Five Easy Ways to Go Green
a guest post from Collin Garvey (my son) #1 Use less water by taking shorter showers and turning off the water when you brush your teeth. Repairing leaks saves water too. Also, try to avoid disposing [...]
Throw Out Fifty Things—A Book Review
I mentioned in my last post that while away on vacation, I read a really good book. Well, the more I think about this book and put the concepts into action, the more I love this [...]
A *real* vacation…
This past week we snuck away for our first *real* vacation in a long, long while. According to my kids, it was their first *real* vacation ever, because apparently going to visit your Grandparents in Michigan [...]
The Organized & Inspired Scrapbooker — an Update
I've gotten quite a few emails about where and how to buy a copy of "The Organized & Inspired Scrapbooker." For a long while, I wasn't sure if the book would be printed again, so I've [...]
Healing
I am starting to see signs of healing. I know it won’t happen over night—especially not for my girl. But it’s nice to see little signs of normalcy. I’ve never been so happy to hear the [...]
It’s Organizing Newsletter Day
So I thought I'd share a snippet from my newsletter. This will also help to explain why I've been away from the blog for a while... March has been one of those months that simply flew [...]
Glimpses of spring…
on my window sill... in my front yard... and in my back yard, too. Are you seeing signs of spring where you live, too? As a Michigan girl for the first half of my life, it [...]
The clutter control class…
...goes to Erica, who said: The big thing on my list is my kitchen/office/family craft room. It is two rooms that are open to each other and collect everything from school papers, grocery stuff that hasn't [...]
It’s quick. It’s simple.
And it could be yours! That’s right…up for grabs for this week’s edition of Freebie Friday is one spot in Quick + Simple Clutter Control…the online workshop that helps you clear you clutter, quickly and simply. [...]
Winners!
The two winners of the March / April issue of Simple Scrapbooks magazine are: Marne who said: Finding the right place to start is my problem. It can take me forever to begin a page! Organizing [...]