One of our family mottos is nothing is every lost…missing permanently…but never lost forever. I AM the finder of lost stuff. I usually find whatever it is that is missing in a place where someone (usually me) stashed it for…
Tag: organization
5 Tips for Purging and Decluttering Your Home #organization #home
1. Examine Your Home My home is not small by any means. There are four bedrooms; a very large family room; a basement with laundry room, office, and storage room; and a two-car garage. When I built my home 20 years ago, all the…
Gift Guide: A Lil’ Holster for Your Shower
Disclosure: I was sent a Lil’ Holster Skinny in exchange for writing this post. The opinions expressed in this post are my own. My shower is a mess. The shower in the children’s bathroom is a mess, too. The shower caddies…
How To Do Laundry
I’m disorganized. I identify more with clutterers and hoarders than neatniks and Harriet Homemakers, but I love a clean room. BUT don’t love cleaning. AT. ALL. A room piled to the rafters with stuff gives me anxiety. I get twitchy when…
The Great Toy Decluttering #DonateStuffCreateJobs
If you walked around my home, you would think I was moving. I have boxes in my living room. Piles of clothes on couches, chairs, and the floor. Books are stacked everywhere. No, I’m not moving. I’m just in major…
Organizing the Toy Box, the Playroom, the Storage Room
Disclosure: I was sent a Bliss in a Box kit from Extra Space Storage to facilitate my review. My husband has not said a word about the piles, the stacks, or the mounds of stuff. These mounds are EVERYWHERE. Upstairs.…
I Think I Can, I Think I Can, I Think…
…I can make it to the end-of-the-school year relatively unscathed. Today is the second to last day of school for all three children. Tomorrow is the last day. I can see the prize. I can practically bite that carrot hanging…
Reminiscing About a Tartan Holdall
As a little kid, we traveled five or more times a year. Some trips were short to moderate car rides. Other trips were transatlantic flights. There was one constant on all our family trips. My mother’s tartan holdall. The bag…
