New Year, New YOU: Tip #4 – Plan for the Day Ahead

January 4, 2014April 21, 2017

Tip #4 – Plan for the day ahead: make lunches, set out clothes, pack your/kids’ bags, the night before.

There is nothing worse than starting the morning off stressed. Maybe this describes EVERY morning for you! Everything you do the night before, it is one less thing you have to do in the morning – one less decision and one less stress.

Kristin’s Action Plan: I have lived by this rule for many years! Even if I don’t specifically set out my clothes or make my lunch, I at least know what I will be wearing/having. Recently I have made my lunch the night before and packed my bags, which makes for a much less-stressed day!

Day 11: Cookbooks and Recipes

What: Cookbooks and Recipes Why: I would consider cookbooks and recipes to be a “collectible” item. I say that with full confidence that I used to be “one of those.” I read cookbooks like people read books. Call me weird, but it is true. Problem is, cookbooks take up a lot of space in an area that…

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Teaching Kids to Organize Their TIME

Every night, do you battle the question with your kids: “Have you finished this?” knowing full well, they have not accomplished everything they have to before bedtime? Helping kids organize their time and teaching time management skills at a young age CAN happen and IS feasible! Believe it or not, organizing is a LEARNED skill….

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Lower-Tox Living: Filter Drinking Water

I didn’t understand the need to filter our drinking water, until I had my bone marrow transplant. We have city water…what possibly could be wrong? After learning that any toxins that entered my body, could be harmful to me and add to the risk of infection, I started to realize HOW many things in our…

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Label Your Cords

Tip #11 – Label your cords Sounds simple, but how many of us have cords in a box, stowed away in a drawer, or hiding in our basement, not knowing what they are for? You can either buy labels or use tape and a permanent marker to simply label each cord, so that you know…

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Back To Pinterest I Go

Call me a hypocrite. I have a new Pinterest account. I know, I know. I went on a rant one day about why I deleted my Pinterest account. You probably all thought “we’ll see how long this lasts!” Though I actually have really enjoyed my break from it! I realized how Pinterest makes you feel…

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A Home For Everything

After moving a year and a half ago, and having {most} of our boxes unpacked, I wondered if we could find a place for everything. Being in a new home, with different storage spaces and places, I was not sure how this would go. Believe it or not, there are not many closets, outside of…

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