Tips and Tricks to organizing your home
Handmade gift idea Bake some delicious cookies and present them in a beautiful gift package created from a Pringles can. This is a great idea for a back-to-school gift for your child’s new teacher. Add a tag saying “Have a great year!” to the front. Find the recipe and package creation instructions at The Paper [...]
I can’t pass up a good deal Have you ever bought something you didn’t need just because it was a great deal? What leads us to purchase a bread maker that is on clearance at 75% off, knowing it will sit unused on the counter? Why does the thrill of a bargain get us so [...]
Navigating the jungle I used to borrow my teenage son’s Wii for my workout each morning. My ten-minute warm up consisted of clearing an area of the floor big enough for the balance board to fit, and I was constantly doing push ups while staring at potato chip crumbs. Sound familiar? Identify what starts the [...]
Is your bookcase constantly overflowing? Do you like to read the latest best sellers, but never re-read them again? Whether you are buying books or want to sell them, check out eBay’s lesser known sister company Half.com. I am always surprised to find out that many people aren’t aware of this part of eBay. You [...]
Scare me into working out please Some days I think it would take a huge, burly personal trainer banging on my door to intimidate me into working out. It seems if I miss a day, I tend to find an excuse to miss the next day. Then two weeks later I realize I have excused [...]
Clutter leads to more clutter. It can multiply at an alarming rate. Would you think twice about tossing more junk onto this desk? Absolutely not, because once an area is cluttered, you can easily rationalize it with the mentality of “It’s already messy, so what’s one more thing?” The pile of paper is transformed into [...]
Sometimes you have to laugh so you don’t cry. I stood in the doorway in disbelief at the mess before me. Half an hour earlier, I had left her happily playing “kitchen” in her room so that I could cook dinner. With my mouth hanging open in both shock and terror, I took it all [...]
Prevent clutter by working the following tasks into your daily routine until they become a habit. I’ve focused on the areas that will make the biggest “instant” improvement in five minutes or less. EARLY AM 1) Get a load of laundry started. If you have enough dirty clothes for a load, get them into the [...]
Having trouble finding the cord you need? What you are looking at is my cord “lost and found” box. It contains chargers, adapters, and other miscellaneous cords that I have no idea what device they go to, but I am too afraid to throw away. Funny? Maybe. Sad? Definitely! The problem prompted an easy solution to prevent any other cords from [...]
Want a great feeling of accomplishment for the day that won’t take more than five minutes? How is your junk drawer looking these days? After getting stabbed in the finger by a stray thumbtack, I spent a few minutes straightening my kitchen junk drawer today. It wasn’t horrible but warranted a quick cleanup. I found a few buried treasures under [...]
