We seem to have enough interest in a Home Management Notebook workshop to proceed so I'll be setting that up to start next week. I'll post a list of materials on Thursday so you can all be prepared. I see a visit to the home office store in my future and that fills me with joyI got a bit of a second wind yesterday and completely revamped my ( Read more... )

Part I: KitchenwareIt's time to get back to our weekly challenges! We started this one in early December and I know you all have maintained since then. *g* Now it's time to move onto Food Storage ( dry goods only this time around. Freezer and Refrigerators are something we'll tackle later ( Read more... )

Welcome back to the homekeeping's bi-weekly challenge! This is one of the original areas we discussed in this comm way back in the day but we never went so far as actually deep cleaning/organizing/beating it into submission. And this room is a challenge. For most families, this is the heart of the home. Even if you are a take-out only sort of person, your ( Read more... )

This was the next logical step now that we've finished with living room. We have finished with the living room, right? *g ( Read more... )

This week, we finally move into the living spaces of the house. If you have a family room and a formal living room, consider this week's challenge the room you use the most. For most of us, that's the Family Room. The room where we gather to watch television, read, hang out and generally schlump around. For those that do not have a formal ( Read more... )

I've just reorganised my entryway and it looks so much better than it did, I thought I'd post pictures. :)

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Not much time to start a discussion this week although if any other members want to jump in and start a subject, please feel free! This community is a place for all of us to share and participate (as opposed to me just spouting off :P ( Read more... )

"Our homes are the center of our lives, and we should allow time and resources to make the most of them that we can, and to care for them in a way that consolidates and elaborates their meaning for each of us. At a minimum, we should avoid thinking that time spent on our homes is wasted time, or that our goal should always be to reduce the time and ( Read more... )

So even though I am *still,* a depressing eight months later, walking into the office and saying "I don't need that" while combing the house for seven things to get rid of each week, I'm also having to range further afield to find all seven ( Read more... )

Ready for a challenge? This is not an easy one for me because I am, and I kid you not, as lazy as sin. I fight tooth and nail for every bit of organization in my life because, as I said in the userinfo, being organized helps me indulge in the laziness. The faster and better I do the things I need to, then I can spend time on doing what I really ( Read more... )