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08.18.14

Creating a Schedule

I had been struggling with balance as a work at home Mom. The guilt of being on the computer or my phone when it’s supposed to be family time is just something that eats at me. But, at the same time I handle all of the office work for our family business and the writing and behind the scenes stuff for the blog as well. So there has to be some work time factored into my days.

What life typically looked like for me before my new schedule was waking up when the kids woke up, no exercise, going back and forth between work & family time all day long, never shutting off work mode because I was never getting anything done (which meant staying up until all hours of the night to try to complete tasks), feeling like I was always dropping the ball, always overwhelmed, and never feeling like I was a good enough Mom or Wife because I could never sit and just BE with my family.

Creating a Schedule

A couple of months ago I watched a promo video from Chalene Johnson advertising her program Smart Success. One video in particular has stuck with me…and that was on scheduling your days. I wanted to tell you a bit about it as it has changed my world.

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07.25.14

Kid’s Keepsake Boxes

I used to keep every single piece of paper that came home from school, every drawing that my kids made, and so much more in a box in our closet. I finally got it all organized into these kid’s keepsake boxes. I simply took a Sterlite file box, some hanging file folders, my label maker, and printed a monogram sticker for the front of each box.

I know my grown children aren’t going to want multiple tubs full of keepsakes from their childhood. So, I whittled down the piles into school pictures, special art projects, birthday invitations, and other special keepsakes. Also inside these boxes are signed books from their first birthday parties, their baby books, and special keepsakes such as their first pairs of shoes, baby hats, blankets, etc. These items will eventually move to a separate box as we add more files.

How do you store your children’s keepsakes?

Storing your kid

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06.11.14

Laundry

When building our house I enlarged our pantry which cut into our laundry room space. Eventually, I would like to swap our washer and dryer for a stacked pair and remodel this room with more cabinets and storage. But, for now, I am making the most out of a small laundry room with these laundry room storage solutions:

laundry with wall mounted drying rack, ana white laundry pedestals, and 3 compartment sorter

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05.23.14

DIY Cork Wall Tutorial

A few weeks ago my husband built me a cork wall for our hallway command center. I had been looking for a way to display all of the artwork that my kids come home with from school. We love the way it turned out!

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03.21.14

Homekeeping Binder Printables

Today, we are wrapping up the third installment of the homekeeping binder printables series. In part one we covered the calendar, to-do list, and important dates. In part two, we covered all things that help our home run smoothly. Today, we are covering work & the remaining printables that make up my homekeeping binder.

* All printables are editable in Adobe Reader. Be sure to download fonts Century Gothic and Cambria Italic if you don’t already have them.

First, I use the blank monthly calendar printable to keep track of my monthly blog posts.

Next, is the editorial calendar. I use this to brainstorm ideas for the different categories that I go over on my blog.

Next, is an expense log. I keep one for my blog and one for any other home-related tax-write offs that I will want to remember come April.

It seems like we are always planning something around here. With birthdays, bridal, and baby showers this printable helps me keep it all together.

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