Category Archives: organizing

More exciting things!!

I promise I will return tomorrow with a content rich post but today I needed to stop by and quickly share a few more exciting things with y’all. {Did you see the exciting things from yesterday?} First of all, I am excited to be contributing to a wonderful community called The Intentional Lifestyle.  The site…

Clutter- what is it and how do you get rid of it?

I am honored to be a contributing writer at Homemaker’s Challenge. Today I am over there talking about clutter and how it takes over (and what you can do about it). Here is an excerpt from the article: The new year is an excellent time to re-evaluate the things and objects that clutter up your…

All Over the Place

  This has been a crazy with a capital C kind of week. We had our YoungLives Christmas party last night with 41 teen moms and their babies in attendance.  It was amazing to see God show up! I have been very preoccupied getting ready for that, preparing for the holidays and getting ready to…

Controlling Holiday Clutter

Start a holiday binder (a 3-ring binder from an office supply store will suffice).  Create dividers for different categories, such as recipes, gift lists, store sale flyers, Christmas card list, etc.  Then get a flat plastic pencil pouch to put in the binder to hold all the holiday receipts, including gift receipts.  The cool thing…

Just Melissa

There are days I wish I was more Martha Stewart and less this: More Paula Deen and less fend for yourself ’cause this multitasking mama is tired. More organized and less the girl that gets the call “did you forget your appointment at 9:30?” on a regular basis. I want to be more, do more…

New at Multitasking Mama’s shop!

Reasons I am opening an OpenSky shop on the blog: A lifetime pipe dream of mine has been to own a little boutique (where I would sell an eclectic blend of products that I love)…OpenSky provides the opportunity for this to become a reality right here on my little ‘ole blog. The opportunity to provide…

Linking me up

I decided to start giving you gals (or guys, if any of my readers are of the male persuasion) links to the other places I am once a week- don’t want all my writing to go to waste LOL Organizing the Fridge My weekly post on onlineorganizing.com Organizing the Bathroom My weekly column at Pink…

Want some great advice?

Then tune in and listen to me be a guest on The Consumer Queen’s blog talk radio show. You can listen live tonight at 9pmEST/8pmCST or visit the link later to listen to the entire interview. We will be discussing how to organize your family’s medical information and cut down on medical expenses/costs. In today’s…

Where is the darn phone?

I don’t know about you but I do not enjoy hunting around in the bottom of my purse for the ringing cell phone. I do however loooover purses. You can ask anyone that sleeps in my guest room (because they have to stare at them on the back of the door. I have a really…

Time Saving Tips

To join in the fun, visit Jolly Mom’s blog. It’s time for the second question of the blog party and we want to hear from YOU again: What are some of your time saving tips? We could all use a little extra mom time, so share with us please! The tips can be anything from…