Lovin’ These Links

Posted by on Feb 28, 2011 in Links I Love, Popular Posts: Free Printables, Recent Posts | 3 comments Happy blogiversary!  As of last week it’s been 5 big years for me on MeckMom.  When I started this project I had no idea I would enjoy it so much…or that anyone would ever read it.  The funny thing is when my husband tried to convince me to start a blog 5 years ago I remember saying, “what do I when I run out of ideas?”  Thankfully, that hasn’t happened just yet....
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Banish Kid Clutter with a Weekly Stash Box Challenge

Posted by on Jun 17, 2007 in Popular Posts: Family Fun, Popular Posts: Free Printables | 4 comments One of the big drawbacks of a house without a designated toy room is that I’m forced to let my kids keep toys in their bedrooms. Unfortunately, because our entire house is essentially one level, the cars, dolls, trains, and other random plastic objects inevitably make their way from the bedrooms to the common rooms of the house.  For the first few weeks, I would waste tons of time...
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Get more storage space from your closets

Posted by on Apr 14, 2007 in Popular Posts: Organizing | 1 comment Moving into our new house last month has required a lot of adjusting. Our new place has different quantities of cabinets, closets and living spaces. One of the biggest changes has been the loss of our basement toy room. Consequently, I’ve had to use a little ingenuity to find new ways to store tons of toys in small spaces. In our old house, these inexpensive stackable shelves used to stack...
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Stash boxes – a great way to contain the clutter

Posted by on Mar 31, 2006 in Uncategorized | 5 comments In an ideal mothering world, I’d never pick up after my kids. They would feel responsible for their own messes and clean them up without my assistance. But let’s face it, sometimes it’s exhausting to enforce the “pick up after yourself” rule throughout the day. I created these “stash boxes” to give me an alternative to the constant nagging. I really do...
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The easiest lables ever

Posted by on Mar 1, 2006 in Uncategorized | 2 comments I’m big on labeling. When things aren’t labeled, I end up being the only one that can put things away. Consequently, it also means I’m the one everyone runs to when they can’t find something. Labels, especially for my kid’s stuff, make everyone responsible for their own stuff. My two youngest can’t read yet, so I needed a method of labeling that would be easy...
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