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Great Links To Help Organize Your New Year!

January 6, 2010 by  |  3 Comments

Great Links To Help Organize Your New Year!

Now that the holidays are over, does anyone else feel the need for some “spring cleaning” in January?! Since taking the decorations down, I can see I need to clean and organize just about every area of my house. My plan throughout the year is to organize a little area every week or even every [...]

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Post-Christmas Toy Management

January 4, 2010 by  |  No Comments

Are you wondering where to store all those toys Santa and his elves left at our house this year?  Do you have too many toys already?  Visit me over at The Creative Mama today for some ideas for managing your kids’ toys.  If you have any toy storage or organizing tips, I’d love to hear [...]

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Taking Inventory

December 31, 2009 by  |  No Comments

I will be taking a blogging break to be with family for more holiday festivities!  Enjoy this previous post that can help with your planning for this new year.  I’ll be back Monday January 4 ready for a new year of Overcoming Busy! Whether you think you are not very busy or you know you [...]

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Start Overcoming Busy Right Now – The 15 Minute Project

October 23, 2009 by  |  3 Comments

Start Overcoming Busy Right Now -  The 15 Minute Project

Just the thought of decluttering and organizing can be enough to overwhelm some of us.  When we look at the size of the job as a whole, it can seem impossible to tackle.  That is why lots of us never even start.  This week in our series “Start Overcoming Busy Right Now”, lets look at [...]

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Tips For Staying Clutter Free

October 14, 2009 by  |  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 [...]

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Join me at The Creative Mama!

October 12, 2009 by  |  No Comments

Want to get organized, but having a hard time getting started?  Join me over at The Creative Mama today and we’ll chat about it!

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Hey look! I’m featured on I’m An Organizing Junkie today!!

October 1, 2009 by  |  No Comments

Hey look!  I'm featured on I'm An Organizing Junkie today!!

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!!

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DIY Cell Phone Recharging Station

September 30, 2009 by  |  24 Comments

DIY Cell Phone Recharging Station

Check out my new cell phone re-charging station!  We have been in desperate need of somewhere safe and secure to charge our cell phones.  Until now, my husband and I have charged them on the bathroom counter at night.  The tangled mess of wires and sinks and water made me so nervous!  We have been [...]

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Organizing Your Grocery List

September 17, 2009 by  |  6 Comments

Organizing Your Grocery List

Each Sunday night, I make my menu plan for the week.  This helps take the guess work out of wondering what’s for dinner each night.  There’s nothing worse than facing a hungry family at the end of the day, when you are all tired and maybe a bit cranky, and not having any idea what [...]

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Cereal Box Organizers For Kids’ Stuff

September 2, 2009 by  |  12 Comments

Cereal Box Organizers For Kids' Stuff

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, [...]

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Menu Plan Monday – August 24, 2009

August 24, 2009 by  |  4 Comments

Menu Plan Monday - August 24, 2009

As you may know from the last few posts, we are getting back to routines and schedules around here.  We’ve had the “unbusy” summer.  Now, it’s time to get into the swing of school and activities and events.  One of the most important routines for our family is meal planning.  If the meals are lined [...]

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