My daughter Emily loves rocks, shells, crystals and all things geological. So much so in fact that I’ve had to make it a habit to check her jean pockets on laundry day because they’re often stuffed with her latest jagged find. As much as I love her passion for earth science, I hate [...]
Monday, February 8, 2010
It’s Monday again – time for a recap of some fabulous ideas from around the web. All of these sites were featured on my Facebook fan page last week so, if you haven’t had a chance yet, you should definitely check them out. In fact, if you liked them as much as I did you [...]
Friday, January 29, 2010
Labeling is a critical step to getting and staying organized. Without it, whatever wonderful system you set up will be impossible for your family to follow and consequently fail before it gets off the ground. That being said, there are lots of instances where ‘officially’ labeling something with a sticker or tag requires way too [...]
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Watch any decorating show and they’ll tell you the key to great design is great lighting. In my opinion, organizing have the same mantra. The simple fact is that it’s impossible to keep things tidy if you can’t see the results. Take my kitchen cupboards, for example. Look in any of my upper cabinets you’ll [...]
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Check it out – two posts in one day. I almost feel like a real blogger. Here’s the final piece to my Holiday How To blog series. You can see the other posts by clicking here (part 1, part 2) Speed Up the Small Stuff Look in anyone’s gift wrap supply and you’ll probably find dozens of [...]
Thursday, December 3, 2009
I’m so sorry for the delay, everyone. We travelled to Utah for the holiday and I neglected to take my article materials with me. Now that we’re back home, I can finally finish the blog series I began in my last post. I’ll try to post parts 2 and 3 for you today. Go Digital This is [...]
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Two years ago I wrote an article for Organize Magazine that was loaded with tips and tricks to make your holiday planning a little easier. Like the Back to School article I posted a few months ago – the article is a little too long to post all at once. I’ll be breaking it into [...]
Friday, September 11, 2009
I’ve got three kids in Elementary school again this year which means I also have about a zillion reading logs, spelling lists, library books, and flash cards to keep track of – not to mention pencils, scratch paper, and other misc. homework supplies. Since I use my fridge strictly for urgent school stuff, I needed [...]
Friday, February 19, 2010
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