Archive for July, 2008
How To Organize Home Office Supplies
Our home office is a family office. We each have our separate areas within the same room. Merging households as we did, that meant we pretty much had two of everything.
About a year ago, sick of having to move my husband’s tape, stapler, hole punch, pens and what not every time I wanted to use [...]
Leaving Space
When I was first studying music, one teacher told me that music was what happened in the spaces between the notes. This thought changed the way I looked at the music, giving the spaces as much importance as the notes themselves.
Life is also like this: we need to give as much weight to the spaces [...]
Keeping Up With Stuff: The Daily Put-Away
I am not a paragon of housekeeping. My house is lived in. My husband, daughter, and yes, myself, do not always put things away or live mess free.
However, I am never embarrassed when people stop by unexpectedly, and I am always able to have my daughter’s friends over at a moment’s notice.
In fact, my in-laws [...]
Having A Child’s Party That Is Fun But Doesn’t Break The Bank
My neighbors throw elaborate, expensive birthday parties for their children. The guest list is usually large, and includes siblings of anyone the child has every played with. This leaves the hostess with thirty children ranging in age from infant to 12. Entertainment usually consists of hired performers, a rented “jumping” house or the local traveling [...]
Getting Started: How To Keep Track Of What’s In The Freezer
It is fairly easy for me to lose track of what food is in the house. I buy ingredients, but perhaps the meal never got made, or I forgot to include an ingredient.
Managing food in the pantry is fairly easy, because I can see what is in there. However, the freezer is another matter. Food [...]
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