My have to cleaning list

These are the things I have to do every week and several times a week in order to feel like my house is clean.  While I am super organized I must admit with 2 kids, 1 giant hundred pound dog and 4 cats, my house is not spic and span like the one I grew [...]

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Mama’s way to say I love you

It’s hard to be a mom. Picking up after everyone, cleaning stuff,every day chores to do.  Sometimes it seems the ones you love don’t realize how much you do for them.  These are some of the ways I show the kids I love them(in addition to hugs & kisses) -I make their favorite foods-pancakes, cream [...]

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A-Zed organize

Sorry I had to write Zed, that’s how my husband says it and it’s pretty cool.  Anyway here is my A-Z list for being organized: A- appliances that are small, find them a home not on the kitchen counter & while you are at it, limit the # you have, do you need that tea [...]

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Thank-Organizing

So I am really one of those natural organizer people. I mean I can go to the grocery store and see some boxes out of order and the shelf and I’ll probably fix them.  Here is my thankful list of things that keep me organized: -my family.  If I didn’t have them, I wouldn’t need [...]

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Organized with a kindergarten

So this is my first year of being an organized mama to a school child.  Here are a few things that have been working really well for me: -have a folder just for school information, newsletters,future projects, etc. -keep the monthly calendar and any other calendars such as PARP, sports, etc. posted right above mama’s [...]

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Mama Mama where’s the clutter

I was just going through my recipes.  Trying to add some excitement to my dinner menu in the event that it might actually cool down and become fall.  And then I was hit with a thought- I need to periodically clean my recipes, D’oh how could I have never thought of that.  So then I [...]

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Almost as nice as Hannah Montana’s closet

When my first child was born we were given so many clothes.  I knew we were having a boy so people could buy what they wanted boy style.  I also went around collecting outfits.  I had no idea how overwhelming it would be to keep a kids clothes organized.  For several years I could buy [...]

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top 10 things that keep me organized

Organized should have been my middle name.  Disorganization makes me cringe and so does clutter.  People with piles of papers who lose things all the time I just don’t get. Here are the 10 things that help my life run smoothly: 1.pen & paper.  Seriously if I need to remember something I jot it down.  [...]

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Saved too much stuff

I used to be a minimialist.  When I moved from the US and back, I could fit all I owned in 2 suitcases, a carry on and 1 large box.  If I moved now I would need one of those big long moving trucks.  When I was younger I went through a phase, I suppose [...]

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How can I be organized

So today I decided to go through the folders and boxes of papers I’ve been keeping for my kids.  I always have this nightmare in the back of my mind of the lady on Oprah who saved papers for all three of her kids for their whole lives.  I mean seriously, do any of us [...]

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