Organized Mom on November 12th, 2009

I’m almost falling asleep at the keyboard. This is my stopgap in case I don’t get to post something longer. I will try to get back to fix this. Honest.

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Organized Mom on November 11th, 2009

… a little better than I have done today. I wrote a post in honor of Veteran’s Day over at my other blog. But I don’t want to repeat the same things here.
All I’ve accomplished today is print out a few pages from Organizing Your Way’s Home Management Notebook printables and fill a few of [...]

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Organized Mom on November 10th, 2009

It’s sometimes tough to keep a running tally in your head of every item in your pantry. If you do it, you have a better memory than I. While I mostly know what we have on hand, I sometimes forget a small item or two that we needed. If I keep a running grocery list, [...]

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Organized Mom on November 9th, 2009

Our family is notorious for wandering around aimlessly in Target and Costco and Wal-Mart. We tend to treat it as an outing for the baby, unless we’re under a time constraint. But those wanderings can become expensive if we’re not organized.
It’s too easy to grab an impulse purchase or two. Or ten. Unless you have [...]

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Organized Mom on November 9th, 2009

I still haven’t managed to clear the recent desk clutter. In fact, I just tossed more mail on it this morning. Ugh. And the next couple of days are busy enough that I may not have time to properly file and put things away. Maybe I’ll squeeze in 15 minutes to do some minor clearing, [...]

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Organized Mom on November 8th, 2009

I haven’t been feeling too well the last couple of days. Kid waking up in the middle of the night and not going back to sleep right away. Lack of sleep, plus other health things. Like allergies.
And things like that make it really hard to keep on top of things. To stay organized. My desk [...]

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Organized Mom on November 7th, 2009

Yeah, it was bound to happen at least once this month. I went to a craft party tonight and forgot to post before I left. It sure was fun to find my inner crafting goddess. And to make the mess at someone else’s house. Ha!
Had a great time. I promise to do better tomorrow. Really.

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Organized Mom on November 6th, 2009

One thing I love about my credit union – their online banking. It really helps keep me organized. Without it, I could easily miss billing due dates.
For the bigger items like our insurance and rent payment, I go ahead and set them to be paid automatically. All I have to do is enter the amount [...]

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Organized Mom on November 5th, 2009

I did some holiday shopping tonight. Not on purpose, even. My girlfriend is in town, and we hit up Marshall’s. It was awesome. Seriously. I forgot how many gift packs and cool bath-y type stuff they have. It won’t be long before that place is CLEANED OUT.
And really, I should keep an eye out for [...]

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Organized Mom on November 4th, 2009

Having a helpful husband is a wonderful thing. When he gets home in the afternoon, many times he takes over kid duties for a little while to give me a break. In addition, he sometimes tackles the dishes. Instead of sitting down & resting when he gets in, he uses the momentum that he has [...]

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