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“Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.” Phyllis Diller “Make Your Home Clean Enough to be Healthy and Dirty Enough To Be Happy.” Unknown “Housework is something you do that nobody notices until you don’t do it.” Unknown Our family is growing. Every day [...]
Holding a garage sale may seem like an overwhelming task, but with some forethought, hard work and preparation, it can be a nice way to make some money and get rid of stuff. Here are some tidbits of advice from someone who has already done three and is planning a fourth this summer! PLANNING Choose [...]
I am a planner by nature. Growing up (and even until I had kids) I had schedules and lists, and even lists for my lists. I spent hours just organizing my days, weeks, months, to-do lists, and so forth. Anything that could be written in list format was. And then some. After having kids I [...]
By Julie Kieras I thought life at home with baby would by idyllic. I would read and coo and play with baby, then flit about the house with a feather duster, frilly apron and high heels. Okay, maybe not the high heels. But life would be sweet…and light…very Becky Home Ec-y. The reality is – [...]
I often get emails (almost daily!) asking about scheduling, time management, and any tips to make life easier at home with little ones running around. If you have any, please let me know, as I am still trying to figure that out every day. :) No seriously, I do have a few tips that help [...]
Fall is definitely approaching, especially where I live. I spent the entire weekend feeling freezing cold. Want to know just how cold? On Saturday, people were lining the streets for a local parade wearing winter coats and sporting blankets on their laps. I LOVED it! Couple that with the background “music” of my husband’s football [...]
Two weeks ago, in my End of Summer post, I wrote about my love for shiny new school supplies and decluttering, clearing space out for what’s to come. Since then, I have acquired three glittery pens from the Target dollar bins, washed my bedroom curtains, and continued to clear one item a day out of [...]
I am mostly not a fan of fall. While I do enjoy apple cider and the change in the weather, and I am looking forward to returning to the pumpkin patch we found last October, fall means cold and winter are coming before too long, and well, there’s a reason I’ve chosen to live below [...]
We all fight with clutter. There are various types- clutter left over from cooking a meal, clutter that piles up after school and work every day on the kitchen table, clutter that the kids leave behind when they’re playing, and the clutter that falls in the morning when you’re trying to get everyone out the [...]
I’m a big fan of the website Unclutterer.com, and a recent challenge posted there has inspired me. For the month of August, I’m planning to get rid of one item per day. Let’s back up- I have no existential problem with materiality. I love shopping, I love gadgets, I love clothes and my kids love [...]
Elizabeth writes for us again… I have had it up to here (holds hand way above head!) with clutter. Today I picked up a billion little army men hidden underneath the sofa and chair, under the table, and under my feet as I walk (ouch!). I picked up play food which should have been upstairs next [...]
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