Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links.Last weekend, as I was packing for a 3-day trip away from my family, I realized how seriously unorganized our freezer is. There is a ton of food in there-everything from ham hocks to sandwich bread to casseroles to fruit for smoothies. But everything’s all jumbled together in a heap of icy randomness.When I went out to the freezer to pull ...
Home Organization
Taming Clutter with a Toy Storage System
Disclosure: Some links may be affiliate.Our place is tiny for a home with 6 people living in it. It’s not the people that make it feel small, though. It’s all the stuff we’ve got! I’m constantly trying to pare us down to having less ‘stuff’, and even though we don’t own a ridiculous amount of things, sometimes it feels like we just have too much stuff.One of the biggest clutter issues in ...
Baby Steps to Home Organization and Less Clutter
When you make the decision to organize your living space, it is best to start small. Begin with one area, like a counter top or bookshelf. Go through each item and make decisions about where it belongs. Would it be more useful in another room? Does it belong with items that are stored somewhere else? Is this something that you can donate or throw out? Take everything completely off of or out of ...
Meal Planning Template
Do you make weekly meal plans for your family? Wouldn’t it be nice to have a meal planning template to keep track of all your recipes for the week? And how much easier would it be if that template was editable so you can just copy and paste from your favorite websites? Well, lovely readers, no matter your preference, I’ve got you covered. Here you go- 3 options for a meal planning ...
4 Quick Tips for Getting a Handle on Household Clutter
Let’s talk clutter. You know- the toys, books, papers, and random household items that mysteriously end up right in the space that you want to organize. You want a tidy home, but everywhere you look there are things cluttering up your living space. When making the decision to creating a more organized home, the very first step in organizing is to do some serious de-cluttering (I’m pretty sure ...
Free Printable Calendar Template
Hi, and thanks for stopping by! Just for you, I'm sharing a printable calendar template that I recently created.This calendar thing began because I'm at a new job and it is turning out to be a MAJOR hassle to stay on top of deadlines and such. Of course, I could have just printed out a boring ol' table to keep track of dates, but instead I slapped together a "more pleasing to the eye" ...
How to Keep Track of Floor Sponges and Dishes Sponges
This is a tip shared with me by my best friend. I thought it was absolutely genius, but I'm pretty naive so this may be an old trick. But I like the idea of repurposing/recycling sponges to save money!Here's what you do:Take an old sponge that is no longer good for using on dishes. Instead of throwing out this old sponge, make a few cuts on either side of it. This helps to distinguish it from ...
How Shelves Save My Sanity (A Peek into My Home)
Deep down, I am a tidy person wanting to live in a tidy house. But the reality is, I have two fussbucket babies keeping me from doing anything that requires 2 hands. I'm sure that any mom with 2 small children can relate! We live in a pretty good-sized place for being an apartment, but it just always seems so crowded in here. We don't have a garage, so that could be the problem. Maybe we have too ...
How to Start a Simple Budget
Living within a budget is important for the organized mom. Especially when your planned pregnancy turns out to be a TWIN pregnancy! When the girls were born, we were still trying to figure out the essential twin gear we would need, and whether we would need 2 of everything. The financial burden seemed overwhelming because we figured that two babies would require twice as much stuff. Our ...