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 [...]
June 2, 2009 by Marci | 4 Comments
I have the next two days to do with what I please. The kids are at my parents getting spoiled, so I have no distractions until my husband gets home tonight. So, what am I going to do with this precious time? Well, I made a list – of course. Actually, I made [...]
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 6, 2009 by Marci | 6 Comments
In yesterday’s post, I talked about procrastination – putting things off. This has been a major challenge all my life. I can waste time with the best of them! Procrastination doesn’t have much of a hold on me if I have goals and a plan. Using a planner and to-do lists are great ways to [...]
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 [...]
April 14, 2009 by Marci | 4 Comments
Every December, I go through the kids’ toys to make room for the new ones they will be getting for Christmas. I throw away all the broken and “junk” toys. If I have anywhere to donate toys, I donate the good ones. Some toys get put in a box for a big consignment sale in [...]
March 27, 2009 by Marci | 3 Comments
I am all about efficiency and ways to do tasks better and faster. This especially applies to housework these days! It’s a necessary duty, but I don’t exactly want to spend all my time doing it. That’s why I love when I find new tools to make the job easier. My latest find is microfiber [...]
March 16, 2009 by Marci | 3 Comments
Wanna know about one of my secret weapons to defeat clutter? You probably have several of them already in your home ready to be used! Head on over to Organizing Your Way,where I am guest author today, to discover what it is!
February 26, 2009 by Marci | No Comments
The kids and I are taking a couple days and going to my parents house. They are long overdue for their Grandma and Papa fix! We are leaving in the morning, so tonight I need to pack our bags. We are all looking forward to the trip, but as we all know, the packing can [...]
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!
