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Week 6: Keep Bathrooms “Company Ready”
This week’s goal is another one pertaining to our homes, and will be especially important as my family will be hosting 24 people for Thanksgiving. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to...
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Week 6 in Review
This week has been a whirlwind of activity from getting ready for Thanksgiving, to hosting Thanksgiving, to setting up our Christmas tree. When I made this week’s goal of getting all of my bathrooms...
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Week 7: Do at least 1 load of laundry each day.
It is week 7 which means we are getting ever closer to the new year and, hopefully, a more organized life and home. So far we have been reading our bibles, getting more sleep, “dressing for success”,...
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Week 7 in Review
This week our goal was to do at least one load of laundry each day, after we dealt with any Mt. Everest piles of laundry that may have been lurking in our laundry rooms, of course. I started this week...
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Week 8: What’s for dinner? (AKA: Menu Planning)
This week is week 8 out of 11 weeks of trying to get our lives and homes more organized, and our next goal has to do with food. Not eating it, but planning out what your family will eat. Menu planning...
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Week 8 in Review
This week my goal was to plan my menu in advance so that I wouldn’t be in a panic at 5:00 p.m. because I didn’t know what to feed my family. Having my menu planned on Sunday meant that I didn’t have...
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Week 9: Declutter for 10 Minutes per Day
I am a day late on posting this week’s goal, but it isn’t a hard one so hopefully we can all jump right in. So far in this series I have set a few goals related to housekeeping but I have tried to...
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Week 10: Set Priorities
Last week I set a goal of decluttering for 10 minutes each day. I am sorry to say that I failed miserably with that goal. A stomach bug that hit my oldest son and I meant that I didn’t do anything...
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Week 11: Focus on Family
Last week I told you that my goal for the week was to set priorities. While I still feel like I am barely treading water while I am trying to get everything finished for Christmas, I do think I was...
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Craft Room Organization on a Yard Sale Budget
I have been working for the past week or two on reorganizing my craft room. When I was working on making homemade Christmas presents I really neglected it and it became a catch-all for junk. With a...
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How to Make Dish Soap Last Twice as Long
When I was a girl my grandma told me that she had a trick for making her dish soap last twice as long. You see she, and I seem to have inherited this trait, used too much dish soap. So, she diluted her...
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How to Keep Your Dust Ruffle from Slipping
Do you have a dust ruffle on your bed? We have had one for years and I love the way it finishes off the look of a made bed. However, what I don’t love is how the dust ruffle always seems to get messed...
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Homemade Slice & Bake Sugar Cookies
Back in December I shared my mom’s sugar cookie recipe and a fun idea for making a cookie dough gift set. Well, today I wanted to show you a way to enjoy sugar cookies without all of the work of...
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A Surprise Party, a Flower Arranging Tip, & How I Avoided a Panic Attack
Last Saturday, after about a month of planning, we pulled off a surprise birthday party for my mom. My dad and I had spent a lot of time scanning in pictures to make a slideshow, and we also worked...
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Uses for Eggshells & How to Use a Water Bottle to Separate Eggs
Ever since we got our new baby chicks I have been thinking about having our own eggs again. I remember when we used to raise chickens and sell their eggs, people would tell me there was such a...
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Rhubarb Crunch Recipe and Weekly Menu Plan
I originally posted this recipe in May of 2011. I have added some new pictures and made the recipe printable. Since it is rhubarb season I thought it was worth sharing again. The funny thing is that I...
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Week 7: Keep the Kitchen Clean
It’s week 7 of my quest for organization and so far I have been reading from the Bible, trying to get 8 hours of sleep, dressing for success, exercising and drinking more water, keeping my bathrooms...
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Week 7 in Review
This past week my goal was to keep my kitchen clean. I kind of feel like I failed at this one even though I did make some progress with keeping a few of my counters clean. Maybe I should start with my...
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Week 8: Menu Planning
It’s week 8 of my quest for organization and so far I have been reading from the Bible, trying to get 8 hours of sleep, dressing for success, exercising and drinking more water,keeping my bathrooms...
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Week 8 in Review
Last week my goal was to plan my menu so that I wouldn’t have everyone asking me at 5:00 pm what I am fixing for supper. The week went very smoothly with regards to fixing supper thanks to my plan....
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