me wearing the “Slipper Dusters” and they cant stop laughing! From what she tried to say is you slip them on your feet and dust your floors. Funny thing is, I think I would like them!

I looked up “organized” on www.dictionary.com and found the definition to be “having a formal organization or structure, esp. to coordinate or carry out for widespread activities”

Yesterday we had planned to go to Tenkiller State Park to go swimming. Planned to me means that I have scheduled when we were going to leave, what I was packing for a picnic lunch and when I planned to be home all in my head. Of course the boys knew of the plan to go swimming at the lake and they were excited to go.

As you all know, it was raining yesterday morning but I am optimistic and I want to stick to the plan…I think the rain will move out besides in Oklahoma wait ten minutes and the weather will change. An hour and half later it is still raining and doesn’t look like it is going to clear up. I move to Plan B, except I don’t have Plan B planned, the weather man said it was suppose to be nice today so I didn’t plan a Plan B.

Instead of staying home and renting a movie, here is where the fun part of me comes into play…we took a road trip to Pops on Route 66 by Arcadia! We took an hour and half road trip to buy some unique flavors of pop and go out for lunch. While we were there we visited the one and only Round Barn in Oklahoma! See I’m fun, I live on the edge not everything in my life needs to be scheduled I can go left instead of right.

So I am feeling pretty good about being a Mom who gets out and about even though it wasn’t on my calendar. I live on the edge, I am not completely black and white not only do I have some shades of gray sometimes I have some pops of yellow! As we were driving home there is an area on I-44 that I do not get cell phone reception so when we got home I saw I had a voicemail.

I am listening to the voicemail in complete astonishment…I am thinking…what…a casting agent from “World’s Strictest Parents”? He goes on to say he loves to start with Organizers because they have found they have most rules and structure and make great Strict Parents! My mind is racing thinking who sent me this prank, I’m not that crazy…it was my friend, there she goes again trying to make fun of me. Nope couldn’t be that easy, I get an email from them right there in my inbox “World’s Strictest Parents”. I was so proud of myself how I live on the edge yesterday wiped away in one phone call and email!

Surprisingly enough I don’t qualify for the show because I don’t have a teenager still living at home. If any of the 918moms have a teenager and would be interested in trying out for the show, give me a call or send me an email so I can hook you with the casting agent. My number is 918-740-1215 and my email is cleartheclutter@cox.net If you need some pointers on how to be organized, structured and a little OCD I can give some pointers!!!