Category Archives: My Life

Free Printable Responsibility Chore Charts

I see it happening every day, all around me.    Harried and overworked moms trying to juggle way to many balls in the air at the same time.  Running here there and everywhere all while trying to maintain a clean and organized home.
How do I recognize it?
That’s easy, it use to be me.   I’ve been [...]

Organizing as a distraction

Yesterday my heart was heavy with some things and to distract myself from the burden of thinking about it too much, I dealt with it the junkie way.  The organizing junkie way that is :)  That’s right, I distracted myself with some wonderfully intoxicating organizing juices.  I found myself with a morning of no commitments [...]

Hey is it spring?

Because as you can see, my front lawn clearly says otherwise! :(
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8 simple steps to less clutter and cleaning

I’m not a fan of the cleaning.  Organizing, yes.  Cleaning, not so much.  Thankfully the organizing lends itself to less cleaning.   Here are eight steps I follow to keep my clutter and cleaning to a minimum resulting in more time for the things that really matter.
1.  No shoes in the house by anyone ever means [...]

If this isn’t willpower I don’t know what is!

Yesterday my girlfriend dropped by to tell me that my local grocery store had just put out a display of glorious baskets.  She also mentioned that they were so beautiful she almost licked them.  Now that’s a good friend! It also led me to believe that these baskets must really be of the special variety [...]

Being Still

I originally posted this last January and it’s a moment I never want to forget.
I have a 2 year old son.
He is an active boy.
He rarely sits still.
Even when he is watching TV he is doing something else at the same time.
I’m a 36 year old mom.
I’m an active lady.
I rarely sit still.
Even when I [...]

Friday Fave Fives ~ My week in pictures

Oh my what a week.  If you’ll indulge me I’d love to share with you a few of my favorite things from the course of the past week.
First up taking down the Christmas decorations and packing it all back up into their boxes for another year.  Can you hear my sigh of relief?

Such a great [...]

The best part of a Christmas basket is?

The basket of course!  Oh my word how I love to make Christmas baskets!  Love, love, love it!  Arranging and rearranging all sorts of little goodies into a container of some sort.  Be still my heart…really does it get any better than that!!
Here’s a lovely little basket I made for someone this year.

And of course [...]

When You’re Not Enough…

Today I’m shooting straight from the heart because something has been on my mind.  I follow a lot of blogs and it seems that so many of them are talking about how to organize your Christmas, how to spend less, how to simplify more, how to decorate, how to bake cookies, how to take the [...]

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 [...]

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