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Are you a pinner?  Yep, me too.  But I was pinning before pinning was cool.  I’m what you might call and “old school” pinner.  I’ve been pinning ideas for years, just the old fashioned way on a real bulletin board with real pins.

Just a couple of miles across Hwy 109 is one of my all time favorite places to visit.

Making Travel with Children Fun- AND Educational!

“Snow falling soundlessly in the middle of the night will always fill my heart with sweet clarity” 
― Novala Takemoto, Missin' (Novel)

Yes, I do know the weather has been unseasonably warm this month, thank you very much.  But I’m not done with winter yet.  In fact, I’m one of those weird people whose favorite seasons are fall and winter.  So in that “winter-y I’m still doing a snow dance” spirit, I want to share one of my favorite Pinterest inspired ideas I’ve made this season.  It’s a hot chocolate bar.  Now why didn’t I think of that? 

This now famous phrase Dr. Phil coined when he first began on television was what was going through my head as I looked at my little wallet that I use for gift cards and such.  The answer was- it’s NOT!

This is what I had:

Notice the rips at the seams…

which is the result of trying to cram too many cards into one sleeve. 

Now mind you, when I started using this as my way of keeping up with gift cards and such, it was before children and before every store in the world started offering a reward card.  Now I have so many that when I do remember to use them, I can’t find them, or worse- they have expired or I have lost my points, etc.  It was time for a change.

I decided to take my own advice and implement one of the tips I posted on my Facebook page months ago.

All you need is a simple coupon binder- $1 at our local dollar store.

Separate your store cards, refunds, coupons, gift cards, etc. by category however you’d like.  Label your sections and wa-la!  A perfectly organized place for cards and coupons of all sorts- with room to expand!

Now you can get really crafty and make colorful labels and such, but I haven’t gotten that far yet.  But this simple fix took me all of 15 minutes, and I have everything in one place.  Also, the very last tab I made for receipts, which will come in extremely handy this time of year!

Happy shopping and Merry Christmas!

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“Delicious  autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.”
-George Eliot

"Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. 

The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and simply never leave. Our lives are measured by these."

~ Susan B. Anthony

 “The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education. “
~Albert Einstein

I can’t believe that my children just finished the first day of the new school year.  

“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”

~Steve Jobs

“Don't agonize. Organize.”

--Florence Kennedy

Does your snack cabinet look like this? 

(Of course you know mine doesn’t really look like this right?  I mean, I really had to stage this pic so you could get the idea!)   

“But friendship is precious; not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.”
~Thomas Jefferson

 “And I'm proud to be an American,
where at least I know I'm free.
And I won't forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me.”
 -Lee Greenwood

“Change means that what was before wasn't perfect. People want things to be better.” 

~Esther Dyson 

Changes.  Some good, some bad- but inevitably we all experience them one time or another.

Into my notebook goes anything that is interesting enough to stop me in my tracks--the slump of a pair of shoulders in a crowd, a newspaper entry, a recipe, "chewy" words like ragamuffin or Maurice . . . For me, it all begins with a notebook: it is the well I dip into for that first clear, cool drink.

Rita Dove

Happy Easter!

May the spirit of hope that Easter brings, 

Help you find contentment in little things, 

and restore your faith in the Lord above, 

Who gave His life for the ones He loves.

Author Unknown

May your blessings outnumber
The shamrocks that grow,
And may trouble avoid you
Wherever you go.

~Irish Blessing

 

Occasions- We celebrate them all around our house!  There’s nothing I love better than an excuse to decorate and go all out, and St. Patrick’s Day is no exception!  

Coming Home

“I believe that a Godly home is a foretaste of heaven. Our homes, imperfect as they are, must be a haven from the chaos outside. They should be a reflection of our eternal home, where troubled souls find peace, weary hearts find rest, hungry bodies find refreshment, lonely pilgrims find communion, and wounded spirits find compassion.”
― Jani Ortlund

What a beautiful quote about home.  As you follow my blog, you will see that I am a "quote-y" person.  I love the written word, and will try to tie in a quote with each blog.

Coming Home

"The best way to get something done is to begin." ~Author Unknown

In the business world of organizing,  there is actually a calendar of events.  Can you believe that- a calendar?  One more thing or event to keep up with, you say? Well, this can actually be a good thing.  If you take these “events” and add a few elements of each of them to your life, you might just find yourself more organized than you thought you could be.

“Behind every working woman is an enormous pile of unwashed laundry.”- Barbara Dale

Laundry- something we all have, but most of us dread doing.  Whether we work outside the home, or inside (and YES, if you stay home, you DO work!)- we all have at least one pile that needs to be done.  One of the reasons why is either we do it on the run- throw a load in, only to leave it until the next day and then we have to start all over again- or we wait until it so piled up, that the sheer sight of it makes us tremble!  If we take the time, once, to set up a simple laundry routine in our space; we can save time and stress. 

The average person spends two months of their life looking for lost things.  Just Google it, and you will be surprised with the results.  Two months?  I don’t know about you, but I want to spend my time doing something else!   When you are organized, you free your time to focus on the things that really matter to you.  The simple word ‘organization’ brings fear to a lot of people.  Let’s remove that fear and bring order and peace to your life and home.