Author Archives: Laura

Friday’s Fave Five

My friend Susanne of Living to tell the Story hosts this fun carnival that asks us to list our five favorites from the past week.  So I thought I’d share a few of my favorite things from my trip to Ontario.
When people visit my house their feet always freeze because I have very cold tile [...]

Courageous Living - Part Two

Seems I wasn’t the only one writing about COURAGE yesterday as one of my readers pointed out to me.  Millionaire Mommy Next Door wrote a fantastic post summarizing all the BUTS we use to keep ourselves from achieving success, wealth and happiness in our lives.
I love this quote from her post which ties in so [...]

Courageous Living

The theme this year at the Professional Organizer’s Conference (POC) was GROW and grow I feel I most definitely did.  The key-note speakers at this year’s event were Tanya Chernova and Joanna Andros of Courageous Living.  They were dynamic and fun and had some really great information to share with us regarding how to discover [...]

Menu Plan Monday ~ Nov 17th

I’m sitting here writing this on my last night with my family :(  I’m heading home tomorrow so I’m going to set this to autopost.  I hope it works!  I just finished packing up my bags and I’m literally sweating.  Talk about hard work.  I’m allowed four bags that can be no more than 50 [...]

Clearly it’s not my fault…

Ever wonder where this organizing junkie gets her crazy out of control over the top container obsession from?
Meet my mother’s bathroom closet:

Is it all making sense to you now?

11 Clutter Control Tips

Clutter at some point or another invades everyone’s home. The trick is to stay on top of it before it gets out of control. Is it already out of control? Does your clutter have a grip on you so tight that you feel overwhelmed with how to get rid of it all and don’t know [...]

10 Minute Fettuccine

Hi Again, Org Junkie’s little sister again. Our dinner last night was fantastic, Laura even had seconds!!!
There was some interest in my 10 Minute Fettuccine recipe, so I thought that I would include it. I have this fantastic recipe book called Low-Calorie Cookbook from the American Heart Association. This cookbook has all my go to [...]

Menu Plan Monday ~ Nov 10th

Hi my name is Tara and I am the Org Junkie’s little sister. While I am sitting here posting this, Laura is just laying around, enjoying her vacation. Since my sister is here visiting us, we thought that it was only proper that we post our menu for the week.
We will be extremely busy in [...]

Organizing Batteries

I found this post in my drafts.  It’s just another example of how baskets can take your life from boring and ordinary to exciting and extraordinary.  No kidding, it’s the best.  Take a look for yourself and then go dump a drawer.  Be careful though, you’ll be hooked the very first time :)

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Moving on to organizing our laundry rooms

Thanks so all you lovely ladies who participated in last month’s round-up, I’m so proud of all of you!  I’m happy to announce that the winner of the annual membership to List Plan It is Lyndsi of Organize My Life!  Way to go Lyndsi!
November is the month we move on to our laundry rooms to [...]