These simple organizing tips for school students will help you start the school year on a stress-free start. Getting kids organized early in their school year helps to make it a successful year. The beginning of the school year is a great time to create an organized system for school papers, but you can implement a system anytime! This post contains affiliate links. I have worked in… Continue Reading
Paper Organization
Every day papers and emails come into my life from various sources. It is a never ending cycle. It is difficult for me to be productive if I see papers all over the place, so I have established a paper organization system with a spot for all incoming items. It took a while to become a habit, but it really works for me. This post may contain affiliate links. Your… Continue Reading
Summer Cleaning Tips
Now that the weather is warming up here in Southern California, we are preparing for summer. We like to spend time outdoors and every spring, our backyard needs some attention because of all the rain and wind we get here in Orange County. Today I’ sharing my summer cleaning tips. These are the things I do to prepare our house and yard for summer time. It is important to take… Continue Reading
My October To Do List
This is a sponsored post in partnership with Valvoline Instant Oil Change. Today I am sharing my busy month and the program to #WipeOutBreastCancer Hello Friends! Is your to-do list as long as mine this month? I have so many things to do including going grocery shopping, picking up the dry cleaning and taking my car in for an oil change. I always keep a list of my tasks so… Continue Reading
September Faves and Great Fall Cleaning Tips
Fall season is a great time to clean your home well in preparation for the cold season. We are sharing our fall cleaning tips to prepare and also have a free fall cleaning checklist! This post contains affiliate links, see full disclosure policy here. Hello Friends! Fall is finally here! Most evenings it feels like fall, but the days have been pretty warm. Today I am sharing some fall… Continue Reading
Farmers Market Shopping List Tips
See my tips for a farmers market shopping list. Farmers markets are a great place to save on your grocery bill. Are you a farmers market fan like I am? I love perusing farmers markets near my work because the product is fresh and I like supporting my local farmers. I also love to visit farmers markets when I travel. They are a great source of regional food items and… Continue Reading
Keeping it Simple with Real Life Dinners from Rachel Hollis
A look at the new book from Rachel Hollis: Real Life Dinners: Fun, Fresh, Fast Dinners from the Creator of The Chic Site. Disclosure, a copy of this book was received for review. This post contains affiliate links. Hello Friends! I hope you had a great weekend and if you celebrated, a wonderful Father’s Day with family. I have been so busy lately with school ending and my mom’s… Continue Reading
How to Spend Less Money
I am sharing my personal tips on how to spend less money on stuff today. I have been meaning to share my system for a while, but finally got to it today. When I got married, I had some credit card debt and did not have much cash in the bank. I was literally living paycheck to paycheck and saving money was hard to do. How To Spend Less Money At the… Continue Reading
Planning A Monthly Budget
We’ve got a free Monthly Budget Planner printable for you! saving coins money you’re like me, at the beginning of the year you have all these aspirations of saving money and investing wisely, eating healthier, etc. Whether you want to call them resolutions or goals, it is never too late to set a new goal. If one of your goal is to get a better handle on your finances, I… Continue Reading
Free Printable Winter Produce Guide
Can you believe it is nearly winter? If you are like me you are in holiday mode, but also thinking about getting more organized in the new year. There is just something about a new slate that makes us motivated to do things better. The truth is, any day can be a new start, but with a new year beginning, it feel easier. In preparation for the next season, I… Continue Reading
Best Organizing Tools for your Home
When I think about the best organizing tools for you home, I think about tools that are not only going to make things neat and tidy, but also help me be aware of what is stored and will ultimately, save me time. Sometimes you can organize with things you already have but there are some great products out there that can really help you! Today I am sharing with you over… Continue Reading
Cleaning Tips – Lovin for my Oven
I have got cleaning tips to share with you today. Since we have giving the oven a little break these past few weeks I decided to clean it and thought I would share a few tips on how to clean oven racks. My oven racks had been neglected over the last few months because I use them most in the fall and winter. In order to save time, I always clean… Continue Reading
Organizing Tax Records
Organizing tax records may not spark excitement with you. If you have already filed your taxes you are ahead of the game. Is that you or are your still gathering all of your tax information together? I used to spend lots of time searching for records and look for missing documents that we needed. I did a few things to streamline the record keeping process and I am sharing these… Continue Reading
Simplifying Decor with HangoMatic
As we head towards fall, I am getting ready to start bringing out my fall decor around the house. It is time to bring out the pumpkins and change up the wall art. I wanted to share a helpful product that helps you with your home decorating. I heard about this product from a friend of mine that developed the product. Disclosure: I did receive compensation for this post, however, I have… Continue Reading
Making Life A Little Easier with P&Geveryday #PGeveryday
Raise your hand if you want to save time and money and enjoy more moments. That’s pretty much everyone, right? Have you visited the P&Geveryday.com website yet? If you have not, you are in for a treat. The site has so many great ideas and suggestions to save you time and money and ways to entertain and manage your household. I want to share with you why I think you will want… Continue Reading
Simple Tips For Spring Cleaning Courtesy of Smart Twist™
If you are like me, now that spring is here, you are wanting needing to do your spring cleaning. I have few tips that I have found helpful and I want like to share with you to streamline and simplify your cleaning. These cleaning tips and this article is sponsored by SC Johnson’s Smart Twist™ Cleaning System. Set your timer for 15 – 20 minutes so that you can tackle several things… Continue Reading
Things To Do in January
Well today is about the mid-point of the month already. Doesn’t it seem like we just turned the page on a new year the other day? I have several things I wanted to get done this month. What I have done so far: Cleaned out refrigerator Put away holiday decorations Shopped the white sales for linens Reviewed home and auto insurance policies Donated extra gifts received at Christmas Started a… Continue Reading
Organizing Bill Paying
With each new year, while I do not make resolutions, I do examine my goals and that involves a look at our budget. It helps me to see where I stand with my goals and to visualize where we are financially, compared to the previous year. Now, budgeting is not nearly as fun as spending is, but it is more important if you want to save. Today, I am… Continue Reading
Using Technology to Organize Life
Today is a special day! Ferly from Gifts We Use and I are trading places! I recently got the chance to meet Ferly IRL (in real life) and let me tell you, she is amazing! We discussed our reasons for blogging and our desire to help others through our blogs. We shared stories of our careers and roles as a wife and mom. So, I introduce to you, (drumroll….) Ferly!… Continue Reading
Organizing Food Spices
A few weeks ago I organized my kitchen spices in preparation for the cooking and baking I am going to be doing for the holidays. I wanted to share with you how I organized my spices in my kitchen. Organizing Food Spices The first thing I did was pull all of the spices together to see which ones were too old. Most spices last a couple of years, but… Continue Reading
