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How to Cut Your Cleaning Time in Half

January 4, 2022 By Meredith Leave a Comment

Tired of spending hours cleaning? Check these 6 genius hacks to cut your cleaning time in half!

While cleaning can be considered somewhat therapeutic, it’s not an activity that everyone enjoys. Why spend time mopping and dusting when you could be doing something fun, right? Qs irritating as it can be, it’s still essential for all of us. A clean home is a healthy home, and you’ll feel happier because of it. […]

Filed Under: Cleaning, Homemaking

Steps for a Healthier Pet-Friendly Home

May 22, 2018 By Meredith 2 Comments

Creating a healthier pet-friendly home for our furry family members is so important! We love them so, and want what's best for our pets--make sure to take a minute to check out this important how-to to make your home safe for your fur babies!

Pets are wonderful members of the family. They cheer us up when we’re sad, add a sense of fun and adventure to our lives, and are so cute we can’t even stand it sometimes. But we can’t always communicate with pets the way we need to, especially when it comes to teaching pets about dangers […]

Filed Under: Cleaning, Homemaking, Pets

Tidying Toys Before Christmas

December 6, 2017 By Anne Metz 3 Comments

Have a boatload of lovely presents headed your way with the holidays? Get a jump on the clutter by tidying toys up weeks before Christmas gifting touches down. The bonus? You can teach your kiddos the value of giving to others while celebrating the holiday spirit! Enjoy!

Celebrating Christmas with my children is truly a joy! I get to see the world through their eyes on Christmas morning while remembering the thrill of seeing a beautifully lit tree lined with a pile of presents. This beautiful scene is the upside; the downside is all the stuff! In addition to what Santa brings, […]

Filed Under: Christmas, Cleaning, Homemaking, Messy House, Organization, Toys

Spring Clean Beauty Products the Right Way!

May 15, 2017 By Meredith 5 Comments

TIme to Spring clean your beauty products! Brushes, eyeshadow, lipstick, mascara, foundation, powders--it all needs a refresh from time to time! Use these smart tips to tackle your makeup bag and product stash the RIGHT way--clean it up and make sure it's all in order ASAP!

Our make-up drawers are like little beauty treasure chests filled with colorful palettes, lipsticks, blushes and much, much more. Some of it we don’t even use. Okay…a LOT of it we don’t use. And if you’re like me, you probably even have some of those little sample products swimming around among your go-to items. Let’s […]

Filed Under: Beauty, Cleaning, Fashion

Keep the Outdoor Germs in Check While Loving the Fun!

May 3, 2017 By Meredith 6 Comments

Keep your family healthy this summer by using these 4 cleaning tricks to keep outdoors germs at bay! And you will LOVE this cool trick for helping extend the life of fresh-cut flowers! Time to go enjoy all that gorgeous sunshiny fun!

***Thank you to Clorox® Regular-Bleach 1 for sponsoring this post so I could fill you in on the efficient cleaning power of Clorox® Regular-Bleach 1 in tackling outdoor germs!*** Friends, this is our season! This is the time of year when my husband and I shed our latest Netflix addiction, shake off those indoor cobwebs and finally […]

Filed Under: Cleaning, Sickness, Young Kids

The REAL Parent’s Potty Training Survival Guide

March 28, 2017 By Meredith 10 Comments

Ready to pull your hair out over potty training? Snag this REAL parent's potty training survival guide and you WILL get through this, I promise! Plus this nifty trick to clean up the mess will make your life so much easier!

***Thank you to Clorox for sponsoring this post so I could share this fun, real potty training survival guide to keeping the mess in check as you tackle the dirty business!*** You know what gets a bad rap? Diapers. Parents jones so hard to shed them, but on the other side of those nappies lies an unseemly fate–potty […]

Filed Under: Babies, Cleaning, Homemaking, Messy House, Potty, SAHM Life, Toddler Talk

6 Easy Steps to Linen Closet Organization

March 22, 2017 By Anne Metz 2 Comments

Feel overwhelmed by your messy linen closet and not sure where to start? No worries, with these 6 simple, budget-friendly DIY linen closet organization tips, you'll have your closet neat and tidy in no time! Plus, I LOVE the trick for keeping things permanently sorted, so you won't need to ever tackle this home improvement project again!

Do you ever get so overwhelmed by an organizing project that you put it off? Like say for instance, my linen closet. I’m grateful to have it, but it’s so narrow with deep shelves, so it feels like everything constantly gets lost and I’m not sure how to fix the situation. I’m embarassed to admit, it was in […]

Filed Under: Cleaning, DIY, Homemaking, Organization

The 4 Essential Plumbing Tools Your Household Needs

February 23, 2017 By Lindsay Houser 30 Comments

Tired of pricey calls to the plumber? No need to make them any more! Grab these four essential plumbing tools. With them on hand, your household will stay up and running and you'll save a ton of money! I never even know the third tool existed for home use!

***Thank you to Liquid-Plumr for sponsoring this post so I can tell you about the essential plumbing tools your household needs. All opinions are my own.*** Today we are going to talk about the things most people never discuss… plumbing. More specifically, toilets and drains. These two things are constant sources of issue in our house, especially with […]

Filed Under: Cleaning, Homemaking, Messy House

21 Day Challenge to the Keep It Simple Cleaning Habit

February 6, 2017 By Meredith Leave a Comment

Can't keep up with house cleaning? Try this new, keep it simple cleaning habit to keep your home germ-free the easy way. Try the genius, simple trick for cleaning toys and never look back!

***Thank you to Clorox® for sponsoring this post so I could share the scoop about this keep it simple cleaning habit with Clorox® Regular-Bleach1*** There’s oodles of chatter about resolutions this time of the year, and while I’m tackling my own one or two (or ten zillion) big goals, let’s take a pause to chat about a simple new habit. A […]

Filed Under: Cleaning, Health, Homemaking

10 Top Posts of 2016

December 30, 2016 By Meredith 6 Comments

Looking some great reads to finish out the year? These ten top posts of 2016 pack a powerful punch--laughs, heart, and lessons all included! As you do your own year-end reflection and goal-setting, take a minute to pop in for some perspective--and the most incredible Turkey Trot tale you've ever heard!

Happy New Year, friends! 2016 has been a big one around these parts both personally and on this site–lots of growth and change, a few challenges, a bunch of laughs, and always, always a hefty dose of heart and hope. As you settle in to do some reflecting on your own year and new goals for the […]

Filed Under: A Mom of the Year, Cleaning, Faith, Grocery Shopping, Holidays, Homemaking, Mommy's Favorites, SAHM Life, School, Young Kids

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