As the manager of your home, make your tasks easier and streamlined by keeping your household supplies well stocked and orderly. I happen to be the Chief Operating Officer of my home. While that sounds like a corner office with a view of the bay, in reality it means that I regularly serve in lower levels…
A cleaning schedule may sound like drudgery, but it can be a fantastic strategy to help you keep up on the housework and enjoy a clean house. While I’m not naturally someone to embrace schedules and spreadsheets, I’ve found that they come in really handy when managing a home. After all, there is no chef…
Want to get the whole house clean? It’s worth it. You’ll feel amazing. And if we can pull it off, so can you. I am not sure that I’m the best person to write this post. I think that I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve had my whole house clean at one…
Cleaning my kids’ bedrooms wasn’t on the top of my list of fun things to do, but it turned out to be a liberating experience for all of us. And I learned so much about my sweet people. If you get the Sunday newsletter, you already know what our family has been doing to keep…
Household chores are a part of life for most of the world. How can you organize yours so that they are simple, easy, and not so much drudgery? Work is a necessary part of life. It’s kind of God’s design. So, I don’t really believe that we can or should escape all work. I do…
Want to know what all this life-changing magic is all about? Here’s my review of the organizing and “tidying” book written by Japanese author, Marie Kondo.
Cleaning supplies don’t need to be numerous, expensive, or caustic. Here are the simple tools we use that save us money.
Got kids? Are you including them in the workings of the household and teaching them important life skills? When I was a kid, chores were a part of life. We didn’t always do them. But, they were there, and our parents often asked us to do stuff around the house or yard. Washing dishes, pulling…
There are some women for whom the dream of an immaculate house is actually a reality. I am not one of those. Even before I had kids, I was an all or nothing kind of gal. I’d be spic and span in my homekeeping and then all of a sudden, life would take over, and…
Life as MOM contributor Janel offers tips and tricks to deodorizing a home the all-natural way. This past summer, my family was “homeless.” We house-sat for various friends and acquaintances for 8 weeks in California and then spent a few weeks visiting family and driving across the country back to Virginia. Meanwhile, all of our…