November 15, 2010 by Marci | No Comments
Last week, I took a couple days off. I still had posts here at Overcoming Busy, but I scheduled them ahead of time. Evidently, one didn’t make the schedule – still stuck in draft mode. It all worked out fine since I spent the whole weekend with family and never got around to finishing my [...]
October 7, 2010 by Marci | 2 Comments
One of my favorite blogs, Nesting Place, has organized 31 Days Of Change. This is where The Nester and seven other bloggers have put together 31 days to change various areas of your life for the better. I have really enjoyed this first week. Check them all out! 31 Days to a Less Messy Nest [...]
September 24, 2010 by Marci | 8 Comments
When I was growing up, my mom decorated the house for the changing seasons and for each holiday. And by decorating I mean she changed the little figurines on the end tables and put different decals on our picture window or sometimes on our bedroom windows. It was those little things that kept life and [...]
September 3, 2010 by Marci | No Comments
Hop on over and visit me at The Creative Mama today! We are talking preparing your house for fall.
August 31, 2010 by Marci | 10 Comments
One question I get a lot is how do I keep up with the housekeeping. It is a topic we all know too well and if we are too busy, if can get away from us fast. In fact, it was researching methods to keep my house clean with out driving my family and I [...]
July 1, 2010 by Marci | 7 Comments
Put things away when you are done using them. Profound, I know. I promise if you and your family follow this one little rule, housekeeping will become a breeze and clutter will be kept to a minimum.
June 24, 2010 by Marci | 3 Comments
In my kitchen, and probably my house, the utensil drawer has been the last organizing frontier. I have re-organized my kitchen twice in the last year, but haven’t touched the utensil drawer. It is a mess!! You might have a drawer just like it. That would be the one filled with soup ladles, potato mashers, [...]
February 16, 2010 by Marci | 2 Comments
Laura, at I’m An Organizing Junkie, is hosting a 28 Day Organizing Challenge during the month of February. The challenge to readers is to declutter and organize a space in their home during February. All throughout the month, Laura and a talented group of guest authors, are serving up tips and tricks to make the [...]
February 9, 2010 by Marci | 3 Comments
Until this year, the valentine decor in my house consisted of whatever my kids made at pre-school or church and hung on our fridge. Those handmade treasures of love stayed there the week of Valentine’s Day until another beautiful drawing was given to me to replace it – about a week. Things are different this [...]
February 2, 2010 by Marci | No Comments
I have been slowly re-organizing and de-cluttering my kitchen over the past couple weeks. In doing so, I learned a few organizing lessons that can help us all! Visit me today at The Creative Mama and read all about it!
January 28, 2010 by Marci | 2 Comments
There is a story my dad used to tell about one of his aunts. In the 1940′s in the rural area where they lived, it was a luxury to have nice china and linens. Aunt Freida was one of the blessed ones. She had a china cabinet full of china and glassware. She had drawers [...]
