#write31days – Setting Myself Free

I’m releasing myself from the yoke that has been my chosen topic of organizing for 30 days for the #write31days challenge.  It was a bad idea almost from the beginning and it made me hate writing.  It made feel like a failure  because I was not doing a great job at organizing and it made …

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#write31days – Organize Your Budget

The goal today was to organize the car, but, here in the Northeast, the weather has been nasty.  Which means, I’m taking today as one of the off days in the Organized Home in 30 Days Challenge. Instead, I’m going to talk about how our family (tries to) organize our finances.  We have a very …

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#write31days – Organize Your Keepsakes

This one is tough for me.  I’m not really a keepsake person.  I guess I’m not very sentimental.  But, I get it.  Mementos of moments in time that are important.  I’ve kept some of my kids baby clothes.  I still have my high school gymnastics team leotard tucked in a drawer.  I have a shirt …

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#write31days – Organize Your Books

Today’s task in the Organize Your Home in 31 Days challenge was to organize your books.  So I did: There.  Three books organized.  I don’t have many actual books anymore; I absolutely adore reading electronically.  That was a quick post, right? Oh, what’s that?  You’re curious about that  Map Accent Wall?  Why, I’d love to …

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#write31days – Organize Craft Stuff

Welcome to my Craft Pile of Terror. Today’s task in the Organized Home in 30 Days challenge was to organize your craft goods.  Well.  I guess the picture speaks for itself.  There’s also this one: I won’t speak of how these piles have haunted me and the shame they bring upon my house.  I’m just …

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#write31days – Cord Organization

Today’s task in the Organized Home in 30 Days challenge is to organize your cords.  While I fully understand and appreciate that this is a great task to tackle, I really had a hard a time figuring out how to make it into an interesting blog post.  Then I went to Pinterest and found out …

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Poison Ivy

I have to veer off of my organizing challenge tonight because I finally broke down and went to the doctor’s after work for the poison ivy that has been bugging me for two weeks.  In addition to the fact that I simply didn’t have time to do any organizing, I learned some interesting things about …

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