What do you keep underneath your sinks? Is this area known as an area of junk? Is it packed so full that bottles tip over when you are trying to take one out? Is it even filled with more than the trash itself? My Dutch heritage says to keep the trash underneath the kitchen sink….
Does this scenario sound familiar? It is 7:30pm and it is time for the kids to go to bed. You ask them to pick up their toys, but they refuse. You wait until you do your weekly cleaning (maybe you struggle to do it weekly…) and you ask them to clean their room, but you…
The most dreaded happens. The fire alarm goes off and you know that it is not just a dead battery. You hear reports of a hurricane or tornadoes heading your way, so you prepare as much as you can, but it still takes over your home. The house has flood protection, but the rains have…
Freezing food is something I take advantage of whenever I can. Our first 7 years of marriage, we did not have a chest freezer. What were we thinking, I don’t know. Our refrigerator/freezer, well, the freezer part was a problem. Anytime someone would want to get something out of our freezer, they would have to…
The kitchen gadget drawer. You may cringe at the thought of this drawer. How many times has your drawer gotten stuck because a utensil got jammed in the corner? Have you ever broken a utensil because of it? This has happened countless times to me! I had doubles of many utensils, which was rather unnecessary….
Paper clutter is one of the biggest “stoppers” of being organized, isn’t it? Having a catch-all place on the counter, in the office or bedroom for papers, is a common dilemma. Often these piles of papers are so large that they start to topple over, causing even more frustration. Honestly, it’s probably that pile screaming…
