Monday, January 31, 2011

Top 10 Reasons why you should NOT plan a weekly meal!!


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Here is an article about the Top 10 reasons you should NOT plan weekly meals!  Hmmmm.....what do you think?

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Friday, January 28, 2011

Our deck....ready for the new year!

Yes, here in sunny Southern California it's a gorgeous 75 degrees here in January...and we use our deck nearly year round.  It always has to be ready for the new season...


Little vignettes here and there throughout the deck....sofa area and eating area, too

Monday, January 24, 2011

Awesome product!

THIS is so useful, isn't it?



I would LOVE some of these to organize all our Ipod cords and such.  What do you think? Click on the link above and you can check it out for yourself!

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Friday, January 21, 2011

My boy's closet...close up and organized!

 So, last Friday I left you with my son's new closet system in his newly designed room....here is a little re-cap!

Closet system installed!

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

How I organize my finances

For about 8 or 9 years of our marriage I was noticing that the finance area of our lives were just so-so.  We were getting by, I sort of had a budget in my head, but it was "flying by the seat of our pants."  We have never been in any significant debt, by God's grace.  However, I would often feel anxious and worried about finances.  So, I realized that I needed to approach finances/budgeting the way I did everything else - organizing it!  I'm going to share with you how I have organized our finances.  I have no guarantee that this will solve your financial problems....only to tell you that I no longer worry or feel anxious when we purchase things.  I stay within our "means" and I know that we have the money to manage it.  So, here goes...



Friday, January 14, 2011

It's that time again...new closet system!

Yes...every year The Container Store has a sale on all its Elfa Closet systems - 30% off until February!  So, I save up and each year for the last four years I have bought a closet system:


Daughter's



Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Tadah! The ceiling is finished!!

 So, it's done!  The ceiling in our living room looks FANTASTIC!!!  Can you believe this is the SAME room?  


How YOU organize....a linen closet

Now it's time to feature how YOU organize stuff!   I spotted this recently while I was blogging around {is that a real verb?}.   Check it out!

Alison over at "Stuff and Nonsense" blog has this GREAT way she organized her linen closet.  Do you remember my linen closet series?  Well, her linen closet reminded me a lot of mine, since it's old and built-in.  Hers is MUCH older home than my 1947 home - she lives in house that's 120 years old.  It's a beautiful home.  

This is MY linen closet.

Monday, January 10, 2011

What to do with all those Christmas cards....

Admit it.  You have no idea each year what you should really do with those Christmas cards. Do I keep them?  Do I throw them out?  Should I keep them out all year?  Aaahhh! What do you do?



Wednesday, January 5, 2011

How I organize...the series!

So, for the next few months each Wednesday, I'm going to show you how I organize ordinary spaces in my home, car, life, and any other area I can think of...I'm not an expert, just someone who loves to organize and figure out how to make things work in weird spaces and familiar spaces.  I'd love to hear how you organize your spaces, too and I'll be featuring a few of you who have sent me pictures of your organized spaces!
 


Monday, January 3, 2011

Writing thank you notes...

I think there is a lost form of being grateful in our generation of kids {AND adults}...it's writing Thank You notes.