Wanted: expert in home organization

I was all hyped up ready to clean, clean, clean this morning. Jumped right in and was making amazing headway when I was ready for my mop. Where is my mop? Hmmm... not there. Not there, either. Really, where is the mop? What have my children used it for this time? Hmmm... not there either. Help! How many places could a mop hide?

Just when I was starting to really wonder what happened to my needed mop, it dawned on me. I sheepishly wandered over to the broom closet and opened the door. Really? It was where it was supposed to be. It was actually in its assigned corner of the broom closet and everything. Just waiting to be used, it was where I put it.

Problem. In my house I never would have expected it to be there. So sad really, that it, along with my brooms and vacuum and carpet cleaner are almost never in the closet at all. I am always using them. They are in the last place they were needed. What do I even have that closet for, then? Because I mean for them to get put away at some point. I really do want to catch up one day. They have to have a home for me to aim to get them to. Right?

I have been really focusing on total home organization these past few weeks, and although I KNOW I have made real progress. You couldn't tell to look at it. Messes just keep making themselves along with the help of my brood. I am terribly outnumbered. Team crazy against team Mama. I think I am in for a losing battle, but I gotta try!