Organizing is simply as means to an end
As a reader of the My Organized Lifestyle blog, I’m letting you in on a little secret! The Momsources section now contains a full page of Kitchen Product Solutions. These are my most favorite containers that I’ve personally used over and over again on client projects, as well as in my own home! You will [...]
Black Friday is the start of the holiday shopping season. If you’re beginning to feel a little stressed out because the Christmas holiday is just around the corner, print this checklist from Smead to get yourself on track starting right after Thanksgiving. Make it the best holiday season ever! Holiday Planning Checklist
As most of my close friends and blog readers know, I’m not one to hold onto much when it comes to physical stuff, and I’ve worked very hard over the years to also let go of the emotional baggage too. This afternoon, as I was engaging in one of my favorite activities of sifting through [...]
How many of us are pushing, pushing, pushing to get things done? Driving our children to activities, rushing to a meeting (and sometimes we’re not even sure why we’re in attendance), up late getting last-minute projects completed, and feeling like we need to stay on the phone with a person who never gives us the [...]
One of the challenges every parent faces, at some point, is how to get kids to help put their clean laundry in the proper places. For adults, it may be easy to remember that socks and underwear go in the top drawer and pants in the bottom, but for kids who are just learning (or [...]
Want to create more time in your week to relax? Group tasks together. First, instead of literally running all over town, map out your errands and get them done in one afternoon, starting at one end of town. This will save time and gas. Make it a mission and don’t allow yourself to be sidetracked by [...]
And the WINNER is…Tarryn Macpherson Lankford. Congratulations!! NOTE: Contest extended through 11:59:59 on Tuesday, May 15, 2012. ENTER NOW! I’m excited to offer you the opportunity to win a special Mother’s Day gift for yourself or someone special in your life! Enter to WIN a copy of The Organized Mom: Simplify Life for You & [...]
With Mother’s Day in a little more than one week, my daughters started asking me what I’d like as a gift. As a single mom, my first response is “Please bring me coffee and be nice to me all day.” My kids are genuinely good kids, so the “be nice to me” is basically a request to [...]
Yes, I admit it: I’ve gone mad! This running thing has taken over and I’m actually setting a goal of running a Half Marathon this year. My journey started in January. My goal was to “do” (whatever that meant…maybe run/walk/cry at some point) the Cooper River Bridge Run, a 10K. The commitment was easy because [...]
An interesting fact: In July 2010, there was a ban on phosphates that required the reformation of dishwasher detergents. Since then, consumers noticed that their dishes are just not as clean as they used to be. And I thought it was my dishwasher. The cloudy film builds on top of previously cloudy film, which is [...]
