Many of you – like me – long for great tools to help YOU stay on top of all of your responsibilities – be it family & home, work & play, appointments and events, cleaning & maintenance.  Finding the PERFECT system can be challenging.  A lot of moms are finding their way by building a Home Management Binder. Maybe you’re always on the go and a large homekeeper binder would be difficult to carry around. ...

Wow – it’s already been a week, and Works for Me Wednesday is BACK! I have to say again – and I’ve touched on this before – that finding my sanity in homekeeping comes down to Minimum Maintenance.  For me, Minimum Maintenance are those housekeeping necessities that not only are NECESSARY, but contribute to MY feeling of accomplishment, sanity, and serenity. I grew up with THE Martha Stewart – before Martha...

Have you ever been to one of those kids’ plays or concerts where the one kid right out in front is bellowing at the top of his/her voice all the words to every song – but always off key?  It makes for some good laughs, but when it happens in real life – every day as an adult – it’s pretty discouraging. I think I’ve been singing off key lately.  Some of it has been my attitude about things, but some of it...

Okay – I’ll admit it – I’m a control freak.  I like things a certain way – and if I can’t have them that way, I give up entirely. If I can’t have a spotless house, I give up and allow clutter to collect around us, even though the chaos drives me crazy. SIGH. Finding a happy medium is my ultimate goal, but I often lose sight of it in my pursuit of perfection.  A perfect house.  Perfect furniture. ...

So being newly – and might I add surprisingly – pregnant has left me absolutely wiped out. No. Energy. We just found out about 2 weeks ago, and I’ve been really struggling to adjust to the news.  It’s not that it’s bad news, it just literally shocked me so I’ve had a mix of blissful excitement with twangs of anxiety and panic. You see, I will be turning 40 in December.  That’s really no big deal...