By now, it’s no secret that I am obsessed with old farmhouses! I can’t help it, I just love the character and charm that come with old homes, especially old farm homes. I suppose complications and craziness often accompany the character and charm…but I just love thinking about what the homes looked like “back then.” So we …
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Simplifying: My Time, Money, and Sanity
Since we’re moving…and I’m just a little bit busy, I have a handful of amazing guest bloggers lined up for the next two weeks. They have tons of great information to share with you so read carefully!! Today, Keri Middaugh of My Kitchen My Vice is sharing her advice to preserve her limited time, money, and sanity! Honesly, …
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Simple Monster Brownies
Moving during the holidays is tough — especially for someone who loves to cook and bake as much as I do. Usually, during the holiday season, I stuff my pantry with baking essentials and pack my fridge and freezer full of delicious holiday treats! This year, however; I’ve been doing the opposite. I’m on a …
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Simple ‘No-Wrap’ Gift Wrap
I love Christmas, I love buying {and receiving} gifts, I love wrapping gifts, and I especially love opening gifts!! Who’s with me? There have been years where I spend the better part of an evening wrapping all our gifts in brown parchment paper tied with raffia, wired ribbon, fun tags, and festive embellishments. The gifts look …
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Ten Quick Tips to Simplify the Holidays
Since we’re moving…and I’m just a little bit busy, I have a handful of amazing guest bloggers lined up for the next two weeks. They have tons of great information to share with you so read carefully!! Today, Theresa Finnigin of Ready Aim Organize is sharing a few quick tips to simplify your last-minute holiday plans. …
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We Got the Keys…!
It’s official — we FINALLY got the keys to our new home! Photo Credit: graur codrin I’ve been dreaming of this days for years and anxiously awaiting December 10 for several months now!! Yup, I’m just a little excited! And even though the realization that we FINALLY have our dream home is overwhelmingly exciting, there …
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Quick, Simple, Inexpensive, Last-Minute Gift Ideas
Are you short on time? Are you short on energy? Are you short on cash? Are you tired of standing in line after line after line….? OK, so you’re all raising your hands by now, right? I figured that with only 15 days until Christmas Day we might all be looking for a few quick, …
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My Favorite Sausage Stuffing
Although Thanksgiving has come and gone — our big Christmas dinner is still coming up in a few weeks and stuffing is a family favorite at this meal {or pretty much any other meal for that matter!} And THIS is my all-time favorite stuffing! I actually got the recipe from my dad who is an …
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Wilted Basil — Can You Help?
Each year, I grow basil in my garden. It gets HUGE and gives us tons of fresh basil! Then in the fall, when my precious basil dies off, I purchase another small basil plant to grow in my kitchen window. However every year, around this time, my “indoor basil plant” starts to wilt…and then it …
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A Little Peak Inside My…Bathroom!
Oh don’t worry, nothing crazy is going on in my bathroom!! I’ve just been getting all kinds of requests, asking me to show how I organized my bathroom cabinets and toiletries — which is a great question… …except, our bathroom cabinets are almost empty right now! Yup, they’re all packed up and ready for our …
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My Holiday Round-Up!
It’s less than THREE WEEKS until Christmas Day! Can you believe it?? For the last 3 months, I have been running a “Clutter Free Holiday Countdown” featuring tips, tricks, tools, ideas, and resources to help YOU simplify, organize, de-stress, and de-clutter this busy time of year. If you haven’t been following along, you can read …
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Time Management & The Internet
QUESTION: What do the following items have in common? {Email, Facebook, Twitter, Craigslist, Ebay, U-Tube, Flickr, Tumblr, etc.} Photo Credit: Salvatore Vuono ANSWER: They are all great on-line services, and they ALL have the potential to waste lots and lots of valuable time!! Believe me…I speak from experience! Over the past couple of years, I have …
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Oh No! I’m a Collector {of dishes}
If I were ever a collector {which by nature I could NEVER be}…but, if I ever collected anything, it would be dishes! {p.s. If you are wondering why my silver cup is so dirty, don’t worry, I cleaned it!} I LOVE dishes! I don’t know why I love dishes…or when this infatuation started, but I have …
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Organize Your Holiday Receipts
How many gifts have you purchased this holiday season? I’m guessing some of you are already finished with your holiday shopping, while others don’t even realize that Christmas is only 25 days away! Wherever you fall in that spectrum, you are bound to end up with a pile of receipts that will probably turn into a …
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Organizing on a Budget
Are you in the process of getting organized or thinking about your next organizing project? Great!!! First things first, you need a plan — and a budget. And from my experience, the plan comes quite easily; it’s the budget that can sometimes hold me back! Can you relate? Recently, I’ve received several emails asking for simple ways …
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Pecan Lemon Bars
I LOVE lemons! I never used to, but over the last few years, I have become addicted to lemons — especially lemon desserts! So when I was asked to bring a dessert for our Thanksgiving party this past week, I knew I wanted to do something with lemons. I even opted to for-go the tradition pumpkin …
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Holiday Decor {I Just Couldn’t Resist!}
It’s the day after Thanksgiving — a.k.a. Black Friday. Normally, I would spend this day shopping for great bargains or putting up Christmas decorations — often times I’d do both. However, this year, I told myself I would do NEITHER. Since we’re moving in just a few weeks, I figured there was absolutely no point …
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Give Thanks — Clutter or Abundance?
With Thanksgiving Day just a few hours away, I assume we’ve all been quietly reminiscing on all the blessings in our lives, right? Not you? Oh, you’ve been too busy thinking about the HUGE list of things you have to do before tomorrow…don’t worry, I’m guilty too! However, I’d like to challenge us all to GIVE THANKS …
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