A few weeks ago, I received a lovely email from Cindy, who wanted to share this delicious {and really simple} recipe for Blueberry Stuffed French Toast. And since we love stuffed French toast, and we love blueberry pancakes, I knew we would LOVE this recipe even before I tried it. Plus, the ingredients are so simple and …
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Organizing Kids’ Closets – You Can Do It!
Most of my clients are moms. Moms… with kids… with LOTS of stuff! It’s crazy how much “stuff” kids bring into a home, isn’t it? source Not only do kids have an over abundance of clothes, toys, games, books, and treasures, they also seem to change sizes and preferences every few months! Plus, they want …
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Simple School Lunch Ideas
Packing lunches day after day can get old — especially now that the school year is half over. We always try to pack our lunches the night before, but even so, I often find myself dreading this task because I don’t know what to pack… and somehow the 47th PB & J sandwich just doesn’t sound …
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10 Things I Don’t Spend Time On
On Monday, I talked about the importance of creating a time budget. And, one big part of creating my time budget includes deciding what activities I will NOT spend time on. Have you ever thought about that before? Well, since I love lists… and since I’ve already talked about the 10 things we don’t spend money on, …
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How to Store and Organize Your Herbs and Spices
My friend Kim of Art of Domestic Living sent me an email {several months ago} asking about good ideas for storing and organizing spices. She said… “I have been thinking about organizing my spices, can you give me a few ideas?” I responded to her email with a few ideas… but I figured you might be …
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Simple, Family-Friendly, Weeknight Meals
What are you making for dinner tonight? Need a few suggestions? Even though I try to plan our meals in advance, there are always nights when I’m not sure what to make. I have my favorite meals that I make regularly {maybe too regularly} but sometimes, I just want something different. However, it needs to …
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My Time Budget
I’ve always thought it was/is really important to create a financial budget and implement limits for yourself as to what you will and will not spend money on. However, over the last few years, I’ve also realized how important it is to decide what you will and will not spend your time on — so I created …
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And You Thought Your House Was Messy!
This post is for those of you who are sitting at home, wishing your house was cleaner, more organized and/or less cluttered. If you think your house is messy, let me assure you… Mine is messier! . Yup, that’s a toilet in our master bedroom. And all those blurry, white circles in the picture are drywall dust. …
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Taco Soup
A few weeks ago I cooked up a bunch of chicken and filled the bottom drawer of our freezer with bags of shredded chicken. Then I started thinking about what I could make with my abundance of shredded chicken. Chicken tacos sounded good…but we didn’t have any tortillas and I didn’t feel like going to …
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D.I.Y. Junk Mail Removal
According to 41pounds.org, the average adult receives 41 pounds of junk mail every year! Can you believe that? My first thought was that 41 pounds seems like an awful lot of junk mail…but after collecting all our junk mail for the past several weeks, I would now say I completely agree! We have gotten SO much …
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Reducing Little Expenses = Big Savings
Thank you to TurboTax for sponsoring my post about household finances. Learn more about how TurboTax can help you find every tax deduction you deserve. I was selected for this sponsorship by the Clever Girls Collective, which endorses Blog With Integrity, as I do. It’s no secret that I’m a pretty frugal gal. I’m …
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A Laundry Experiment — 10 Ways to Reduce Static Cling
Over the past several weeks I’ve noticed our clothes seem to have lots of static cling. We’ve literally been “shocking” ourselves everytime we get dressed! I didn’t know if it was the new house, the new furnace, the new washer and dryer, or just dry West Michigan winter weather…but I knew it needed to change. …
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How Donation Centers Use Your Cast-Offs
How many times have you stopped by your local donation center to drop off a bag {or 12} of your unneeded items? Probably more times than you can remember, right? Each time you declutter, you have to bring your unwanted stuff somewhere…so where do you bring it? I hear a lot of negative talk about …
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My Daily Routine + Free Printables!
It’s no secret that I absolutely LOVE my weekly planner! I carry it with me everywhere I go and reference it at least 27 times each day — seriously, I do. And even though my daily planner is super helpful for remembering and tracking my weekly, monthly, and other long-term appointments and activities; I was still …
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Multi-tasking and My Kitchen Island
Yesterday I read a great blog post over at ohamanda.com. Amanda talked about “bringing the awesome” to everything we do and encouraged us to focus on doing ONE task really well instead of doing everything half-heartedly. Good advice, huh? For example, when I’m working, I should just focus on “bringing the awesome” to my work. …
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Garbage Disposal 101
The kitchen in our new house is quite out-dated — it IS 120 years old! However, one nice thing about our kitchen is we now have a garbage disposal {yup, we’re easy to please!} We didn’t have a garbage disposal in our first house and even though I had one growing up, it’s been about 8 …
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Vegetable Chowder
It’s seriously FREEZING right now in West Michigan, and lately, all I want to cook and eat are steamy hot bowls of soups, stews, and chowders. I’ve made several big batches of different soups for us to enjoy now, and to stock our freezer for later — when I don’t feel like cooking! And one …
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Six Months In – A Look Back & A Look Ahead
When I started this blog back in August, I had NO idea what to expect. I didn’t even have a “launch party” because I had no one to launch my website too! I simply announced it to my Facebook friends and hoped they would visit. I wondered if I could come up with valuable information to …
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