Tackle a Pile Tuesday

I haven't done a Tackle-A-Pile Tuesday in a while. The purpose is to self-stated: look for a pile of something in your home and take care of it. Laundry, paperwork to be filed, coupons to sort, mending, any pile that has been taken up residence and needs to disappear!

I'm actually working on 2 piles today: One pile of things that needs to go to church for the youth group yard sale and my pile of lists. The first pile is relatively small but will make a big difference visually when it's in the van and out of the dining room. The second pile, while smaller visually, will make a big difference in my organization. You see, I love lists, just love 'em! I generally have multiple grocery lists (my day planner, on the refrigerator, several of them categorized by store sales), multiple to-do lists (today, this week, this month), my lists of goals (monthly and yearly), lists of books I want from the library, Christmas lists of things my kids want and of things I want to get other people, lists pertaining to the house (what will need to be replaced in the relatively near future, unfinished projects, things I need a handyman for), lists pertaining to work, etc., etc. I almost need a list to keep track of all my lists! lol

Today my plan is to consolidate these lists. I have a purse-sized notebook I will keep at my desk (bought from the Dollar Store many years ago when I was doing Children's Talks at our former church), and I plan to transfer many of my long-term lists into the notebook. My grocery lists need to be consolidated (and matched to coupons), and I need to transfer my short-term lists to my dayplanner. Some of this I can do while waiting for DS at the orthodontist's office this afternoon; the rest I can do later in the evening. It won't take long to do either pile, but it will make a world of difference. What pile are you going to tackle?