Not only is this extension cord tucked away in a tote, it is free from tangles due to my daddy’s cool little cord trick. In borrowing this cord (along with my parents’ hedgers) I discovered that I’m not built for yard work. But I did learn how to neatly put away an 100-foot extension cord.
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Our family spends most of our free time in the office/playroom. And since I’ve been on my “I love Peter Walsh” kick, I’ve been spending a lot of time organizing this space. The room is literally half office, half playroom. Upon entering the room, you see a desk with a computer on both your left [...]
Read full post...Inspired by reading Peter Walsh’s Its All Too Much, I decluttered our bedroom. My first round produced 5 boxes and 3 30-gallon bags full of stuff I no longer use. Most of it was baby stuff that had made its way into our room after it was no longer needed in the nursery.
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Can an office stay organized, can a playroom by peaceful? I don’t know what prompted him, but my husband cleaned his desk a few days ago. It was just what I needed to get motivated to purge our office of clutter. My first step was dealing with paper: I simply got rid of paper trash. [...]
Read full post...Who knew a bulletin board could make such a huge difference? I actually carried out an idea that I read about in a recent Good Housekeeping magazine. I covered a cork board with fabric, stapled a desk calendar to it and assigned each family member a sharpie of a specific color. I thought it would [...]
Read full post...I decided to go for a variety of genres this month since July didn’t fare well on the reading front.
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
I remembered Judy Blume from childhood and was reminded of her books when my mom and nephew started their “Judy Blume book club” during our beach vacation this [...]
