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Organizing the Family Room (3)

The weekend is over. That means it is time for me to get back into organizing the family room. So far, we’ve conquered the books and magazine. Let’s get into the area that causes me the most trouble: the video tapes and DVDs. Here is our organizing list so far: Books Magazines Video tapes and DVDs Cassettes, CDs and records Games Let’s get started! Back a few years ago, we acquired quite a few VHS tapes. This is because everyone else was quickly switching their collections over to DVDs, and we still didn’t have a DVD player. Now we do, … Continue reading →

Organizing the Family Room (2)

Ready to start organizing that family room with me? I really want to get to the point where we have a family room that we can be proud of. Do you have your own family room that can use some organization? Are you up for the challenge? I really hope we can share our adventures. As I mentioned in the previous article, our list for the family room includes the following challenges: Books Magazines Video tapes and DVDs Cassettes, CDs and records Games I’ve already tackled the books, so let’s hit the next thing on the list. Magazines As for … Continue reading →

New Year’s Resolution: A Clean and Clutter-Free Home

The end of the year is a perfect time to redo all of those problem areas of your home to transform it to a clean and clutter-free environment that you can enjoy for the upcoming year. If you start now and do a little bit at a time, you’ll soon be on your way to having a home you love to spend time in. It is all a matter of trashing and stashing; that is, getting rid of the thing you don’t need or want and finding places for all of the things that you do. We’ll take it one … Continue reading →

Organizing Your Personal Library: De-cluttering Books (1)

Want some easy and mostly painless ways de-clutter your books? Here are some tips that will make the job easy. De-cluttering books can be tough. I love my books, so letting any of them go can really hurt. But the reality is that if there are books scattered throughout the home, on surfaces and floors where they can get damaged, or overstuffed into shelves where they are so bent that they look like they are doing the wave, well that isn’t really love, is it? Think of your books as your collection, your own personal library. Only allow in books … Continue reading →

Library Thing: Catalogue Your Books Online

Have you ever bought a book only to find that you already had a copy? Or, have you been in a book store or library at any time, looking through books and wondering if you already had copies of the same titles at home? Or maybe you took all afternoon to look for a particular cookbook that you know was around there somewhere? If any of those things have happened to you, or if you just like to be organized, this website will work for you. Library Thing makes it easy to enter all of the books in your library … Continue reading →

Organizing Your Personal Library: Intro

How can you make the best use of space, find books when you need them and reduce the bookshelf clutter? By organizing of course! Keep reading for some practical tips that will help you keep your personal library of books organized and in great shape. Anyone who knows me knows that I love books. I visit the library every three weeks, I peruse used books stores and books sales and I take advantage of PaperBackSwap on a regular basis. I try to keep everything organize, because I value my books, and because organization also makes my life a lot easier, … Continue reading →

Home Chore List: Weekly Cleaning Chores (1)

Ready for your weekly cleaning chore list? Saturday is a good day to review this, since it may give you time to get started and see what you need to do. Most people tend to make Saturdays their big cleaning day. Remember that this is only a guideline. It is okay to tweak it a bit to make it fit for your family. Me, I like to try and spread the tasks out throughout the week, if I can, to leave the weekends free for family adventures. I find that tackling one or two weekly tasks on a set day … Continue reading →

Home Chore List: Twice-Weekly Chores

In previous articles, we have covered the household chores that should be done on a daily basis to keep your home clean and running smoothly. And having a clean house is definitely healthier for you and your family. Now, let’s look at those chores that should generally be done about twice a week. You can designate days of the week to do these tasks, or change it up by doing your twice-weekly chores every four days, no matter what day of the week that fourth day falls upon. It is all up to you. Our twice-weekly list is rather small … Continue reading →

Home Chore List: Daily Chores Extra Credit

Have you been keeping up with your daily chores? How have they been working for you? I am happy to say that at the moment, most of my downstairs is in pretty good shape. To review, here are the list of daily chores that we have been following: Make the beds Put dirty clothes in the hamper Clean up daily spills Wash the dishes Wipe the kitchen. You can get the details of the how and why by reading the earlier articles, Home Chore List: Daily Cleaning Chores (1), and Home Chore List: Daily Cleaning Chores (2). There are some … Continue reading →

Ten Ways Being Organized Can Save Money

My sister-in-law is a born organizer. She seems to know instinctively how to run a household that is neat and tidy. I never heard of her losing her keys or misplacing a bill. It is just not part of her nature. Me, on the other hand…well let’s just say I have to work on the organized part. People are surprised when I tell them that I am not an organized person. I rarely miss my work deadlines and can tell any member of my family where any particular thing is in the house, be it a salami or a sock. … Continue reading →