Thanks for visiting Simple Mom. If you subscribe to the blog via RSS feed or via email, you’ll get helpful tips and encouragement for simplifying life at home sent straight to you, for free!This Thursday, my family and I head out on a three-week road trip. We’ve traveled a lot, both cross-country and worldwide, in [...]
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I’m on maternity leave from June 9 to July 16: The following is a guest post from Simple Organic contributor Amy Thompson of Progressive Pioneer. Family camping trips always seem blissful in hindsight, but when you’re piling the station wagon full of coolers, tents, first aid kits, life jackets, and extra water bottles, it can [...]
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I’m on maternity leave from June 11 to July 16: The following is a guest post from Simple Mom contributor Mandi Ehman of Organizing Your Way. Let’s face it…as mothers, family vacations are rarely restful. Fun, full of memories and worth the hard work, yes. Restful, not so much. Many families are taking back their [...]
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This week, Tsh has been focusing on her three-step plan for spring cleaning: decluttering, cleaning, and organizing. As you go through the process that she outlines in her ebook, Spring Cleaning for Normal People, you should be emptying each shelf, cabinet or closet, decluttering its contents, cleaning all the nooks and crannies and then organizing [...]
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Cardboard, bubble wrap, and newspaper. That’s what I’ve been up to my eyeballs in this past week as we’ve slowly been moving in to our new-yet-temporary home. It feels really good to finally be using some of our own stuff again instead of squatting at other people’s homes — but it doesn’t make moving any [...]
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The following post is written by organizing columnist Mandi Ehman. When it comes to organizing, there are many different reasons people say it’s just not for them. However, most of these stem from misconceptions about what it means to be organized. Let’s take a look at the seven most common organizing myths and the truth [...]
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One of the most popular New Year’s resolutions is to get organized. Organized in your home, in life, on your calendar, and in your finances. So many people feel disheveled and disorganized in every area of their lives — and when you can’t see the trees from the forest, you’re easily overwhelmed. That’s why my [...]
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