3 Tips for Keeping Your Home Clutter Fre #40bags40days

Keeping Your Home Clutter Free

Keeping my home clutter free NEVER happens. Part of it is due to the fact that I have children and part of it is just ME. I have a very hard time keeping our home decluttered. I have many, MANY excuses for this (some of them more valid than others), but at the end of the day, in every room of our home, there is some form of clutter. And YES, it drives my husband nuts (which I feel terrible about)! This is why I am making 2015 the year of DECLUTTERING our home! It is a HUGE job and … Continue reading

Helping My Kids Learn How to Declutter and Purge #40bags40days

Helping Kids Learn How to Declutter

I think I was born a “pack rat” because for as long as I can remember, I have collected things, I’ve had a cluttered living space and I’ve had a difficult time letting items go. Unfortunately, I think I’ve passed that gene over to my daughter, as she is having a hard time letting things go as we clean out our house. A perfect example is when we sorted through her doll collection that she never plays with anymore. I remember my parents having a Garage Sale when I was younger and when I saw certain toys/games that I wasn’t … Continue reading

5 Tips for How to Declutter Your Basement #40Bags40Days

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As many of you know, I am participating in a challenge this month called 40 Bags in 40 Days. I have been spending as much time as I can organizing, decluttering and purging items in my home. As I mentioned in my first decluttering post, one of my main cluttered areas is my basement. We have an unfinished basement where I store many, MANY things. Almost 10 years ago, I taught Kindergarten. As a teacher, and specifically, a Kindergarten teacher, I always kept things for my classrooms. When I had my daughter, I left my teaching career in order to … Continue reading

Decluttered – Feeling Lighter! #40bags40days

Declutter Dolls

Well, yes, I can share that I am feeling lighter! It is truly amazing just how much clutter weighs you down. You don’t realize it until you free yourself from it and the weight that gets lifted is incredible. Today is officially Day 9 of #40bags40days and I can’t believe how much I have decluttered already! This week, the major spaces that I tackled in my home were my basement and my office kitchen. As I have shared before, there isn’t one room in my home that I can say is clutter free, so instead of making a plan of … Continue reading

Decluttered: 40 Bags in 40 Days ‪#‎40Bags40Days‬

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I view January as the opportunity for a fresh start. It is a chance to reflect on our life the way it is now and make any changes that would benefit us. These changes are often things like changes for our health and wellbeing, our routines, home decor and organization and more. This year, I will be participating in a “challenge” called 40 Bags in 40 Days because what I have decided to tackle this new year is my home. I have a lot of things, not necessarily valuable things, but “stuff”. My husband and I are opposites in many … Continue reading

FREE Printable Day Camp Packing List ~ Get Organized with @OliversLabels {Giveaway}

Day Camp Packing List

Summer is just around the corner! Do you know what that means? For many parents, that means getting organized for trips and summer camps! It doesn’t matter how old your child is, when they are at summer camp, there is a HIGH probability of items getting misplaced and lost. Children are often in a variety of places including swimming pools, lunch rooms, outdoors and more which increases the chances that items will stay behind. One way to help lost items find their way back to your child quickly is by labelling EVERYTHING! I label everything that my children wear from … Continue reading

In Need of a #Free #Printable BLOG PLANNER for 2014?

This is the busiest time of year as a blogger! Not only are we trying to keep up with the regular day-to-day posts, social media and administration part of blogging, but as a review blogger, many companies are coming out of the woodwork with the desire of being featured in Holiday Gift Guides and getting last minute features in time for holiday shopping! This is the time of year when we also start to plan our content calendars for 2014, believe it or not! For me, I love to stay organized on my computer with a pretty detailed excel spreadsheet, … Continue reading