As a Mom, sometimes it seems like I spend half my day “picking up” after my family. I often spend so much time getting the small stuff in order that I never make it to the deep cleaning. Consequently, I’m always looking for cheap tools to help speed up the the process. Two of my favorites [...]
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
About a year ago, we added a TV to the toy room in our basement. The kids loved having it, but I hated going up and down the stairs over and over again to help them find a good channel. One afternoon I came down to find my 6 year old watching a steamy soap [...]
Friday, June 30, 2006
At $20 a piece, DVDs present a problem. We buy them to keep our kids entertained while we get some much needed Mom time, but at that price we hesitate to let our kids touch them. Rather than be the constant middle man between the DVD player and my kids, I created this simple binder [...]
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
After my last post, I went through my games and thought I’d add a few more details. First off, there are tons of choices in these leftover-type containers. I thought I’d pass on a few of my favorites. For the larger-size games (pictured here) I like the Glad-brand “family” size containers. For the smaller games, like Sorry [...]
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Thanks to Julianne for your question about games and puzzles. I’m a big game lover. My house has tons of games and puzzles. However, I hate the bulky, awkward boxes they come in. So I opted to pitch the cardboard and replace it with stackable plastic. Like I said, I have tons of games, so I [...]
Tuesday, April 4, 2006
Maybe I was just way out of the loop on this one, perhaps you’ve all been using these for years, but I just discovered them and had to pass it on. I’ve been using the 3M command adhesive hooks forever and found them very useful. So, when I happened upon these picture hangers based on the [...]
Monday, April 21, 2008
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