I've been a stay-at-home Mom for the past 6 years, but with my latest addition to our family, it brings a whole new meaning to the phrase "stay-at-home". Lets be honest, I never leave my house. My son is 7 weeks old and pretty colicky and my four and six year old...
Cleaning Tips
Organize Your Recycling
My life with a one month old has been...well, busy to say the least. My little Milo is very high maintenance so just finding time to sleep and shower is a challenge. Fortunately, I have another guest post! Enjoy this post by Justin Greig. A self-proclaimed "21st...
A few Organizing Ideas to make your life easier
Here are a few of my favourite and inexpensive ideas that can help organize your home and life: A Family Command Centre - Having a spot in your home where you display your family calendar, notes to your family members, to do lists and other reminders is a great way to...
5 steps to a clean house
I have discovered 5 steps to a clean house....well, clean-ish house anyways. I guess the word I'm looking for is tidy. My house is far from super clean, but it's good enough that if company stops by unannounced, I no longer want to drop to my knees, crawl into the...
Are you a Clean Freak?
Last night I received an email from a very nice lady representing a MAJOR CABLE NETWORK! Yeah, I was geeked. She is the casting director for a new show about people obsessed with cleaning and organizing! While I do get a major buzz from organizing my sock drawer, I...
Quick Window Cleaning Tip
I hate doing windows and it's a hatred that began in early childhood. My parents completely scared me off with their crazy, excessive window cleaning ritual. It literally took them HOURS to clean all the windows and I always had to help...I became a...
Making Room for Little Ones
One of my all time favourite "organizing projects" I have done in my home is my kid cupboard. There are many projects I have done where I spent very little time to organize something and had it make a big impact on my day to day, but this one stands out in my mind...
Here is the CORRECT SPRING CHALLENGE!
Sorry about my last post. I attached the wrong April calendar! I've had a rough day, that is my only excuse. One of the little girls I am babysitting had EXPLOSIVE poop all over my bathroom....which of course made me throw up in the sink... and my youngest daughter...
Spring Cleaning Challenge!
I made my own little spring cleaning challenge this year (I made one last year too) to motivate me to get my home into tip top shape. I'm going to use my pregnancy as an excuse for my recent bout of laziness, but now that I'm feeling better, I need to push myself to...
Spring is Here! Time to deep clean your house and yard!
I love this weather! I love feeling the breeze from all of my open windows and hearing all the birds singing throughout the house. Goodbye winter coats and boats and hello to flip flops and t-shirts! This weather always inspires me to do some serious spring cleaning,...