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...
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I’ve Got a Bad Case of Laziness
I like to blame the pregnancy because that makes me feel better, but truthfully I think these extra 50 (or more) pounds are not exactly helping me either. I'm tired ALL THE TIME. I'm tired and lazy. I used to have so much energy, I could clean the house, play with...
Easy Tips for Toy Storage
Kids come with a lot of toys. A lot. Finding a home for all of them can be daunting and cleaning them up on a daily basis can be even worse. Here are a few tricks I have learned to keeps toys from taking over your living space. Have a "home" for each of the toys....
How organized are you really?
I get asked this question a lot. I guess people assume because I have an "organizing" blog that I must be fairly organized...you'd think so, but no. The truth is I'm chronically disorganized my nature. My home is far from perfectly clean and I have to force myself...
Getting Organized for Fall
Fall crept up on me like a spider on Little Miss Muffet. Gosh, I need a life outside of small children. Anyways, it literally went from wearing shorts to needing a jacket within a week. Whether this is a passing cold front or not, the fact of the matter is that I...
Less is so much more
I have been MIA this past month when it comes to blogging, and I apologize for that. We are moving to a new home in less than three weeks, so I am slowing unorganizing my home (aka packing) and therefore have NOTHING to blog about! I thought I would be more excited...
Windsor has taken a huge hit to our housing market over the past few years. In some areas we have lost 10% of the value of our properties, which is a staggering number when you add to that 6% realtor fees. Despite this huge loss, we are still putting our home on the...
Greeting Card Clutter
Why do we feel this complusion to buy someone a card on their birthday? Even if I have gotten someone a nice gift, I feel this need to waste my money on a card as well. A card that will probably be in the garbage the next day...what a huge waste. A waste of money,...
Give your home an uplift this spring!
I am guilty of severe home envy. Whenever I go to someones elses home I can't help but notice all the things I don't have, but wish I did. Perhaps it's because I'm a stay-at-home Mom, so my home is my everyday all day, but I think eveyone gets a little home envy from...
Organize your shoes
I get asked how to organize shoes a lot. I mean, a lot. If your home lacks a good entrance way and you are forever tripping on shoes, I feel your pain. I have also seen people with grand entrance ways with huge closets complete with shoe racks who still have shoes...