Procrastination: Of Eating Elephants and Frogs.

Procrastination:  Of Eating Elephants and Frogs.

What do you do when you have a large project to work on? Are you overwhelmed by it the sheer size and scope of the project?  Do you find yourself pushing the project further down your To Do list?  Is there one particular item on your To Do list that has been on there for […]

Creating a System for Home Projects

Losing track of the projects you want to get done around the house?  Us too!  As homeowners, my husband and I are constantly adding to a very long list of home projects and things we would like to get to around the house and yard.  The list had become overwhelming, the piles hard to manage, […]

How to Organize the Mail

Not too long ago, there were rumors and hopes of a totally paperless society.  Well, we aren’t quite there yet (and I’m not completely convinced we will ever be).  And while there are so many “solutions” and “systems” for organizing the mail, the issue maintains its place as the number one challenge of households today.  […]

Leading By Example. Living with Intention

As a working mother, wife, daughter, volunteer and devoted friend, I wear many hats, as we all do these days.  And it’s easy to get carried away trying to be the best at everything – the competition is all around me.  I feel the pressure coming from neighbors to be more involved in my community, […]

Ghosts of Christmas Past: Weeding Out the Holiday Decorations

I love almost every part of the holiday season – the food, the company, the merriment – it’s my favorite time of the year.  So what’s the “almost every part” for?  The part I hate the most is digging out my big box of Christmas decorations from the attic.  First of all, it’s an uncomfortable space […]

The Great Big Simple Solution

You know how they say, “out of sight, out of mind.”  Well, I have found this to be especially true when trying to keep track of my family’s schedule.  I couldn’t keep it all straight without a visual reminder.  In our family’s busy life, we needed a simple solution for the big challenge of tracking […]