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Just Toys – Not Girl or Boy Toys
When my oldest was young, a friend had a boy just 2 months younger than him. We spent a lot of time together and the boys were raised more like brothers than friends those first few years. They got into all kinds of trouble, we knew if we couldn’t hear them we better see what they were up to. One thing that always stuck with me was her calling the girl toy section at Walmart, the pink aisle. They always skipped the pink aisle. That was just the beginning of everything being pink, back then the pink aisle was mainly Barbies and baby dolls. Now almost everything has a pink…
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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…
Organizing, Crafts, Cooking, Saving Money, and Traveling
