“Honey where is that prepaid phone we used to have?” my husband asked yesterday. I knew that the particular phone was long gone. It was mine, I had never used it, and I checked with my husband “just in case” before I got rid of it months ago. Nevertheless, he suddenly decided that he needed it, so I was in a little bit of trouble. The problem is that I get into these de-cluttering moods where I just have to toss something. Usually it is paperwork or magazines (we get a number of them free), but many times it is … Continue reading →

We are almost finished with our pantry organization! There is only today and tomorrow to go! Isn’t that great? So far, we’ve put some good practices in place. Let us continue now and keep up the good momentum. Day 4: Unwrap the Pack Most of the time when we get home from the grocery store, we take the groceries out of the bag and put them in the pantry right away. I know that if I don’t do it right then, I’m likely to have bags of groceries sitting on the kitchen counter or kitchen until the next day. To … Continue reading →

How are you doing with your pantry? Are you seeing some progress with getting it organized? Just remember that an organized pantry will make things much easier in the kitchen. During the first two days of our pantry organization plan, we covered a lot of ground. First, we figured out how to fine tune the pantry to reflect what we use. Then, on day two, we made even more progress when we used day one to build on day two, shopping to scale. Now, we will get into some of the more advanced ideas for an organized pantry. Day 3: … Continue reading →

I finally had it this weekend when it took swimming through a sea of winter wear just to get out of the door. Despite my best efforts to corral the chaos, there were hats, mittens, gloves and scarves everywhere in the front hall. I could probably have jumped off of the upstairs landing, executed a not-so-perfect swan dive and still not get hurt, thanks to the padding of a pile of soft, colorful acrylic. You know what leaves me shaking my head the most? The fact that even though there were all of those mittens and gloves all over the … Continue reading →