Organizing Time!

Check out these photos!  I spent some time organizing today and want to share what I did:
First, we have the kids’ game cupboard which has been a mess since holiday visitors and their children descended upon our home almost daily for a month . . . it was a disastrous mess with pieces, loose cards, [...]

How to Live the Simple Life

I am loving this!  Today I am learning to live the simple life from this amazing book that I just got: Living Simply: Choosing Less in a World of More, by Joanne Heim

I am so into reading this marvelous book that I simply can’t find time to post something interesting today!  Also because today is Working Mom Wednesday, [...]

Exposing My Addiction

I thought I could hide my addiction, but as you can see from these photos, I’m obviously addicted to books!  We have been T.V. Free for almost four years, and in that time I have been doing a lot of reading.  At birthdays, Christmas, and Mother’s Day, all I ever ask for are books! 
First, I [...]

The RIGHT way to use a calendar

If you have a bulletin board that looks like this, listen up!  My life got a whole lot easier after I learned the right way to use a planner/organizer.  Before, I used to write things in my planner, then forget to look in the planner, thus missing appointments, forgetting to return library books, and sending belated birthday cards [...]

The Dilemma of “Too Much Stuff” part 2

The best advice on de-cluttering and organizing one’s home can be found in Confessions of an Organized Homemaker: The Secrets of Uncluttering Your Home and Taking Control of Your Life.  I want to quote an excerpt here, to prepare our minds for Christmas, which always brings an explosion of “Stuff” into our homes:

Organize with the zeal of [...]

The Dilemma of “Too Much Stuff”

Does your home look like this??  If so, it is definitely time to get rid of the clutter!
“My difficulty is dealing with all the STUFF I need help organizing and figuring out where on earth to put it all–or just someone to help me figure out what to get rid of altogether.” Thank you Epistles from Echowood  for bringing [...]

“Faking it” to Get it Done

Yesterday I did NOT want to clean.  Whenever this happens, I pull out my trusty copy of Confessions of an Organized Homemaker and soon I’m feeling more excited to organize, de-clutter, and get my house looking the way I want to feel.  What motivated me?  The author’s quote about faking yourself into action:

“Once I was put in [...]

When a Man Tries to Clean

Check out these photos of my husband’s cleaning job!  I am NOT complaining; I am grateful to have a husband who helps me clean the house!  But his way of cleaning is so different from mine that I just had to post these photos!
Here is my husband’s idea of a clean kitchen:

 In other words, when [...]