I own and wear a lot of scarves. Some six-year-old girls were at my house the other day, so I made a dress-up center with my scarves and beads. (I used my Frost clothes drying rack from IKEA for the ...
Chuy’s southwestern enchiladas is what I order every single time, even when I swear I will try something different. Egg on top of chicken enchiladas made with blue-corn tortillas. Full for days...
Usually when a family can live car-free or with just one car, they live in a city with convenient mass transit. We’ve been living in the suburbs with just one car for over a year, and I must sa...
You can be well assured that when you post your junk for sale on Ebay or Craigslist and wonder, “Who on earth will buy this?” that SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE is going to think it is just perfect....
There was a time when I wanted more free stuff. In college when they ran a coupon in the school newspaper for a free bottle of soda, my roommate and I picked up ten copies. When they offered a free t...
Hi Rachel, I have been married 23 years and have three teenage children and have accumulated A LOT of stuff. I love your idea of simplifying everything from wardrobe to Tupperware, but I have no idea...
Have you ever dropped an eyeshadow, blush, or powder compact and had the powder go everywhere? I’ve done it, but I don’t like wasting makeup, so here is how to fix your broken powder make...
Pantry Clutter: When your pantry is full of food, but you look in there and decide “you have nothing to eat.” When your pantry is full of food that you would rather not eat as long as the...
“How do you stay motivated to do all of these home improvement projects? There are sooo many things I want to do to improve our home, like painting and cleaning, but the thought of it all puts ...
“You should write about how to organize all of these plastic food containers,” my dad suggested as he stacked up the lids in his kitchen cabinet. “I can’t write about that....
There are a few possible reasons your towels might be getting that musty, mildewed smell: 1. Too much detergent. Solution: Check the directions on the detergent bottle and make sure you’re usin...
Photo by Joelk75 Carlie asks, “I was wondering if you had any advice on how to simplify or recycle award ribbons, athletic trophies, and plaques. I was big in athletics from childhood through h...
I bought this ceiling medallion on Craigslist three years ago, before I had a place for it. I moved it three times to different homes; I let it take up space by leaning it against the wall, but I nev...
I am convinced that buying special containers will not make you more organized. While the internet is full of gift-wrapping stations and make-your-own bows, it is perfectly fine to keep your real-lif...
I have a love/hate relationship with grass. It’s just so high-maintenance. You have to water it to grow, and then when it grows you have to cut it. Not to mention the peer pressure from the nei...
I’m talking about how to stay open with your spouse about finances at Alphamom. If something were to happen to me, I don’t want my husband to suddenly find himself in the dark about the p...
A couple of years ago I wrote about how much I love Evernote. I use it to collect notes for all of my projects. Since I use it every single day, it’s worth mentioning again. Evernote is how I o...
In the backyard we have a beautiful crape myrtle tree with a cluster of small trees growing behind it. We couldn’t see the trees because they were being overtaken by vines, so we’ve been ...
About a year ago I briefly shared the routine chart that my daughter uses (she showed it in a guest post). Today I’m sharing it again at Alpha Mom with a free printable version. Also at Alpha M...
Last year at the end of summer I had the idea that I was going to trim the overgrown hedges in our front yard. We have hedges on both sides of our front door, and I started down one side making cuts ...
For the next few weekends while the weather is beautiful I’m going to share some of our outdoor home improvement projects. First up on the list is something that has bothered me ever since we m...
A couple of months ago I lost the small point-and-shoot camera that I usually carry in my purse. I didn’t realize I had lost it. I thought it was in the house somewhere and it would turn up eve...
I finally organized the stuff in my medicine cabinet, which I am very happy about because before it looked like this: Band-aid wrappers. Open blister packs. A few almost-empty bottles. Some was at th...
I was thinking the other day of how some families pay their kids money for doing extra chores at home. Apparently, my kid was thinking about this too. When my five-year-old daughter offered to pay me...
A Reader’s Question: I was wondering if you have any thoughts, tips, ideas on reducing toys! I have a 6, 3, and 7 month old. I’m trying to figure out what to keep and not keep. I feel lik...
I found my kids in the laundry room. All they needed was popcorn. I write at Alpha Mom about parenting and family. Here is what I’ve been thinking about lately. 10 Ideas To Keep Your Little Kid...
I had coffee with a friend, and she said that she wanted to find a cleaning routine, but every time she made one, she couldn’t stick with it. That’s totally normal. I can’t stay wit...
Tags and labels don’t take up much space. They’re visually distracting, though. Until you stop noticing them, or you forget about them. And then one day you realize your vacuum still loo...
This week I was trying to come up with a spring craft project. As I looked through my kitchen to find something I could use to make flowers, it occurred to me that the bottom of a 2-liter soda bottle...
I have the original hardware on my kitchen cabinets, and I’d like to keep them, but the pulls that receive the most frequent use (like the one on the left) are noticeably lighter than the rest....
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