Organization

Organizing on a Budget: The Medicine Cabinet

by Michelle August 31, 2011

Next to planning menus, organizing the medicine closet is one of the best ways to save money, time and tears.  We all know that when you have a crying baby at 3 AM, you will do anything to make it better. Being well stocked in the linen closet helps you be prepared for life’s little [...]

Organizing on a Budget: Keeping Up

by Michelle August 16, 2011

I am about to give you advice that I sometimes find hard to follow myself.  Not because it is bad advice, but simply because I suffer from not-enough-time-in-the-day-itis.  Not so much a disease, but a chronic condition. That being said, when you can make time to keep your organizing systems up to date, it can [...]

Get Organized with a Family Binder

by Michelle July 28, 2011

If I had a list of the ten most useful organizing tools I use with my family, a family binder would have to top the list.  The Family Binder is the sort of thing that you don’t notice is there, but without it you would waste a lot of time. The binder actually came about [...]

Budget Organizing: Think Differently

by Michelle June 21, 2011

One of the ways I often suggest getting organized is to simply have less.  It drives me nuts how many things we think we need to have that only do one task, often just once a year, or even less. Multiply that by everyone on your street, and it adds up to a lot of [...]

Do You Have More Time Than You Think?

by Michelle June 18, 2011

I recently read 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think by Laura Vanderkam. To be brutally honest, while I was reading the book, I was not overly impressed.  I thought she went off topic quite a bit, writing many pages on how to get a job you like and some other topics (useful, [...]

Budget Organizing: Try Before You Buy

by Michelle June 7, 2011

Ever run out and buy some really cool containers in an organizing frenzy, only to get home, work on your project and realize too late that what you bought really does not suit your needs?  I have. If you want to avoid spending money on items you end up not using, then try to find [...]

Mapping Out a Plan for Summer

by Christina Brown May 31, 2011

In just a couple of weeks, my boys will be done with school for the summer.  My husband teaches courses online for a community college and so he’ll be around, too. We’re fortunate to be able to spend so much time together during the warm summer months.  But sometimes, all that togetherness means we don’t [...]

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