I absolutely love having a chest freezer to store additional frozen foods and the ability to stock up when I need. It has been the best investment that I have ever made. Eventually, I want to move it to the garage when we get it cleaned out. For now, the chest freezer lives in my dining room. When I ...
Day Twenty-Six – Organize Myself
Yesterday morning, I awoke at my usual time of 5:30 to start the morning ritual of fixing breakfast, packing lunches, and getting everyone dressed, ready, and out the door for school. This particular morning though was more hectic than usual as my husband and I were going to chaperone my son's field ...
Pantry Makeover
My pantry is one of those areas that has driven me crazy since we purchased this house over 7 years ago. As I was thinking of something that I could do to make my life more organized, a pantry makeover was one of those things that I had to do. I originally started out with just wanting to organize ...
Thirty-One Day Challenge – Putting the Heart Back in Home
A few weeks ago I came across this 31 day challenge and as I was thinking more and more about participating in it, I tossed around several ideas of what I wanted to write about. It all came down to what I'm going through right now in one aspect of my life at the moment. Then I saw a quote ...
Kid Snack Bins
As a Mom, I'm sure you have heard the words more times than you can count "Can I have a snack?", "I'm really hungry", etc. As my children have gotten a little older, 5 and 7, I decided to give them a little more independence when it comes to grabbing a snack in the afternoon ...
No Mudroom? No Problem!
When we purchased our house before having children, I never realized how essential a mudroom might be. Our home is set up so that we enter in from the garage 95% of the time and that comes straight in to the kitchen with the dining room immediately to the left of the door, a pantry in front of that ...