When You Feel Like Calling It Quits
Friends, it's Kathi here- I'm sure most of you know my sweet friend Renee Swope from Proverbs 31 or her wonderful radio spots heard absolutely everywhere. (Sometimes I'm sitting in the passenger seat swearing to Roger that I'm hearing voices - it's just Renee talking...
Making Your Home Sparkle in between Holidays
4 Ways to Decorate After the Holidays I love winter. What isn't there to love about the season? Even after the holidays, the snow stays on the ground and we get to enjoy hot tea, good books, and other indoor activities. But now that Christmas has come and gone, and...
2014 Things Challenge – 5 Ways to Stick with it When You Feel Like Giving Up
It has been a week. Half of it I've been traveling, the other half had, well, life. And while the stuff in my house seems overwhelming, this challenge seemed even more so. Some weeks I've be racking up huge numbers. But this week not so much. Do you feel like a 2014...
Three Important Tips in Packing a Toiletries Bag
Here are three important tips that you need to remember when packing your toiletries bag: 1. Go for the smallest toiletries bag possible. It seems easier to get a big bag, you know like those old train cases that our parents used to pack, but when you try to pack a...
In Which We Spur Each Other On for Organizing
The Challenge 2014 is underway and it brings even more goals to accomplish. But how do we make organizing work? Here are Four Quick Start Evaluation Steps to make any organizing goal more manageable: 1. Find two friends (at least) to do the project with you. It...
The 4 Day Love Challenge – Day 2: Love Him with Stuff
I get frustrated at times with the idea we all get to determine how much our partner loves us by the size of the gift and whether the gesture of love went viral on YouTube. Yuck. We don't need over the top. I think we just need a...
If I Could Just Get The Laundry Done…
Step One: Your Plan of Attack Find a system that works that will keep you current with laundry. If you do not have one, here is what we use: In our hall, we have four, 30 inch tall, plastic laundry hampers. Each one is a different type of laundry: * Whites *Colored...
4 Day Love Challenge – Day 1 Love Him with WORDS
Your first challenge is simple. All I want you to do is say something nice to your husband. That's it. Really. Let's just love him with words Because the truth is: often we wives have the power to change the way our husbands walk through the world by choosing the...
How to Cut the Clutter with All the Paper (And a Free Organizing Gift for You!)
The number one question I get when it comes to organizing is about ALL THAT PAPER. What do I do with it? What do I need to keep? How do I keep it from coming into my house? Please make the MADNESS STOP!! Sigh... I strongly suggest you gather all your loose paper into...