No-Sew Embroidery Hoop Wall Pocket (Tutorial

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I wanted to share with you an easy tutorial for making a wall pocket from an embroidery hoop. The pocket pictured below is one that I made for my daughter for Christmas. This will hang above her sewing machine because it matches some other accessories I have made for her. Tomorrow I will show you [...]

Green Giant Valley Fresh Steamers with Pasta Review (& Giveaway)

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Do you ever have to be creative to get your child(ren) to eat vegetables? I often do. It seems like I haven’t done a good job of making it fun to eat cooked vegetables. Sometimes the scenario at our dinner table is one of bargaining. For example, “Eat your veggies so you can get more [...]

11 Weeks to a More Organized Life & Home: Week 7 (Don’t go to bed with dirty dishes.)

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It’s already week 7 in my quest for a more organized life and home. I am feeling like my progress is slow, but I am making progress. That is the most important thing after all. Since beginning this journey I have started reading my Bible for 15 minutes each day, I am getting dressed nicely [...]

11 Weeks to a More Organized Life & Home: Week 6 in Review

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This past week has been a little crazier than usual. Getting the house and food ready for Thanksgiving meant that I accomplished a lot, but I didn’t do as well as I had hoped with regards to my goals. A picture of my checklist will show you just how I did. Exercising got put on [...]

11 Weeks to a More Organized Life & Home: Week 6 (Keep Bathrooms “Company Ready”)

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Thank you for joining me for week 6 of trying to get my life and home organized. This week I am going to start focusing on my home, specifically my bathrooms. We have three bathrooms in our house. Yes, I know, I am very fortunate. However, for most of my growing up years, four of us [...]

11 Weeks to a More Organized Life & Home: Week 5 in Review

This week I worked on trying to better manage my computer time. My goal was to limit myself to 2 hours total each day. I know I was on the computer less than normal, but I don’t think I did a very good job at actually “managing” my time. There were blog posts I wanted to [...]

Clearing Clutter

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Well, it’s Wednesday and this is the first time I am writing since Sunday. I told you that my goal for this week was going to be to manage my computer time. I have been online less than 2 hours every day like I wanted to be. However, I am not getting things, like blogging, [...]

11 Weeks to a More Organized Life & Home: Week 5 (Manage Computer Time)

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Thank you for joining me on this journey to a more organized life and home. Thanks to this series I am reading my Bible for 15 minutes each day, getting dressed nicely, exercising for 10 minutes, trying to get 8 hours of sleep each night, and trying to drink more water each day. This week I [...]

Shutterfly Christmas Card Giveaway Winners

Thank you for all of you who entered the Shutterfly Christmas card giveaway. There were 24 entries. I wish I could give each of you free cards, but can only give away 3 sets of 25 cards. Before I tell you who the winners are I thought I would let you know which Christmas card we are [...]

11 Weeks to a More Organized Life & Home: Week 4 in Review

Another week has passed and another habit has (hopefully) been formed. The progress is beginning to seem slow. I am only 4 weeks into this journey of being more organized in both my life and my home, but it feels like I should be farther along. I have stated before that I believe the reason [...]