It was 2 1/2 years ago when my husband and I switched over to the cash envelope system to help us stay on budget. We are still going strong, although I can’t say we are sticklers. We both still carry credit cards and I often forget to bring my envelopes with me when I go…
I both love and hate birthday parties. I have fun planning them and setting them up, but I also stress myself out and always try to accomplish way too many projects. I think I fared slightly better this year; I only party prepped until about 9 p.m. the night before and had plenty of time to…
If you have absolutely no interest in reading me go on about what clean eating is and why we are now following a clean diet as a family, then feel free to skip right over this post. I’m not going to turn my blog into a clean eating bible or start preaching on how I think…
Continuing on with our theme of getting organized for the new year, I decided I desperately needed a “To-Do” list that actually worked. Something that would give me a place to write down all those little thoughts running through my head each day. I’m SO guilty of not writing things down that need to be…
Hear that? It’s a huge sigh of relief coming from yours truly. I have been working on finishing the kids’ shared room since before Graham came along (which happened in June of last year), and I have FINALLY finished all the things I had wanted to do. Of course, there will always be more and…
Christmas may be over, but winter is still in full swing. So while I packed away all of my Christmas decorations, I did leave a few things out so that I could “winterize” my mantle. I’m all about longevity, so I’m thinking this will work for the next couple of months before I have to…
Last week I talked about how to organize your digital photos in 5 simple steps. This week, I’m walking into the kitchen for a new organization project… I’m finally tackling my recipes. My recipes have long been a complete MESS. I cook probably 5-6 nights a week and I rely heavily on my recipe binder and…
Until we moved to Colorado a year and a half ago, I had never had a fireplace, therefore I’d never had a mantle. When we got here, I was like, “What the heck am I supposed to put up there?” Which, naturally, led to hours of trolling Pinterest for mantle displays (because there are, like,…
We’re pretty much all in the mood to organize right now, aren’t we? January and the start of a new year can easily do that to you. And because I’ve been bitten by the organization bug, I decided to do a short series this January on organizing different areas in your home and life. Up…
I personally have always struggled with keeping up on documenting the year. I am good about taking photos and organizing them on my computer, but in all my years of being married and having kids, creating photo books for the year has just never happened. Last year I vowed to make a change, and I set…
