We rarely pay someone else to do work to our house. It’s not that we wouldn’t love someone else to be outside sweating for us, it’s just that we’re too cheap frugal to pay someone to do something that we can do ourselves. Doing projects yourself can save hundreds, even thousands of dollars.
My hubby was feeling very […]
I love reading Wendy Piersall’s blog, Sparkplugging. She and Dawud do a great job of keeping us in the loop when we work from home. She has recently challenged us to do a blog post in 5 minutes and make it worth reading. So here I go:
I recently found Henny’s blog, All about kids. She […]
I love Karen’s post on Spring cleaning! She is so great. So I thought I would give you my quick and dirty cleaning tricks for when you find your MIL is coming in 5 minutes. YIKES!! So here are my quick ways to make your house look like you have just spent hours cleaning.
Make some […]
April is Spring Cleaning Month! Spring cleaning can be a daunting task, so here are tips to get you started and to help you not feel so overwhelmed.
1) Go to each room and make a list of the jobs that need to be done.
2) Take one job at a time. If you look around, […]
I hate to clean. I am willing to admit that. But finding the time to clean is getting harder and harder now that I have 2 kids. I just want to play with them all the time. But the house needs to be cleaned and the floors need to be vacuumed. […]
I will have to disclose at the outset that my car can stay pretty messy. But these are the tricks I use to keep it manageable. If I did all of them at once, I would have a beautiful car all the time. So here are my top 10 ways to keep […]
I have been working on my house for a week now. I have to admit I am not the best in the world with maintaining a clean home, but with 2 little ones, I have to get better. So this week I worked on my hotspots. You know … the areas that manage to […]
I am the world’s worst when it comes to time management and housecleaning. I have already talked about ways to get chores done while hanging out with your kids so let me give you a few more ways to save time and still get to hang out with your kids.
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Just in case you missed The Cooper Lawrence Show on Thursday night, here are the articles discussed . . .
10 Ways to Get Chores Done While Hanging Out with the Kids (congratulations, Kelly!)
Ten Ways to Clean with Baking Soda
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Last week, I told you how clutter stresses me out and takes time away from my life. I also promised you some tips for decluttering your house. Here goes . . .
1. Commit to change - I said last week that getting organized and decluttering is like losing weight. Really, it is. You have to be […]
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