Today the complaints kept pouring in. My eldest daughter couldn't find her favorite skinny jeans, and my husband was out of matching socks. My youngest son had to send out an APB for his lost shoe, and my youngest daughter slipped in a pool of lemonade. I hadn't had time to mop it up yet....
At the start of a new year, after getting rid of the Christmas tree, I always get the urge to do some serious cleaning. You know, to start the new year fresh and with a clean slate. Literally. So I decided to tackle the top of my kitchen cupboards. Top of the kitchen cupboards The...
Whenever I read Marie Kondo's bookThe Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up I get this itch to uhm, do some tidying up. This has cost me a lot of stuff. Stuff which I sometimes regret throwing away later on. But it has also helped me get my house a lot more organized and less cluttered....
Being outdoors is good for your health. Both your body ánd your mind! Your body gets vitamins, and your mind calms down. So why not combine all the stuff you gotta do, and do it outside? I've compiled a list of 11 chores you can do in the great outdoors! 11 outdoorsy chores Raking leaves...
Have you ever noticed that housekeeping can be a lot like surfing the internet. One thing leads to another, and before you know it 4 hours have passed. Here's what happened to me. On New Year's Day I decided I might as well take down the Christmas tree. It was really starting to drop its...
Summer vacation is upon us, and with it, lots of chaos. With everybody at home, the house can get quite messy. And I don't like it. One small chore a day, to keep the chaos at bay So to protect myself from all the chaos and mayhem, I decided to do one small chore a...
Think effective decorating is just for grown-ups’ rooms? Think again. Children’s bedroom décor has come a long way. There are now more options than ever for parents who want to give their kids’ rooms a little more flair. Start with your child If children are old enough to express themselves, find out what they’d like...
I love open windows, and I love welcoming fresh air into our house. No artificial airconditioning for me! I'm going all natural. Bird in da house! Unfortunately with so many windows and doors open, it's not only the fresh air that gets in. Birds mistake our house for the sky, and fly inside. Once inside...
This post was not sponsored. I'm just really happy to see this mop! Sometimes when I'm cleaning our house I wonder: 'Is this how the real housewives do it? Am I doing it right?' Because after 20 years I still feel like an amateur. When my kids were at the crawling stage, and they combined...
With five kids who can't even eat a peanut butter sandwich without smearing it all over their clothes, my laundry baskets are seldom empty. But that doesn't mean I can't strive for blissful emptiness! Every day I declare war on Mount Washmore, and these are my strategies: I have three laundry baskets in the bathroom:...
