cleaning and organizing

Our movie rack is forever a mess. It has it’s moments. But they are literally moments. No sooner do I clean it up than the kids start yanking things off and shoving things back on without their boxes. Sometimes it gets REALLY bad. Sometimes there are other things higher on the priority list and we never seem to get to the matching and reorganizing. Last week my movie rack looked …

This is so simple, you’ll wonder why you didn’t already think of it. That is, assuming you haven’t already. 🙂 For a while now (several months) I’ve been keeping a shallow, plastic, bin/basket on the back of my washing machine for all of my wet handtowels and kitchen washcloths, etc. I’ve been trying to use more washcloths and towels and less sponges and papertowels, but I don’t like throwing a …

You’ll never believe how easy this is. My parents gave us a lightweight bagless vacuum, the kind where the main of the body is a handvac that detaches, and when together, the handle telescopes out for us adults. It’s not as strong as my big vacuum, yes, but it’s PERFECT for the kids! Check this out: all three of my children WANT to vacuum. They argue over whose turn it …