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Organizing my Daughter’s Bedroom
My daughter has a really small bedroom (8’8″ x 10’4″) so keeping it organized has always been a problem. When she was younger, of course I did the organizing and purging when she was not at home. As she got older, I wanted her to take more of a responsibility for her room. I have tried all kinds of ways to get her to clean and organize over the years, but nothing really worked. She is very sentimental and never wants to get rid of anything. She had way too much stuff to keep organized in that small room. While I was working full-time, her room got out of control…
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Simple Tuna Salad
We were trying to decide what to have for lunch on Saturday, my daughter was in the kitchen and came in the living room with the package of tuna. She asked if we could make tuna fish sandwiches. I looked at my husband and he agreed. I know it is supposed to be called tuna salad, but growing up we called it tuna fish and that is what I still tend to say, so of course that is what my kids say as well. LOL It is hard to break old habits, but I will try to use the correct terminology here. I never liked the cans of tuna and trying…
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Clean and Organize a Little at a Time
Since I have been home for the last month, I have spent a lot of time cleaning and organizing the kitchen. Usually it just starts with something simple like cleaning the sink which morphs into cleaning the drain rack. Then I notice the cabinet under it needs cleaning, then I moved the toaster, then the microwave, etc… I did a deep clean on that area and then rearranged the way they were on the cabinet. I love it, angling the microwave made it easier to use and it looks so much better. I never would have thought of it if I hadn’t moved everything around to clean. This post contains…
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A Better Life
I have been blessed to work at home or work part-time most of my adult life. There were times that I worked full-time but it was usually just for a short period of time or was very flexible hours. The last year and half was not like that. I worked 40 hours a week outside of my house plus up to an hour of commute time each way. I also have 2 kids at home that are very involved in school and church activities, my oldest is an adult that lives on his own. My husband has somewhat set hours but is required to work overtime sometimes. He has to…
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Valentine Bookmarks
A couple of years ago, when my daughter was in 4th grade, we made these personalized bookmarks for her class. They are not hard, but it did take quite a bit of time to make so many. We attached them to small goody bags through the hole for the ribbon using the twisty tie for the bag. I found some packages of printed Valentine card stock at the store. It got me thinking about what we could do with it. I came up with the bookmarks because her class was really into reading and they would be something they could use after the holiday was over. I bought the…
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