Creating to-do lists has been a habit of mine since I was a little girl. My mother always said I would make a list for anything and everything. To this day, my passion for lists continues to help me stay organized and keep me on track when days get hectic. Click here for a few [...]
The piles of school papers, art projects and memories accumulate year after year and as a mom of five I am always looking to simplify all these papers and at the same time create a memory book of school keepsakes for my children. One idea I came across was creating one binder per child to [...]
This weeks 30 minute challenge is how to use bins to organize everything from projects, holiday decor to grouping like items together from beach items to wrapping supplies. Using this system will help you save time when it comes to needing a certain item you will now know where it is and you will save [...]
Ready or not the final scho0l bell is about to ring and your kids will be anticipating a summer filled with fun and memories. Each year I look forward to Summer the less hectic schedule, sleep in days, lazy days and time to create family memories. However, as the MOM I also know if I [...]
Summer is just weeks away and in our home that also means plenty of road trips are about to begin. I love a clean and organized car when I’m traveling even tough I know road trips also create car messiness. This week we will focus our 30 Minute challenge to getting our cars road trip [...]
By Trisha We are just days away from the final school bell ringing and my kids arriving home with bags of school papers, art projects and even a pile of well used school supplies ready for me to sort, organize and dispose. How can you organize this year’s end of school year piles? Click here [...]
By Kellie Geres Admit it … if you have or care for children, you’ll ultimately have a growing collection of artwork, school projects, rainy day activities and more. As much as you may want to exhibit all of your budding Picasso’s works of art, after a while it’s just not feasible to keep everything on display. [...]
With school and sport pictures, as well as our annual holiday and family portraits, the amount of picture packages my family of seven accumulates each year is enough to build an encyclopedia! Even after we distribute copies of the pictures to friends and family, there still seems to be a supply of leftover photos in [...]
This weeks 30 minute challenge is to organize and hold a Family Meeting – Hold a weekly family meeting to bring your family together and provide an opportunity for family discussion, decision-making and keeping everyone in the know. Family meetings can also be used to dream, set goals, create to-do lists, discuss Chores, come up [...]
For many of us, labeling our children’s possessions is a common practice. Over the years, I have discovered that using personalized labels have increasingly more uses. You can order labels inexpensively online or make your own on the computer or with a permanent marker and some heavy tape. Click here to read some of [...]
