Category: household management

Cleaning With Child “Helpers”

It was so nice this morning to have actual house cleaning helpers. My two (ages 4 and 2) walked around and lifted things up out of the way and then put them back as I vacuumed. I’m not going to mention how they un-helped me earlier in the week when I finally got around to scrubbing all the four bathrooms and the floors only to have Ava puke on the floor and in one bathroom. Oh no – I’m not going to mention that. Or how I finally put their toys away and 10 minutes later their toys, plus some

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Spring Clean & Purge Party

I’m going to start speeding up the list. It’s taking me way too long and I’m disappointed that I didn’t have committed interest. Check out the master list and see what I’m doing and when. Let’s clean the house and get rid of our C.R.A.P. together (and it’s not too late to join me in case you feel sorry for me cleaning all by myself …).

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Spring Clean & Purge Party ~ Master Bedroom Closet

Welcome to Week 4 of my Spring Clean and Purge Party! Check out the introduction and jump in! When you are done your room, add a link to your before and afters (or just how it went). Can’t wait to see how we all get so neat and tidy together! I let the master bedroom take two weeks because it was a bit of a bigger job than I anticipated (and I got sick half-way through it). This week we will tackle the MASTER BEDROOM CLOSET.Our closet it actually like a small bedroom so it’s easy to get stuff accumulated in there.

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Spring Clean & Purge Party ~ Master Bedroom

Welcome to Week 2 of my Spring Clean and Purge Party! Check out the introduction and jump in! When you are done your room, add your blog post of your before and afters (or just how it went) lat the week-end room summary post. Can’t wait to see how we all get so neat and tidy together! This week we will tackle the MASTER BEDROOM. I hold my yarn supply and pattern books in here. At least the yarn is organized but I still need to get to the patterns I’ve inherited and not gone through yet. Here’s the list

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Spring Clean & Purge Party ~ Bathroom Summary

I’m late posting my bathroom before and after today because I was dashing around finishing the last one. Apparently this is where I stashed all the baby stuff that needs to be “taken care of” (a.k.a. sold or donated). If you are just joining, check out the bathroom assignment and introduction to the Spring Clean and Purge Party. We’d love for you to join us! Here is my summary of the four bathrooms I cleaned. Incidentally, Ava (4 years old) threw up in two of the toilets that I had already cleaned so I had to go back and disinfect

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Spring Clean & Purge Party ~ Bathroom(s)

I’m so excited for my very own Spring Clean and Purge Party! Check out the introduction to the party and jump in and join us! When you are done your room, add your blog post of your before and afters (or just how it went) at the end of the week on the “room summary” post. Can’t wait to see how we all get so neat and tidy together! This week we will tackle the BATHROOM(s). I have two full and two half baths. I’m hoping one week will be enough for me. Here’s the list I’ll be following. Don’t

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Spring Clean & Purge Party

First, is it really a party when we spring clean and purge? Let’s make it one anyway, okay?! Are you in?  Your Assignment, Should You Choose To Accept It …Don’t you find over the year that “stuff” accumulates, gets moved out of its proper place, or isn’t used and so it is time to donate, sell or toss it? Unless you have a set time to do this it often never happens. Last year, I was pleased with my plan to both purge and deep clean each room of my home. By tackling spring cleaning by breaking it out one

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Green Thumb?

The Green Thumb. Do I have one? Yep! It’s attached to my husband though. He doesn’t mind the grunt work of digging and weeding and planting from seed in our basement and then transferring them and then watching the rabbits and other animals eat them all to the root. I think that there are a few too many rocks and mouse-house potential areas in our yard so I’m hoping to sod over some of it and tidy it up … especially with some trees in the yard that need to come down, a fence to go up and a multitude

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Home Organization ~ Weekly Links

Thank you to Org Junkie for her weekly links post. I’m listing highlights below but for the full post, visit here. chore charts from Somewhat Simple Lego organization Organizing Toys ~ Taming of the Legos @ A Soft Place to Land Yada Home looks like a neat family calendar resource for managing your family’s tasks, events and lists online. 10 Simple Ideas For a Welcoming Home @ The Blessed Nest Grocery List Download @ The Creative Mama These were my favourites.

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Emergency Preparedness Kits

I was just reading The Creative Homemaker and her blog post about 72 Hour Emergency Preparedness Kits. I realised that I have had this on the “to do list” for too long. What-with the crazy weather and unexpected natural disasters the world is experiencing, nobody is safe. I am fortunate to live an area that does not regularly experience natural emergencies, however, perhaps this is even more reason to get something in place for if there were an emergency. I shudder to think of the hysteria. So … what to do to get myself set up. Letti at Happily Ever

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