With shorter + cloudier days, more time indoors, less humidity + colder temps, coupled with the increase prevalence of upper respiratory illnesses, winter can be a tricky time to stay at the top of our health + wellness game. Here are some tips + products we use to help mitigate these circumstances + shorten illness duration. This is NOT medical …
How To Help Your Child Get Organized At A Young Age…And Save Your Sanity
Are you constantly picking up after your kids? I don’t mean the occasional pile of crumbs or a couple stray toys. I mean every time you turn around they have left a mess + moved on to something else. But you clean it up yourself because it will take less time, less nagging + less yelling. If you can relate …
How To Create A Healthy Home For A Happier Life
It has been my mission lately to create a healthy home. This motivation comes from finally accepting the season of life I am in as a caretaker. For some women it’s a no-brainer to want to leave the workforce to raise a family but that is an internal struggle I have been fighting for years now. I love my kids …
Book Review, Part 2: ‘A Simplified Life’
Let me start by saying sorry this book review has taken more than a week to finish. I’m currently working on switching the website over to another platform so a lot of effort has been put towards that instead of keeping up with posts + it is one of those things about simplifying life that had to give for a …
Book Review, Part 1: ‘A Simplified Life’
Life can be incredibly overwhelming with the endless list of to-do’s, running around from school, to work, to grocery store, to extracurricular activities + social engagements. Throw in making dinner + lunches, laundry + general house cleaning, it’s a wonder how there is anytime left in the day to take time + wind down. And while these are just the …
Friday Five: Simplified + Stylish Kitchen
Creating a simplified home is a constant work in progress+ I have been really trying to find a good balance between living simply but still having things that look good + add to the comfort of home. I’m trying to find my place on the minimalism spectrum: I don’t want everything to feel hard, cold + un-lived in but also …
What You Want Wednesday: Paper Chaser
We’re not talking money here but rather the dreaded, unending stream of papers coming home from school, especially in those first few weeks. Paper clutter, in general, is one of the top complaints people have when it comes to clutter problems mainly because it seems like it is never ending, even in our heavily digitized era. In our home, there …
What You Want Wednesday: Organized Chaos
How easily are you able to get out the door in the morning? Do you remember everything? Read on for tips on how to set up your entryway so everything has a home and you can get out + get back in with less hassle.
Why You Need a Professional Organizer
There are a lot of professionals out there to turn to when we want something done quickly and correctly. During a recent home reno project we accidentally hit the electric to our well pump (thus, had no water!) so an emergency electrician call, 2 junction boxes, 5 minutes of work and $100 later we had our electric back and up …