Organized Mom on February 1st, 2010

When I worked outside of the home, I was so much more organized. Maybe it was because I had to do be in order to get anything done. Or it could have been because I didn’t have a toddler running around underfoot, demanding attention. Those pesky kids, I swear. Always wanting something. You’d think that [...]

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Organized Mom on January 4th, 2010

Each evening, my living room looks like a bomb went off in it. We don’t have much of a dining room, so my son’s high chair is next to the couch. And he’s in the loves-to-throw-food stage. Kix. Cheerios. Toast. Various veggies. They’re all over the place. The kid has some range.
For quick cleanups, two [...]

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Organized Mom on December 14th, 2009

I’m still dealing with the clutter demon. When you live in a small place, you have to be brutal in culling your possessions. That’s something I haven’t been doing.
Sentimentality has not been my friend. I like to keep mementos reminding me of good times, happy things, and people I love. But when you’re so busy [...]

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Organized Mom on December 7th, 2009

Gadgets can be a lot of fun. Isn’t it cool to find something new? But some gadgets, while nice, are really just unitaskers. What’s a unitasker? It’s an item that only performs one function. That’s it. Beyond that one small purpose, it’s really useless.
Admittedly, we all probably have some things that are suited to only [...]

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Organized Mom on November 27th, 2009

We’re still rearranging furniture in these here parts. And still not happy with the results. Basically, we have too much furniture for this place. Since there’s so little storage, you need other storage. And it doesn’t help that we don’t have a separate office area and are stuck with my desk in the living room.
To [...]

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Organized Mom on November 26th, 2009

Well, the meal went pretty well. I was scrambling at the end, trying to keep everything warm while I finished the gravy & rolls.
But it turned out okay. Everything was hot except the carrots, which were a little cooler than I would like. But everything else was good.
The turkey was awesome. The breast was incredibly [...]

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Organized Mom on November 25th, 2009

I have to tell you, I am a house cleaning, desk clearing, laundry washing, hard working, multi-tasking MOFO this week. And today, I just could not sit down. I kept thinking of “one more thing” to do. I knew if I sat down that’d be it for the day. So I kept going from thing [...]

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Organized Mom on November 24th, 2009

No really. It’s amazing that a little work can make me feel so much better. I guess there’s just something about seeing your progress. When I was a paper pusher, you didn’t really see any progress unless you kept a to-do list and checked it off.
But when you’re cleaning and rearranging rooms in your house, [...]

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Organized Mom on November 23rd, 2009

In order to keep myself accountable, I’m going to keep assessing whether I’m getting things done towards Thanksgiving. If I don’t keep a list, I’ll forget something.
I needed to get some laundry done today, which I did. Yay! Last night I made stock, and this morning I finished it off (boiled it down a bit) [...]

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