January 2014

DIY Bow Organizer

When I found out one of my twins was a girl I was so excited to deck her out in smocked dresses and big Southern bows. Enter a little girl who didn’t have enough hair for a bow until just after her first birthday. As soon as she had about…



Plan to Eat – Meal Planning

I love the idea of meal planning, sitting down every month with a blank calendar and good intentions.  Though good intentions or not, my system always breaks down.  Either I lose the paper calendar somewhere or I can’t remember which one of my 50+ cookbooks had the recipe I wanted…


Nesting

Or a desperate attempt to make everything fit. The nesting bug has really bitten me good.  Nothing too crazy – I’m not trying to renovate my house or anything, although I always have ideas for that, too – but reorganizing areas that have basically been left to collect dust for…


Affordable Organizing Solutions

Does clutter always seem to make your home less attractive? It can be hard to cut clutter, but it is possible to organize your home without spending a ton. When you have a space for everything, it’s much easier to keep the clutter to a minimum and your home will…


Banishing Morning Mayhem

So. . . does this describe your mornings? You wake up late (forgot to set your alarm), kids are asking where their uniforms/shoes are, lunches aren’t packed and there goes the bus. After dropping the kids at school you drive through somewhere because you are hungry. You are running late…