Mandi Ehman

Hi. My name is Mandi and I’m an organizing junkie. I’m also a wife, and Momma to four little girls (5, 3.5, 2 and a new baby!). I've worked at home since our oldest was a baby, and like a lot of other moms, my life is a constant balancing act of caring for my family and my home, meeting my obligations and finding time for hobbies in there somewhere. Oh, yeah, in the interest of full disclosure, I’m somewhat of a kitchen dunce and I only like to pretend that I’m crafty. Read more here!
Build a Pantry that Works for You

Build a Pantry that Works for You

The following is a guest post from Jessica at LifeasMOM and Good Cheap Eats:
Building a healthy and frugal pantry can be a challenge. But, it’s a rewarding one. I love to cook, my family loves to eat, and all of us are happy knowing that what we’re eating is good for us.
Having a full pantry [...]

Spring Cleaning: Get the Junk Out Carnival

Spring Cleaning: Get the Junk Out Carnival

Katie from Kitchen Stewardship is launching a Spring Cleaning: Get the Junk Out carnival this week! I’m honored to have been invited to participate, and I will be tackling the clutter topic in a few weeks.
To be honest, I tend to be crunchy-lite (I just made that up…), and some of these topics — such [...]

Five Steps for Decluttering Your Kitchen

Five Steps for Decluttering Your Kitchen

It’s turned into guest post week here at Organizing Your Way. Thankfully, I wrote all of these posts before the start of what’s turned out to be a very busy week! Today I’m also sharing Five Tips for Decluttering Your Kitchen as part of Kimi’s Spring Cleaning Carnival at The Nourishing Gourmet.
I don’t know about [...]

Understanding Your Personality: Balancing Tasks and People

Understanding Your Personality: Balancing Tasks and People

My monthly column is up at Simple Mom, and I’m talking about task- versus people-oriented personalities. Come on over and share your thoughts about your personality and how you find balance between your to-do list and the people you love!
While personality tests and reading about personality types have been regarded by some as self-indulgent navel [...]

Question of the Day: Have You Filed Your Taxes?

Question of the Day: Have You Filed Your Taxes?

With just a little over a month to go until Tax Day on April 15th (also the 11th anniversary of when my hubby and I started dating, back before Tax Day really meant anything to either of us!), I’m embarrassed to admit that I have barely even started my tax preparation. I’m hoping to make [...]

Simplify 101 Winner & Special Offer

Congratulations, Keilah, you won the Organize Your Paper Clutter workshop giveaway! I’ve emailed you with information on how to claim your prize.
The workshop starts tomorrow, so if you haven’t signed up yet, be sure to do that today so you don’t miss a thing.
Simplify 101 also has some more great workshops coming up, including:
:: Organize Your [...]

The Time Cost of Our Stuff

The Time Cost of Our Stuff

This week, Marci from Overcoming Busy is celebrating the relaunch of her wonderful blog, and she invited me to participate with a post on The Time Cost of Our Stuff.
You’ve probably thought about the cost of various knickknacks, doodads and gadgets around your home — at least for a minute or two — but [...]