Since it has been several months since a reader requested an explanation of our school cubbies, I figured it was time to post it, since we are starting school tomorrow.

The Framework- I purchased these unfinished wooden “shelves” at A.C. Moore about a year ago. I either waited until they were on sale or used a [...]

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Countdown to school in 3, 2, 1…. AHHHHHH!
Our first day of school is Wednesday. I am always much more excited about the first day of school than my kids. With school comes order, routines, set bedtimes and a red pen. I love writing with a red pen, but feel silly writing with one on anything [...]

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If you haven’t been to Crystal’s site, I encourage you to stop by and participate in Making Your Home a Haven Monday. I love this meme, because it always encourages me to take the extra step in making my home a place for people to gather.
Last week I worked on several house projects, but at [...]

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Today I am busy doing my final homeschool planning. I created a homeschool field trip form to log our outings during the school year. I have a pdf version as well as a doc version for those who want to fill it in on their computer rather than write on the form. I also created [...]

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For those long time readers of my blog you will remember that this is not the first time I have tackled the linen closet. During the move, most of the linens were just thrown into the new closet. Because of our hectic summer schedule I was happy just to shut the door and pretend it [...]

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Since it has been a few weeks since my husband hung the shelves in the closet to create my new pantry, I figured it was finally time to organize my food. This way I will hopefully stop buying then same bag of rice over and over. I was pleasantly surprised at the amount of food [...]

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Our house has finally settled down a bit. I will be heading out of town for the weekend, so my plan is easy meals for dh and the kids! I am also trying to clean out the pantry a bit so some of our meals are pantry favorites.
Breakfast
Monday- Pancakes

Tuesday- Muffins

Wednesday- Oatmeal/ Cereal

Thursday- French Toast
Friday- Whole [...]

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One major source of clutter in our house is paperwork. I am always hesitant to throw away documents because I never know if I will need them some day. Then I read this article from my friend Kyle and realized I was saving way too much. I decided to tackle our three file boxes. Unfortunately [...]

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The garage is almost done. I decided to post pictures this week because we probably won’t finish until next week, and I am really excited about the project.
This project took about 6 weeks (we didn’t work nonstop) and I think we spent about $300 on all the shelves, hangers, hooks, screws, nails, and other supplies. [...]

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A few days back I wrote a post about immediately throwing your junk mail into the trash so you are not tempted to spend extra money. I had a few readers remind me that you should always removing the mailing label so you are not a victim of identify theft.
Here are some fast facts about [...]

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