Lucky Friday the 13th
For me, Friday November 13th is one of the luckiest days of my life. It is on this day, eleven years ago today, that I became a Mom for the very first time. I remember going [...]
Three Quick Tips to Clear the Way for Clutter-Free Holidays!
Can you believe it? Thanksgiving is just two weeks from today! This means a few things: 1) My son's birthday is tomorrow. 2) The "busy season" for the Garveys is officially in full swing! 3) Blog writing [...]
Monday Morning Check-In
How did you do with your Finish It Friday list? Here's my check-in. Next weekend my list will definitely include something fun. I saw that on Emily's list and thought "Yes, don't forget to have fun!" Thanks, [...]
What Will You Say “Yes” to this Holiday Season?
Here’s something to keep in mind this holiday season: how you choose to spend your time will determine how joyful this time of year is for you. What will you say “yes” to? And, what will [...]
Finish It Friday – Are You In?
Happy Friday to you! It has been quite a day of finishing for me already—and it’s *only* 4 PM. ;) There's so much more on my weekend to-finish list, so here goes: (Start) and finish [...]
Holiday Organizing with Buckets
You may recall that I love using buckets to organize and store things—it’s just one of my (uh, many) quirks. Lucky for me, the holiday season offers new opportunities to organize things with buckets (hooray!) and, [...]
Five Steps to an Organized (and Joyful) Holiday Season
The holiday season is an interesting time of year. First, there is an expectation that you will feel joyful. Just look at all of those happy people in the T.V. commercials and you’ll see what I [...]
Friday To-Do List
So it’s Friday, again! And it’s a rainy Friday. Again! It has been an incredibly wet and dreary October in my neck of the woods. But, oh well. I guess that’s what umbrellas are for. So [...]
Do Less To Enjoy The Holidays More
It’s almost Halloween in the United States, which means one thing: the winter holidays are just around the corner! If the thought of the approaching holidays (and the mile-long to-do list that accompanies this time of [...]
Check, check, check!
Wow…no wonder I waited to paint my hallway for so long. What a royal pain in the legs, back, arms and feet. ;) In my mind that project was going to take about three hours. Which [...]