January 25, 2012 by Marci | 6 Comments
So, you have 20 minutes until company comes. The day has been crazy and you haven’t had time to clean the house they way you would have liked. What do you do? Since panic was my first thought, I decided I needed to ask the experts. I asked Overcoming Busy facebook fans what they would [...]
January 6, 2012 by Marci | 1 Comment
And the winner is….. Jenny – an Overcoming Busy reader Congratulations Jenny on winning the Weekly Household Planner fromThe Confident Mom! If you didn’t win, I highly recommend you grab the download. It is only $9 for an entire year! I am really seeing the benefits of this planner already and I’m sure you will, [...]
January 3, 2012 by Marci | 58 Comments
Did last year’s housekeeping system work out like you wanted it to? Does it need an overhaul for 2012? I just may have the answer for you!! Susan Heid at The Confident Mom just released the 2012 Confident Mom Weekly Household Planner. This planner will make completing your daily and weekly household chores a snap! [...]
December 5, 2011 by Marci | 2 Comments
All month long, Today’s Housewife is hosting the “Countdown To A Better 2012″ series. The writers will be sharing tips and ideas to make 2012 more organized, more efficient, and more peaceful. Each tip will be simple, one day projects that can make a big impact on your family. Join me today at Today’s Housewife [...]
October 3, 2011 by Marci | No Comments
Are you ready for winter? Is your home ready for winter? While the weather is still decent, we are preparing our home for the winter ahead. The last thing we want to do is have problems when the weather is freezing that could have been prevented now. Don’t know how to get your house winter-ready? [...]
September 7, 2011 by Marci | 3 Comments
School is in full swing. We are settling in to our new schedule of homeschool and outside classes. As I wrote about last week, the only piece of the puzzle missing is the housework. That has fallen by the wayside as we have put school first these past couple weeks. The 3 day Labor Day [...]
September 5, 2011 by Marci | 5 Comments
Source: countryliving.com via Marci on Pinterest ******************** Up until yesterday, it still felt like summer even though the kids are in school, the leaves of my walnut trees are turning and my summer garden is about finished. The temps have been in the 90s and the humidity was still hanging around. But these last couple [...]
August 22, 2011 by Marci | 2 Comments
I’ve been planning this homeschool year since last spring. Each year, I do an inventory of what we have learned and then decide where we need to go from here. I spend the summer searching out books and resources that will help us on our journey. This summer, I found maps for geography and history, [...]
August 1, 2011 by Marci | No Comments
I am not a garage saler, but once or twice a year the kids and I go “treasure hunting” at some neighborhood sales. Sometimes I find something. Other times, not so much. On our last treasure hunt I scored this……. Click over to Today’s Housewife and see!!
July 13, 2011 by Marci | No Comments
I’m still working my way through our house. Cleaning and organizing one room at a time. Last week, I tackled the most challenging room – my daughter’s bedroom. It was such a success that I was excited to move on to other rooms! There’s nothing like success to breed motivation. This week, the kids and [...]
July 7, 2011 by Marci | 7 Comments
This month, we are slowly working our way through some rooms of the house that need some attention before the school year starts. We’ll be decluttering, throwing away and reorganizing. The kids rooms and the toy/school/tv room are first on my list. We decided to tackle my daughter’s room first. I knew it would be [...]
