If you are anything like me you have a busy family with bags, keys, all kinds of shoes, and coats. One of the most frustrating ordeals we deal with is not being able to find anything on the way out the door because it’s spread throughout the house. Sometimes it’s just a mess in our…
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Something happens to your house when you have kids. Suddenly you find toys finding their way into your house from everywhere. Grandparents, school parties, birthday parties, prizes and even your own impulse buys bring tons of stuff into your house throughout a given year. Sometimes it gets to the point where I almost have a…
Something happens that moment after you give the last kiss goodnight, turn off the light and carefully close the door. It might be that you head straight to shower since it’s the only quiet place of solitude in your house. Maybe you plop on the couch with your tablet. Or, it could be…
Does your daily schedule often feel weighed down by busyness? When you go to bed at night, do you feel like your whole day has been spent in a haze of activity? Are you happy with your current schedule? It might be time to take a step back and clean up your daily routine. Here…
Do you ever run across those books that literally give you so many AH HA moments that it looks like a highlighter exploded all over the book? As a mom who used to struggle with chronic disorganization, clutter and time management issues, I found that there were books with tons of real life application. Books…
Tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, tock…..Have you ever been sitting in a room so quiet that you can hear the minutes ticking away on a walk clock? It’s seconds and minutes of your life constantly lost by a small movement on a plastic, battery-operated device. Maybe you’re listening to one of those creepy, eye moving, tail…
Starting a new school year seems like a domino effect. That first day of school begins the fast forward sprint into the holiday season. There are meetings, parties, sports practices, meets, games, tournaments, recitals and everything else a family has to remember. Finding a way to keep up with everything and keep it all together…
I think everyone feels like they could be a little more efficient and little more organized. Even those extreme cleaners or perfectionists. What I didn’t realize when I stopped working a job outside the home over 4 years ago was that cleaning and organization didn’t get any easier. It wasn’t the magic solution that revolutionized my…
I got the idea for this project while walking around my local thrift store. As I strolled down the home goods aisle and I glanced over at a decorative tissue box cover I thought it strange that I couldn’t think of a place I’d seen tissues decoratively hidden in a while. I pondered what else…
Back in March I went on this crazy quest for 30 days to use up the contents of my freezer and cabinets since I was running out of storage. My challenge went pretty well with the exception that I ran to the grocery store more times per week for small random purchases and dinner time…
My first little bundle of joy was due at the beginning of December. By the time Thanksgiving arrived, I wasn’t supposed be traveling anymore. Carrying a pumpkin around on my torso made me feel even less like cooking and hosting a holiday visit. We had one side of the family that was really intent upon…