It wasn't even a Xmas present, it was an extra Roku that I happened to think might work well

Anyone just itching to alphabetize something?

Pete the Cat and the Bad Banana by Kimberly and James Dean

Pete the Cat and the Bedtime Blues by Kimberly and James Dean

Pete the Cat Five Little Pumpkins by Kimberly and James Dean

Pete the Cat, Go Pete, Go! by Kimberly and James Dean

Pete the Cat and his four groovy Buttons by Kimberly and James Dean (book and CD)

Pete the Cat, I love my White Shoes by and James Dean (book and CD)

Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes by Kimberly and James Dean

Pete the Cat and the New Guy by Kimberly and James Dean

Pete the Cat Robo-Pete by Kimberly and James Dean

Pete the Cat Rocking in my school shoes by Kimberly and James Dean (book and CD)

Pete the Cat Saves Christmas by Eric Litwin (Christmas)

Pete the Cat Scuba-Cat by Kimberly and James Dean

Pete the Cat Sir Pete the Brave by Kimberly and James Dean

Pete the Cat Snow Daze by Kimberly and James Dean

Pete the Cat Train Trip by Kimberly and James Dean

Pete the Cat Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star by James Dean

Pete the Cat The Wheels on the Bus based on writings of James Dean

As you read down thru this list, you will see where I am confused. If you would be so kind to just copy and paste (a corrected version) in comments, I would really appreciate it. If you are itching to add or delete commas, that is okay too. 

Pete the Cat and the Bad Banana by Kimberly and James Dean
Pete the Cat and the Bedtime Blues by Kimberly and James Dean
Pete the Cat, Five Little Pumpkins by Kimberly and James Dean
Pete the Cat and his Four Groovy Buttons by Kimberly and James Dean (book and CD)
Pete the Cat, Go Pete, Go! by Kimberly and James Dean
Pete the Cat, I Love my White Shoes by and James Dean (book and CD)
Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes by Kimberly and James Dean
Pete the Cat and the New Guy by Kimberly and James Dean
Pete the Cat, Robo-Pete by Kimberly and James Dean
Pete the Cat, Rocking in my School Shoes by Kimberly and James Dean (book and CD)
Pete the Cat, Saves Christmas by Eric Litwin (Christmas) 
Pete the Cat, Scuba-Cat by Kimberly and James Dean
Pete the Cat, Sir Pete the Brave by Kimberly and James Dean
Pete the Cat, Snow Daze by Kimberly and James Dean
Pete the Cat, Train Trip by Kimberly and James Dean
Pete the Cat, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star by James Dean
Pete the Cat, the Wheels on the Bus based on writings of James Dean

Tracy links

Shauna gets the credit for finding Tracy originally.

I get Tracy's weekly post in pictures.
http://www.shutterbean.com/category/my-everyday-life/
I love getting it.

My husband says she has an incredible eye for photography. I also forward it on to my kids. My older two are overtly artistic. My youngest is too, in different ways. But I do not think you have to be artistic to enjoy Tracy.

She lives a very unique life (she only has one kid, her work is art, she travels, she lives in San Francisco area).

When her recipe food posts hit my inbox, I delete them without opening. I can tell by the title that it is a recipe.

Her food pictures (in her week in review) do not bother me. She takes pictures of food for a living. She also cooks things separately and cooks ahead. I have learned a lot from her about sorting, storing, labeling. So I look at her food pictures from an organization viewpoint.

So, for example, I did not look at what food she served for thanksgiving. I looked at how she did her table. I look at how she packages her pre cooking as she preps and puts it in the refrigerator too. Etc.

Alcohol is in a lot of her pictures, that does not bother me either, I just ignore it. But I just wanted to forewarn.

Blue painters tape now lives in my studio, kitchen and computer room because of Tracy. I label a lot of things. Dates, content, owners names. (When we were at our friends over xmas, I realized how much I use blue tape when she did not have any in her kitchen. Drove me a little nuts.)

She used to write another column for Homefries on organization.
http://homefries.com/category/high-straightenence/
There are some good posts there.

This post started because I was thinking about how Tracy rotates her clothes.
I had to look to remember what she calls it - capsule wardrobe.

I searched the word "capsule" on her blog
http://www.shutterbean.com/?s=capsule
And you can see past posts on that topic.

I am not suggesting following her fashion trends.
I am suggesting looking at how she thinks about her closet.
I look at all her organizational posts this way - the labeling and the sorting,
but not necessarily the content.

More gift ideas from my Amazon Orders page

Yes, these are all things I have ordered in the last couple years. Some of them I have ordered many times.

WET BRUSHES. Available at Walgreens and other local stores too. My girls have two each. One stays home, one is at school with them. These work extremely well. We have given them as gifts also. They come in different sizes.  

Youngest has a set, I have a set. I just ordered a set for middle at her request after she saw youngest's. The zipper tab is behind a cover when closed so they do not come unzipped. Two sizes in each order. 

Math or science or drafting/drawing person inyour family? I have been buying these for youngest for years. We used to get them at Office Depot. Now the only place we can find them is Amazon. The whole thing is an eraser (it is a stand alone eraser). 

Have given these as gifts (several times) to math and science type families. Maybe I should be giving them to non math and science families to get them going too.

Middle has several pairs of the girl version. My husband has these. Keen Sandals are really great. 

I cook big breakfasts when I have a house full. We tend to eat two meals per day on these weekends.  I add protein powder and extra egg to my Red Mill Waffle mix. And I make waffles for my extended family, a lot.

Space saver Vacuum bags for suitcases. Do not need a vacuum, they roll. We all use these. I have ordered many sets. 

This is what I use when I travel. I think mine is the style on the top. Middle had the one on the bottom when we traveled to England/Scotland/Wales. I put it under my clothes. Not glamorous but super practical. I put my credit card, passport, driver's licence, a little cash and some wipes in there too. All flat enough, then I do not carry a purse. 

Good family game. (We also play the card version which is called Bikini.) We love the larger size tiles.

If you have a drawing kid of any age, Ed Emberley is great. I sent one of these books with youngest to college. If she has to draw something for a project, which happens a lot, she will be able to do it with this book. Everything starts with lines, circles, squares, etc. Would be extremely good gift for kid who likes to draw and is still learning how. (When someone taught middle the ratio for where to put the features on a face, it was like someone turned on the light. So if you have a drawing kid, look up a diagram on the internet of how to draw a face too. )  I think the Green Monster book might be a story book, not sure.

Middle found this for friend who loved Winnie the Pooh as a boy. He is getting it for xmas.  Really great (true) story.

My kids all had these as children. It is how they learned to skate. I bought these for 8 year old a few years ago. 

I bought this for 8 year old for xmas this year. She opened it early at Thanksgiving. It is all one piece, it does not come apart. There is some type of mechanism in the rings, it is sort of like wheel clogs as you put your pen in it and move around the wheel (It does not work with your finger, put the pen in and it it goes).  The kid has to be able to hold the red frame stationary as they work the pen. So some kids would need a holder. Good fine motor skills art practice.

Middle and youngest each have a set of the straight ones and the round ones. 

Boye Long Loom Set and Boye Round Loom Set which Amazon does carry.

I also called the company and got extra pegs proactively. 

They have been used and used and used. I just bought another set (Good Will) of the round ones for our eight year old who will be able to do it with youngest or middle helping her. 
An artistic boy might like these too.
We buy THICK YARN so it goes faster and takes less skeins.