October 14, 2009 by Marci | 2 Comments
So, you’ve invested the time to de-clutter and organize your home. You are basking in peaceful, serene glory. Then, it hits you. “How in the world am I going to keep this up?!?!” You may have found a place for everything. But does anyone else know that? Does the system you created work for everyone [...]
October 2, 2009 by Marci | 5 Comments
This is the continuation of the “Start Overcoming Busy Right Now” series.
This is the picture of the window above my kitchen sink. I found this “Give Thanks” decoration last summer. I think it is supposed to be for Thanksgiving, but I plan on keeping it right there year round. It is a great reminder [...]
October 1, 2009 by Marci | No Comments
I am so excited! Yesterday’s post about my DIY re-charging station is being featured as a “Storage Star” on I’m an Organizing Junkie. I love that site. One of my favorites. Laura always has great tips and ideas for organizing our lives. Check it out!!
September 4, 2009 by Marci | 7 Comments
The more I think about it, the more I believe that most of the stress and busyness in women’s lives comes from clutter. I’m not just talking about the extra junk lying around the house (although that can be a huge source of stress). Mental clutter can be worse. Mental clutter is those negative thoughts [...]
September 2, 2009 by Marci | 12 Comments
This is my first time participating in Works For Me Wednesday at We are THAT Family. I have been a fan for a long time and have gotten some great ideas there. This weeks theme is organizing, so I couldn’t help myself but to jump in! My goal is to have my whole house organized, [...]
June 5, 2009 by Marci | 12 Comments
For this week’s GYCO over at The Creative Mama, I am totally stealing an idea I picked up from I’m An Organizing Junkie a few months back. I have a file folder overflowing with recipes in the desk upstairs. It contains clippings from magazines and newspapers, recipes I’m copied from the internet, recipes that [...]
May 22, 2009 by Marci | 8 Comments
Jewelry is my weakness. If I had to choose between buying food or a beautiful piece of jewelry, I’d choose the jewelry. Someone would feed me, right?!? Its hard for me to pass up a good deal on sparkly things! I get mesmerized by the sparkle and shine. My collection of jewelry is not huge, [...]
May 15, 2009 by Marci | 2 Comments
These past couple weeks, Tsh at Simple Mom has been hosting a Spring Cleaning Party. There have been lots of great ideas shared about cleaning, decluttering, and organization. I did my Spring Cleaning back in March because I had cabin fever and wanted to pretend it was spring just for my mental well-being. So, as [...]
May 12, 2009 by Marci | 5 Comments
Emily at Not Finished Yet had this comment last week on the post Got A Plan?,
All fine and good, but what if all the tasks (and goals and plans) on one’s neatly organized list are … really boring? Cleaning is just not exciting, nor is organizing and planning. Connecting with other people via hanging out [...]
May 1, 2009 by Marci | 4 Comments
This week has been kid’s room transformation week at our house. First, we painted and reorganized our 4 year old’s room. It turned out great. All done in a couple days. Then, we decided to reorganize my daughter’s room. It took me all morning just to pick the 2 laundry baskets of junk off her [...]
April 30, 2009 by Marci | 2 Comments
During the day, I spend most of my time in and around our kitchen area. If I’m not preparing a meal or snack, I’m cleaning it up. Or I might be reading the mail, coloring with the kids, working on an art project, going over homework, surfing the web working on my laptop…. My house [...]
Marci Goodwin is wife to an amazing husband and mother to two phenomenal kids. She is on a quest to get the "busy" out of her life so she can spend time on what's really important. Life is just too short to spend it on stuff that just doesn't matter!
