Organization

So, as most of you know (the 3 of you that probably even read this blog haha), I keep my horses at home. Which is amazing! But it has also opened up a world of changes. For the first time, I am 100% in charge of my horse's care. Only about 6 weeks after Charmer moved home, I rethought his entire diet and we took practically a 180* turn. His hay got switched. Grain got switched. I changed a few supplements for short term use that I have now cut out. I think the result is him looking and feeling better than ever. 

Old picture.
Cutest expression ever.

But along with being 100% in charge of my horse's care, means I am also 100% in charge of giving everything a place, making sure everything stays organized, and being always vigilant about making sure my horse has enough of everything he needs.

Which honestly, I quite enjoy! But it is a lot of organizing. I make kind of DIY Smartpaks in baggies for both of my horses (although I'm really intrigued to try this idea from Leah). Some of my supplements actually come in real smartpaks (the 10% off and free shipping all the time make it totally worth it to me). But I also get a lot of my supplements in boxes and so they are all stored in my little "office" in the house, which is where I make the baggies.

I have a mini fridge in my feed room that holds some of my various horse medications/aloe vera/carrots (and works great to set my box of peppermints on!). And I have used some fairly cheap, but durable, totes from Target to hold my grain in.

I also bought a label maker and have proceeded to label so many things - especially my totes filled with blankets! Oh yeah, and that's the other thing. I have a lot of totes. Of many different sizes, brands and levels of niceness. They all hold different, but specific things. Can y'all tell I am trying really hard at this organizing thing??

All filled with various blankets

There is also a lot of stuff that lives in my trailer, since I don't have a full on barn to keep it all in. My trailer also has totes and labels in it (do you see a theme here?). I keep meaning to pick up a trailer door hanger to store stuff in as well, but it just keeps being forgotten about or pushed down the list.

I love finding new ideas of what to use or how to organize things well. Speaking of which, I just ordered the Equestrian Journal after reading about it on Meg's blog, and I am very excited to see how this will help organize my thoughts. For years, I have tried to keep notes and scribbles of rides, but somehow the notebooks always get lost, or I can't seem to keep it all organized. Hopefully, this will keep me a little more on track! I love to stay organized as well as write stuff down (ahem, the whole reason why this blog started). So I cannot wait for my new journal to come in!!

I would love to know what do you guys do to keep everything organized?