Life Your Way

Intentional and Creative Living

The one-pile cleaning method for kids

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We’re traveling this week and next, so I’m sharing some of my favorite posts from the archives. This method continues to work wonders for us, and our 8-year-old even makes these piles herself to help everybody get started! Despite carrying both Sean and my genes, sometimes our girls simply don’t see the mess around them. It’s […]

On regaining control of our home

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Six months ago I wrote a post about the chaos in our home. I was coming out of months of morning sickness, a sinus infection that just wouldn’t quit, and headaches that had left me unproductive and miserable, and as a family we’d developed a lot of bad habits and dropped the good ones we […]

Have you printed your 2015 Thanksgiving planner?

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Get organized for Thanksgiving with the 2015 Thanksgiving Planner, available in both full- and half-sheet sizes! Both versions includes the following printables: 2015 Binder Cover 2015 Calendar (blank) Baking Planner Budget Worksheet Decor Inventory Family Traditions Guest List Master To-Do List Menu Planner Recipes List Shopping List Black Friday Shopping List Plus download the Thanksgiving Your Way ebook and Gratitude […]

Rotating seasonal wardrobes with older kids

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Ah, it’s that time of year—time to rotate seasonal clothes! Several years ago I wrote the ultimate guide to rotating seasonal wardrobes, and at that time (with 4 girls under 7), my system worked almost perfectly. As they’ve gotten older, though, we’ve run into issues that made it obvious that things needed to change: Our kids […]

The 2016 printable calendars are finally here!

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I meant to have these ready to go much sooner for you, but it’s just one of those things that kept getting pushed down my to-do list. As of today, though, the 2016 printable calendars have all been added to our free printables collection! Click the links below to download or print each printable: 2016 full-page calendar […]

Let’s talk about planners and to-do lists

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Like most of my fellow type-A’ers, I have a thing for office supplies, calendars, and planners. There’s nothing quite like turning to a fresh page in your planner or looking back at a page of completed tasks. My problem is that I tend to get “planner blindness” after a certain amount of time, which means that every planner […]