Am I the only one who struggles to deal with the important papers that seem to arrive daily? And now that our boys are at school, there are so many more! I’m always surprised at tax time that I’ve actually found most of our forms, though it takes a lot of searching. A lot of my papers get shoved behind ... Read More »
Sometimes it’s a little intimidating to face an entire room of kids’ things and organize/sort/throw out stuff. So I thought I’d just tackle one small area today – their little bookshelf. Since we had moved about 10 months ago, I had already gotten rid of so many books and toys, but we still had a lot. So ... Read More »
If you’re like me, your dresser and closet are always overflowing. No matter how much you can organize or separate or get rid of things, there’s always a mess. I’m not exactly sure why that happens. I decided to tackle my dresser today. I didn’t have time to do a big sort and organize, so I just went through and found ... Read More »
I have to admit that I’m not great about organizing and backing up my photos. They often sit on my computer in whatever place they get saved on, until I have hundreds of little files of pictures. So what I started doing about a year ago was to create 4 folders for each year. Jan-Mar., Apr-Jun, Jul-Sept., and Oct-Dec. This ... Read More »
Somehow, since we’ve moved into a kitchen with more cupboard space, I’ve gone from one “junk drawer” to one “main” one and two extras. Do I really need 3 drawers for random things? No. Now I just have to do something about it. Organize, and throw stuff out! Here’s our two main “junk” drawers. I went through, dumped them out. ... Read More »
One thing that I find eats up a lot of my time is email. Whether it’s checking & responding to the important ones, or deleting/ignoring the spam/mailing lists. My inbox is so full that it gets overwhelming sometimes. Aside from my own Gmail account, I have a shared Hotmail account with my husband, as well as a work email account. ... Read More »
I always enjoy a challenge to keep me on track for things (fitness challenges, water-drinking challenges). And so about a year and a half ago, I discovered a great blog, with her challenge to de-clutter and simplify her life, one day at a time. www.theyearofless.blogspot.ca It was a great inspiration to see her task for the day, see her before ... Read More »
We’re two weeks into the 30-Day Fitness Challenge now. How’s it going, people? I love hearing feedback from people who are doing it with us. I’m confessing here, that I really don’t like planks. At all. I’ve kind of given up on them. I shouldn’t, but I just can’t do it. Unless anyone has any tips for me on how ... Read More »
As we enter Day 8 of our 30-Day fitness challenge, my muscles are a little sore in places they aren’t usually. Climbing stairs is tricky. Carrying something as small as my school bag reminds me that I’ve been using long-neglected muscles. But it’s all for a good cause. I’m looking forward to the satisfaction of completing this challenge, and hopefully noticing some improvement ... Read More »
So here we are in January, the time for resolutions and making changes. I find it difficult to make resolutions that actually last for the year, so I love the idea of a challenge – with a start and end date, and a clear goal. 30 days, one month, of making good choices, and gradually building strength through various fitness ... Read More »
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