Author Archives: Laura

This month’s organizing challenge and my hairspray friend

Put your hand up if you have drawers full of makeup and cupboards full of hair supplies.  Oh my word, you are so not alone my friend.  I’m a hair product junkie.  I don’t even want to begin to tally the money I’ve wasted spent on “miracle” hair products over the years and while some [...]

What do SuperWoman and Green Smoothies have in common?

They are both posts I’ve written over at The Juice this week.  Earlier in the week I discussed the superwoman myth that so many of us fall for and listed some steps that can be taken to avoid falling for this crazy trap in the future.
On a lighter note, I also got to share another [...]

Are you the Franklin Covey Tote Bag Winner?

A couple of weeks ago I hosted a Franklin Covey giveaway.  The winner was LuAnn from Back Porchervations.  Unfortunately, I’ve been having trouble contacting her.  So LuAnn if you are reading this please email me by July 4th at 12:00 pm to claim your prize.  If I have not heard from LuAnn by the deadline [...]

Organizing School Papers and Kid’s Artwork

School just ended for us last week so yesterday and today we have been going through the piles of paper that came home with the kids on the last day.  I’ve written about my process before and that system is pretty much the same one we used again this year.  If you are also inundated [...]

Rounding up our vehicles

Updated to add: The winner is Brenda at Savin’ It Up!

Whew this month fly by, didn’t it?!  I do hope that some of you were able to tackle your vehicles this month and hopefully the changes you’ve made will take some stress out of traveling for you.
To participate in this month’s organizing round-up all [...]

Menu Plan Monday ~ June 29th

Welcome!  Thank you all for the birthday wishes last week, I really appreciated it!  Please forgive me  if I didn’t get a chance to personally thank you.
The winner of last week’s Heavenly Homemaker’s Guide to Gardening and Preserving ebook was Kristen of Frugal Antics of a Harried Homemaker.  Kristen’s Menu Plan Monday post last week [...]

Want to be featured in a national magazine?

Leslie Pepper, a freelance writer and editor, contacted me recently about an article she is writing for a national women’s magazine.  Her article will feature easy and original ways to get and keep your home organized and she is looking for contributions.  She asked if any of my readers might have some unique tips to [...]

Mini-Mom Timeouts

The other day I caught myself saying to my youngest, “honey please be quiet, I told you not to talk while I’m thinking”.   Huh?  If that’s not a signal I need a mini-mom timeout I don’t know what is. {read more at The Juice}
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Company Girl Photo Contest

I adore the blog, Home Sanctuary and so of course when Rachel Anne announced she would be putting together a Company Girl gift book featuring a selection of photos about girlfriends, I immediately knew I wanted to be part of it.   Rachel Anne made a call out for photo submissions and I knew just the [...]

Link-Tastic ~ The Organize Your Vehicle Edition

As we near the end of the month I thought I’d give you a little extra push motivation to get those vehicles organized.  I’ve got some great links for you today.  Enjoy and then have at it with your own vehicle.  Just think how great you’ll feel when you are driving around town all organized [...]