I can’t be still. Don’t get me wrong—I want to be still. I want to relax. But every time I sit down, I think of 796 other things I could be doing and even if I am too exhausted to get up, I pull out my phone or my iPad and try to squeeze something […]
Ah January. The month of new beginnings, resolutions, and tackling getting your life in order after all of the hustle bustle of the holiday season. I am a January fan. I create goals for the year. I rearrange the house to account for all of our new things. I purge the old, and I plan […]
I’m a Type A perfectionist whose coping skills happen to be organizing, list making, and planning ahead. This sounds great in theory until it keeps me up at 2 am planning a party in June for my child’s second birthday in December….but I digress. Most of the time these things make my life easier, and […]
About a year ago, I did a news segment on toy organization and clothing donations. In that segment, I mentioned briefly how our family utilizes a ‘family closet’ for all of our clothes. Since then, I have had some close friends {even family members} inquire about this closet and what it entails. Why a Family […]
The new school year is here, and that means backpacks will be headed home filled with forms, flyers, classwork, and art. It will be your job to determine what to keep, organize and store, and what to recycle. I will admit that when my oldest started preschool I kept EVERYTHING. I filled multiple storage containers […]
I have been accused of several things in my life. Some gracious—others not. But a consistent offender is being a little obnoxious when it comes to being tidy. I host a Friday night Bible study and on one particular occasion, one of the members was cooking for us as I was feverishly cleaning behind her. […]
I am a mom and an antique dealer, so it is not surprising that we have old furniture in our house. I adore the antique pieces I have collected while living in Norway, France, and England. With over 20 moves in my life, the surprising thing is that I have a vintage piece from my […]
Tidying Up with Marie Kondo on Netflix has taken America by storm. The organization guru hosts the show, and has inspired countless New Year’s Resolutions to purge, simplify, and organize. I jumped on the bandwagon and dove into Marie Kondo’s world; here are my thoughts while bingeing this latest self help phenomenon. 1. This woman is […]
I’m going to admit it here :: I am a great mom. There’s no doubt about it. I am quite hesitant to say that I am good at much of anything else. I am a great Netflix-binger. Sometimes I can make people laugh. I’m a horrible housewife. I like to cook, but I’m not a […]
There are few things in life that I love more than summer. What is truly better than sunshine, open swimming pools, and warm {ok, hot} weather? It’s a chance to revitalize and soak in all the vitamin D that nature provides and also a time to get in some “mom time”. So, when the kids […]
