One of the questions I hear most often from other families—blog readers and friends alike—is how we handle chores and allowance as a family. There are so many different approaches out there... unpaid chores as a contributing member of the family a regular allowance tied to age rather than chores paid daily chores paid optional jobs…
Six months ago, I wrote a post about the chaos in our home and how we were trying to regain control of the chaos. 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…
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…
The following post is from Jason & Jennifer Bruce of New Season Design: Free personalized printable binder covers Hello, my name is Jennifer, and I'm an office supply junkie. I truly love office supplies, especially pretty ones. If I can personalize it, I'm over the moon. Having cute, customized three-ring binders makes everything more fun! If you…
The following post is from Jason & Jennifer Bruce of New Season Design: Free Printable Spring Thank You Cards If your thank you note collection needs a little seasonal updating, be sure to print these cute spring thank you cards! Last week, our daughter got several mail pieces just for her. In our instant messaging…
The following guest post is from Anne Simpson of Authentic Simplicity: Creative (and Inexpensive) Storage Solutions Earlier this year, my husband and I moved into an apartment that was almost twice the size of our previous apartment. While we loved the spacious rooms in our new dwelling, we were more than a little stumped by…
The following post is from Emily of Live Renewed: 9 Tips for Hanging Out Laundry on the Clothesline source: Emily McClements One of my favorite green things to do when the weather warms up is to hang my laundry out on the line to dry. Clothes dryers are one of the biggest users of energy…
The following post is from Amanda of OhAmanda.com: How to Make Cleaning Fun for Kids I used to teach Bible stories in our church's preschool class. When I walked in, we'd all sing, "It's clean up time, it's clean up time, let's put the toys away..." And what do you know? Those little preschoolers and…
The following post is from Becky of Clean Mama: 5 Things You Need to Put in Your Cleaning Bucket Regardless if you keep cleaning supplies in a tote-able bucket or under each and every sink, there are few supplies that every cleaning bucket needs. These simple, easy-to-find supplies will help you clean every corner of…
The following post is from Becky of Clean Mama: Breaking the Law of Gravity Typically what goes up must come down, but the law of gravity doesn't always work when it comes to picking up and decluttering. I've found that putting a couple of organizing tricks into play can help make it run a little more…