We got our internet service upgraded over the weekend (yay! for being able to watch a video without it stopping after five seconds!), but when the serviceman left, I was left with this: A giant new modem and even bigger wireless router. In my living room. The old modem and router plus all associated wires […]
I organized the garage in two hours and lived to tell the tale.
Everyday, I would walk through our garage and think, “hmm, I really should clean this up sometime.” And I’ve been thinking that for, oh, maybe a year. There’s never a good time to clean the garage. Summer’s too hot and winter’s too cold. Plus, you know, not exactly a fun task. So as soon as […]
Quick and easy DIY: $2 kids artwork portfolio
My daughter has a painting obsession and has brought home so many pieces since she started preschool less than two months ago. It’s almost like the art is multiplying when I’m not looking. With the paintings collecting in a messy pile on the dining room table, I knew I needed to find them a home […]
Simplify: Living with too much stuff
Something came over me about a month or two ago. I’m not exactly sure where it started. Maybe with cleaning out Elise’s closets before I painted them. Slowly, I started tackling one small space at a time. A drawer here, a box there. Removing anything expired, unnecessary, redundant. If something didn’t belong, I moved it to a […]
Organizing and storing baby clothes
My daughter is nearly three and I just got around to organizing her baby clothes. I’m so on top of things! As I explained in my organization post earlier in the week, the closet where I had been stashing all of these clothes had reached new levels of disorganization. Many of her clothes were stuffed in […]