Quick Tips

3 Things You Can Do to be Happier in Just 48 Minutes

3 Things You Can Do to be Happier in Just 48 Minutes

Be sure you don’t miss a thing! Subscribe to receive updates by email. Or if you use a feed reader, subscribe to my RSS feed! Thanks for visiting!The following is a guest post from Michele of Get Organized Wizard:
Being organized has all kinds of benefits – greater productivity, saved time, less stress and [...]

Quick Tip: Prevent Cord Clutter

Today I’m vlogging to show you how I prevent the cords of everyday use items such as cell phone chargers and Wii remotes from getting tangled and cluttered. (Please note that there’s a video embedded in this post, and you may need to click through to the site in order to view it.)

Quick Tip: Pack a Nursing Basket

Quick Tip: Pack a Nursing Basket

As a side note, I call this my nursing basket, but this post is not meant to exclude bottle-feeding families. I don’t really know whether having a basket like this would be helpful for moms who formula feed because I don’t think it takes nearly as long or requires as many supplies as nursing does [...]

Quick Tips: A Simple Solution for Plastic Grocery Store Bags

Quick Tips: A Simple Solution for Plastic Grocery Store Bags

This post was originally published on April 9, 2009:
I learned this little trick in the 7th grade from Mrs. Riley, the headmistress at our school, and it’s one I still use today.
While we take a lot of our bags back to Wal-Mart to be recycled, we like to keep some of them around:
:: In the [...]

Surfin' the Net: Waiting for Baby Edition

Surfin’ the Net: Waiting for Baby Edition

My posting schedule has been decidedly unorganized for the past couple of weeks as we wait for Baby Sidney’s arrival. To be honest, we assumed she would be here by now based on my history of early babies, and after days of contractions and a very unsatisfying trip to labor & delivery this morning, I [...]

Quick Tips: Reuse Convenience Containers to Save Money and Reduce Waste

Quick Tips: Reuse Convenience Containers to Save Money and Reduce Waste

The other day, Tanna at Complete Organizing Solutions mentioned that Play-Doh is a summer sanity saver. I couldn’t agree more, and it’s an activity we pull out almost every week.
I know that many people make their own Play-Doh, but I’ll admit we prefer the convenience and even the texture and classic smell of regular Play-Doh. [...]

7 Quick Tips for Organizing Socks

7 Quick Tips for Organizing Socks

This post was originally published on January 27th, but I think it’s worth reposting for all of our new readers. If you have other tips to share, I’d love to add them to the list!

One of the most time-consuming, frustrating and puzzling aspects of laundry for most people is…socks.
Where do all of those missing socks [...]