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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Moving Clutter
Earlier this week, I blogged a little bit about the start of our moving & packing process. Since I’m super busy right now, I’ve decided to just do a little each day to get us ready to move in about 4 weeks. Slowly but surely, we’ll be ready — I hope!! Honestly, who knew we …
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Simple Candy Corn Mix
Looking for a quick and easy snack to make for your family or for your next holiday party? Try this Simple Candy Corn Mix. I promise you’ll love it! It’s the perfect combination of salty and sweet…and you can add your favorite ingredients (or just whatever you have on hand!) These are the ingredients I …
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Simple Organized Thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving Day is next week — how did that happen?? If you have yet to start the planning process; it might be time…I’m just saying! Photo Credit: Tom Curtis Personally, this will be the most low-key Thanksgiving we’ve had in several years. We’re moving — so I decided not to put up ANY Thanksgiving decorations …
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Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins
Since we’re moving on Dec. 26, I won’t be doing much baking. However, I already have a freezer full of baked goods that should last us through every holiday party…and maybe even into the New Year {I can’t help it, I’m addicted to planning ahead and I have a vicious sweet tooth!} Of course I used …
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An “Anywhere Office” — What Works for Me
Last week, I gave a mini tutorial on the FREE desk I rescued for my “office”. Isn’t it purdy?? My trash-to-treasure adventure was a success and I love my desk! I blogged about it, and thought I was finished… However, I was inspired to show you the rest of these pictures after receiving so many emails regarding your …
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Moving Made Simple — Kind of!
Moving is hard work! Believe it or not, I’ve really NEVER moved before. I lived in the same house from birth until college; and even then, I was just 20 minutes away so I never really had to move. Then we got married and hardly had anything to move 🙂 So, even though I would …
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Holiday Treats + Free Printable Gift Tags
Today, I have the privilege of introducing you to one of my FAVORITE food bloggers; Brenda Score from a farmgirl’s dabbles! Not only is Brenda one of the nicest, sweetest, and friendliest women around; she also happens to be an AMAZING cook and food photographer. Plus she just makes everything look so simple — and I love …
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Quick and Simple FALL Cleaning
Yup, that’s right — it’s fall and I’m doing my spring cleaning and organizing! Now, I’m not talking about my “speed-cleaning-because-company-is-coming-over” cleaning. I’m talking about the “we’re-moving-and-we-need-to-clean-this-house-really-well” cleaning!! Oh, and if you’re wondering why I would “waste” my time cleaning a house that’s already sold, it’s because part of our selling agreement was that we could stay living in …
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Simple Tips to Stay Organized
In an effort to keep things REALLY simple today, I’ve listed Top Ten Simple Tips to Staying Organized. All of these “tips” should be pretty self explanatory…and if you really think about it, each task would only take you a minute or two to complete. However, if you let them all pile up for days or even weeks at …
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