Monday, June 10, 2013
Before Pinterest...
Anyone else remember life before Pinterest? Bookmarking all those blog posts we wanted to come back to? Saving STACKS of magazines so we could come back to the articles later? Well I finally went through my many stacks of magazines and ripped out the articles I REALLY wanted to save and saved them in a binder. I wanted to share it in case any of you needed ideas for the same! Happy reading!
Friday, June 7, 2013
building habits
In no way, shape or form am I a "neat freak". I have my little quirks about certain things, but my home is not super tidy or spit spot clean. It kinda drives some of my family members crazy actually. But it's not filthy and "hoarder-like" either. Just, kind of, organized chaos. Yeah, that's it.
I am trying to form new, cleaner and tidier, home habits though, if for any other reason but to teach my daughter to be clean and tidy. I have found that, while it is so nice and refreshing to have your ENTIRE house all of the sudden spit spot clean and all tidy, for ME, that is not maintainable. So what I do, is focus on 1 or 2 areas that influence me the most (and that I influence the most) and focus for a week on keeping those areas clean, neat and tidy. Then move on to 1 more area, and add a new area weekly until I have the house handled.
I started with my kitchen and the area across from my Master Closet. It's been 3 days and both are still clean and tidy!! I am VERY happy!!! PLUS the best part of the kitchen being clean and tidy is that I have been more inspired to try out new recipes and cook, AND my husband even tried out a recipe last night AND cleaned up his own mess!
What habit will you work on??
I am trying to form new, cleaner and tidier, home habits though, if for any other reason but to teach my daughter to be clean and tidy. I have found that, while it is so nice and refreshing to have your ENTIRE house all of the sudden spit spot clean and all tidy, for ME, that is not maintainable. So what I do, is focus on 1 or 2 areas that influence me the most (and that I influence the most) and focus for a week on keeping those areas clean, neat and tidy. Then move on to 1 more area, and add a new area weekly until I have the house handled.
I started with my kitchen and the area across from my Master Closet. It's been 3 days and both are still clean and tidy!! I am VERY happy!!! PLUS the best part of the kitchen being clean and tidy is that I have been more inspired to try out new recipes and cook, AND my husband even tried out a recipe last night AND cleaned up his own mess!
What habit will you work on??
Monday, June 3, 2013
"mommy" organization
What is "organization", REALLY? Is it possible to BE "organized" without it actually appearing that you ARE organized? For instance, I have piles of clutter everywhere, HOWEVER I know where my stuff is! Need the small camera? It's under the duct tape on the kitchen hutch! Need the A-Z binder tabs? Under the Ross bag on the kitchen table.... But that doesn't count as being organized, right? Oh well. ;)
Don't get me wrong, I TRY! I really do! I get a good system, then keep it up for a week, maybe two, then fall "off the wagon". I told a friend once, "Under all my piles of junk, there is the skeleton of a great system!"
Well, I am taking this on again! Some friends of mine SWEAR by FlyLady.net! I gave Fly Lady a try once, and couldn't seem to get ALL of her stuff to work for me. I DID find that a few things were quite helpful and doable. Shine your sink every night and 15 minute sessions. You can do ANYTHING for 15 minutes. Set a timer. If you have not heard of Fly Lady, or if you have and just have not tried her system, here is a link to her "Beginner BabySteps" page. Give it a try! http://www.flylady.net/d/getting-started/31-beginner-babysteps/
I have also found it helpful to write out my daily (and weekly) plan. My favorite daily printable that I have found is the "Original Daily Docket" and can be found at this link:
http://simplemom.net/downloads/
These two links also have many useful printables as well, including ones for grocery shopping and babysitters.
http://professorpoppins.blogspot.com/2011/03/family-planner.html
http://www.designfinch.com/2011/07/31/sunday-planning/
Happy organizing! I will GLADLY take any tips, tricks and hints you all have to offer!! Just comment on this post!
Oh, and to verify what I said about the kitchen hutch.....
Don't get me wrong, I TRY! I really do! I get a good system, then keep it up for a week, maybe two, then fall "off the wagon". I told a friend once, "Under all my piles of junk, there is the skeleton of a great system!"
Well, I am taking this on again! Some friends of mine SWEAR by FlyLady.net! I gave Fly Lady a try once, and couldn't seem to get ALL of her stuff to work for me. I DID find that a few things were quite helpful and doable. Shine your sink every night and 15 minute sessions. You can do ANYTHING for 15 minutes. Set a timer. If you have not heard of Fly Lady, or if you have and just have not tried her system, here is a link to her "Beginner BabySteps" page. Give it a try! http://www.flylady.net/d/getting-started/31-beginner-babysteps/
I have also found it helpful to write out my daily (and weekly) plan. My favorite daily printable that I have found is the "Original Daily Docket" and can be found at this link:
http://simplemom.net/downloads/
These two links also have many useful printables as well, including ones for grocery shopping and babysitters.
http://professorpoppins.blogspot.com/2011/03/family-planner.html
http://www.designfinch.com/2011/07/31/sunday-planning/
Happy organizing! I will GLADLY take any tips, tricks and hints you all have to offer!! Just comment on this post!
Oh, and to verify what I said about the kitchen hutch.....
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