September 30, 2015
31 Days to Reset Your Home
I don’t know about you, but I need a reset. A home reset. Really, probably a life reset too. This realization is caused by a combination of chaos at work and chaos at home (thanks to a kitchen update we just started and time away from home due to a vacation). I thrive on schedules and routines, and I feel lost without them. When I’m off my normal routine, I deal with latest and loudest until I’m burnt out. I realize that at a certain point I have to stop......
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October 02, 2015
Resetting Your Morning Routine
I’ve written before about how having a morning routine can get your day off to a smooth start. But what happens when that morning routine you have just isn’t working for you any more? It’s time...
October 03, 2015
Resetting Your Evening Routine
We talked yesterday about our morning routine, but in all honesty, I think that the evening routine is even more important. Especially if, like me, you’re not a morning person. My decision-making skills don’t kick...
October 04, 2015
Resetting your Weekly Routine
Wash on Monday, Iron on Tuesday, Mend on Wednesday, Churn on Thursday, Clean on Friday, Bake on Saturday, Rest on Sunday. So goes the rhyme from pioneer days. It’s something we can learn from, though. The 1940’s home keeping book that...
October 05, 2015
Declutter Week: Paper
Keep working on your routines this week. Try them out, see if they’re working for you. (And, do I need to say it? If it doesn’t work for you, tweak it until it does.) In...
October 06, 2015
Declutter Week: The Left Behinds
So at my house there is a class of clutter that I like to call the “left behinds.” It’s the stuff that is laying around because it doesn’t get put away. There are several reasons...